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D. R. Wilson's book is a major contribution to the study of Methodism 'on the ground' as it developed within eighteenth-century Anglicanism. Based on thorough research in the manuscripts of John and Mary Fletcher, the Wesleys, and Church of England records housed in archives in the United Kingdom and the United States, this study revises our picture of the relationship of Methodism to the Church and the claims regarding John Fletcher as 'Wesley's Designated Successor.' Solidly rooted in the study of a local parish, this book will surely find relevance in contemporary church movements to revitalize our understanding of the church parish and pastoral ministry. - R. Larry Shelton, Emeritus Professor of Theology, George Fox Evangelical Seminary D. R. Wilson provides an insightful study not just of one of the closest friends and associates of Charles and John Wesley, but of the dynamics in eighteenth-century parish life that provided both fertile ground and frequent resistance to the spread of early Methodism in England. Highly recommended. - Randy L. Maddox, William Kellon Quick Professor of Wesley and Methodist Studies, Duke Divinity School

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D. R. Wilson (Ph.D., University of Manchester; M.Div., George Fox University) currently teaches courses in church history, theology, religion, pastoral studies, and ethics at George Fox Evangelical Seminary and Warner Pacific College. He is a Junior Fellow of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre and has chaired sessions and presented at the American Academy of Religion. Wilson is a contributing author to several books, including an entry in Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation and chapters in Dissent and the Bible in Britain, c.1650–1950; Religion, Gender, and Industry: Exploring Church and Methodism in a Local Setting; Making and Remaking Saints in Nineteenth-Century Britain; and Covenant Making: The Fabric of Relationship. He is also the author of several articles in the academic journal Wesley and Methodist Studies and co-editor of Holy Imagination: Rethinking Social Holiness. This is his first monograph.

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