John Wesley (1703-1791): His Life and Thought
Bibliography by Gary Shearer
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Updated 04-15-02

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Books

Baker, Frank. "The Oxford Edition of Wesley's Works and Its Text." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Pp.117-133.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Borgen, Ole E. John Wesley on the Sacraments: A Theological Study. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1972. 307p.
BX8338 .B6 1972

Cadman, S. Parkes. The Three Religious Leaders of Oxford and Their Movements: John Wycliffe, John Wesley, John Henry Newman. New York: Macmillan Company, 1916. Book 2, "John Wesley and the Eighteenth Century," pp.173-384.
BR767 .C3

Cameron, Richard M. Methodism and Society, Volume 1: Methodism and Society in Historical Perspective. New York and Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1961. Chapter 1, "Methodism in England," pp.25-82.
HN37 .M4 C2

Chiles, Robert Eugene. Scriptural Christianity: A Call to John Wesley's Disciples. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984. 143p.
BX8495 .W5 C52 1984

Edwards, Maldwyn Lloyd. John Wesley and the Eighteenth Century: A Study of His Social and Political Influence. New York: Abingdon Press, 1933. 220p.
BX8495 .W5 E25

Fitchett, William Henry. Wesley and His Century: A Study in Spiritual Forces. New York: Abingdon Press, 1917. 521p.
BX8495 .W5 F5 1917

Funston, John Wesley. The Wesleys in Picture and Story: An Illustrated History of the Life and Times of John and Charles Wesley. Mount Morris, IL: Kable Brothers, 1939. 137p.
BX8495 .W5 F8

Green, Vivian Hubert Howard. The Young Mr. Wesley: A Study of John Wesley and Oxford. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1961. 342p.
BX8495 .W5 G74

Halévy, Elie. The Birth of Methodism in England. Translated and Edited by Bernard Semmel. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. 81p.
BX8276 .H27 1971

Hildebrandt, Franz. Christianity According to the Wesleys. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1996. 92p.
BX8495 .W5 H5 1996

Hurley, Michael. "Salvation Today and Wesley Today." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Pp.94-116.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Jarboe, Betty M. John and Charles Wesley: A Bibliography. "ATLA Bibliography Series, No.22." Metuchen, NJ: The American Theological Library Association and The Scarecrow Press, 1987. 404p.
Ref. Z8967 .J37 1987

Knox, Ronald A. Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1950. Chapter XVIII, "A Profile of John Wesley," pp.422-458; Chapter XIX, "The Parting of Friends," pp.459-482; Chapter XX, "The Parting of Friends," pp.483-512; Chapter XXI, "Wesley and the Religion of Experience," pp.513-548 .
BR112 .K5

Lee, Umphrey. The Lord's Horseman: John Wesley the Man. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1954. 220p.
BX8495 .W5 L35 1954

Marshall, Dorothy. Eighteenth Century England. "A History of England in Ten Volumes." London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1962. John Wesley discussed, pp.244-250.
DA480 .M37

Marshall, Dorothy. John Wesley. London: Oxford University Press, 1965. 64p.
BX8495 .W5 M29

McIntosh, Lawrence D. "The Place of John Wesley in the Christian Tradition: A Selected Bibliogrpahy." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Pp.134-159.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Methodist Episcopal Church. John Wesley's Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America. Nashville: Quarterly Review/United Methodist Publishing House, 1984. 144p.
BX8337 .W43 1984

Monk, Robert C. John Wesley: His Puritan Heritage. Second Edition. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1999. 281p.
BX8495 .W5 M6 1999

Moorman, John R. H. A History of the Church in England. Second Edition. New York: Morehouse-Barlow Company, 1980. Chapter 17, "The Age of Wesley (1738-1791)," pp.293-314.
BR743 .M6 1980

Noll, Mark A. Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books; Leicester, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 1997. Chapter 10, "The New Piety: The Conversion of the Wesleys (1738)," pp.221-244.
BR145.2 .N65 1997

Norwood, Frederick A. The Story of American Methodism. Nashville and New York: Abingdon Press, 1974. Chapter 1, "The Wesleys," pp.23-30; Chapter 2, "The Wesleyan Movement," pp.31-41; Chapter 3, "Roots and Structure of Wesley's Theology," pp.42-50; Chapter 4, "Fruits of Wesley's Theology," pp.51-60.
BX8235 .N65

Olson, Roger E. The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999. Chapter 30, "Puritans & Methodists Struggle to Revive English Theology," pp.493-517 (John Wesley, pp.510-517); "Notes," pp.635-636.
BT21.2 .O57 1999

Outler, Albert C. "The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Pp.11-38.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Piette, Maximin. John Wesley in the Evolution of Protestantism. London: Sheed and Ward, 1979. 568p. Bibliography, pp.xxiii-x1.
BX8495 .W5 P48 1979

The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. 165p.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Rowe, Kenneth E. "Supplement to Wesley Bibliography 1974-1980." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Pp.160-166.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Rupp, Gordon. "Son of Samuel: John Wesley, Church of England Man." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Pp.39-66.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Schmidt, Martin. John Wesley: A Theological Biography. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1962,1972,1973. Volume 1, "From 17th June 1703 Until 24th May 1738," 320p.; Volume 2, "John Wesley's Life Mission," Part 1, 311p.; Volume 2, "John Wesley's Life Mission," Part 2, 320p.
BX8495 .W5 S283

