John Wesley's Social Ethics

This volume first published in German in 1976 still stands as the most definitive comprehensive treatment of John Wesley''s social ethics.John Wesley''s 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 Wesley''s 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.