John Wesley's Social Ethics: Praxis and Principles

This volume first published in German in 1976 still stands as the most definitive comprehensive treatment of John Wesleys social ethics.John Wesleys Social Ethics offers a balanced treatment that dispels notions that Wesley can easily be categorized as only an evangelist or only a social reformer.  It demonstrates that Wesleys theological and spiritual concerns were catalytic in his social program.  It encourages a rethinking of the importance of theology for social ethics in the Methodist tradition.