Schmidt, Martin. "Wesley's Place in Church History." In The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition. Edited by Kenneth E. Rowe. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980. Pp.67-93.
BX8495 .W5 P53

Short, Ruth Gordon. Affectionately Yours, John Wesley. Nashville: Southern Publishing Association, 1963. 298p.
BX8495 .W5 S46

Snyder, Howard A. The Radical Wesley and Patterns for Church Renewal. Downers Grove, IL: Inter-Varsity Press, 1980. 189p.
BX8495 .W5 S56

Southey, Robert. The Life of Wesley and Rise and Progress of Methodism. New Edition. Edited by Charles Cuthbert Southey. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858. Two volumes.
BX8495 .W5 S6 1858

Sweet, William Warren. Methodism in American History. New York: The Methodist Book Concern, 1933. Chapter 2, "The Message of Wesley to His Time," pp.27-46.
BX8235 .S9 1933

Turner, George A. "John Wesley as an Interpreter of Scripture." In Inspiration and Interpretation. Edited by John F. Walvoord. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1957. Pp.156-178.
BS500 .W3

Turner, George Allen. The Vision Which Transforms: Is Christian Perfection Scriptural? Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press, 1964. 348p.
BX495 .W5 T67 1964

Tuttle, R. G., Jr. "Wesley, John." In Evangelical Dictionary of Theology. Second Edition. Edited by Walter A. Elwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2001. Pp.1266-1267.
Ref. BR95 .E88 2001

Tuttle, Robert G. John Wesley: His Life and Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1978. 368p.
BX8495 .W5 T73

Wakefield, Gordon. "John and Charles Wesley: A Tale of Two Brothers." In The English Religious Tradition and the Genius of Anglicanism. Edited by Geoffrey Rowell. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1992. Pp.165-193.
BX5005 .E54 1992

Warner, Wellman Joel. The Wesleyan Movement in the Industrial Revolution. London and New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1930. 299p.
HN37 .M4 W3

Watson, Philip S., compiler. The Message of the Wesleys: A Reader of Instruction and Devotion. New York: Macmillan Company, 1964. 264p.
BX8215 .W3

Wesley, John. John and Charles Wesley: Selected Prayers, Hymns, Journal Notes, Sermons, Letters and Treatises. Edited by Frank Whaling. "The Classics of Western Spirituality." New York: Paulist Press, 1981. 412p.
BX8217 .W54 W45 1981

Wesley, John. John Wesley. Edited by Albert C. Outler. "Library of Protestant Thought." New York: Oxford University Press, 1964. 516p. A representative collection of Wesley's writings.
BX8217 .W54 O8

Wesley, John. John Wesley: An Autobiographical Sketch of the Man and His Thought, Chiefly From His Letters. Edited, With Introduction, Notes and Bibliography by Ole E. Borgen. "Textus Minores," Volume 35. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1966. 114p.
BX8495 .W5 A32 1966

Wesley, John. The John Wesley Reader. Compiled by Al Bryant. Waco, TX: Word Books, 1983. 276p.
BX8217 .W54 B788 1983

Wesley, John. John Wesley's Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America. Introduction by James F. White. Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1984. Various pagination. Facsimile reprint of 1784 copy.
BX8337 .W43 1984

Wesley, John. The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley in 4 Volumes. "Everyman's Library." London and Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1906.
BX8495 .W5 A8

Wesley, John. The New Birth. A Modern English edition by Thomas C. Oden. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1984. 113p.
BX8333 .W418 N48 1984

Wesley, John. Sermons on Several Occasions. New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1837.
Vault 252 W513 v.2

Wesley, John. Sermons on Several Occasions. New York: Lane and Scott, 1851. Two volumes.
Vault 252 W513

Wesley, John. The Works of John Wesley, Volume 26: Letters II, 1740-1755. Edited by Frank Baker. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982. 684p.
BX8217 .W5 1980

Wesley, John. The Works of the Rev. John Wesley. New York: Eaton and Mains, n.d. PUC library has only volumes 1,2,5,6,7.
BX8217.25

Whitehead, John. The Life of the Rev. John Wesley. Boston: J. McLeish, 1844. Vol.1, 308p; Vol.2, 313p. Two volumes bound as one.
BX8495 .W6 W6 1844

Wood, Arthur Skevington. The Burning Heart: John Wesley, Evangelist. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1967. 302p.
BX8495 .W5 W7 1967

Wood, Arthur Skevington. The Inextinguishable Blaze: Spiritual Renewal and Advance in the Eighteenth Century. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1960. Chapter VII, "The Conversion of the Wesleys," pp.93-113; Chapter XI, "The Spread of Methodism," pp.162-175.
BR470 .W65 1960

Periodicals

Andrews, Stuart. "John Wesley and the Age of Reason." History Today 19 (January 1969): 25-32. Illus.

Baker, Frank. "Unfolding John Wesley: A Survey of Twenty Years' Studies in Wesley's Thought." Quarterly Review 1 (Fall 1980): 44-58.

Ball-Kilbourne, Gary L. "The Christian as Steward in John Wesley's Theological Ethics." Quarterly Review 4 (Spring 1984): 43-54.

Bennett, David. "How Arminian Was John Wesley?" Evangelical Quarterly 72 (July 2000): 237-248.

Bishop, John. "John Wesley as a Preacher." Religion in Life 26 (Spring 1957): 264-273.
(Not in PUC library)

Bowmer, John C. "The Wesleyan Conception of the Ministry." Religion in Life 40 (Spring 1971): 85-96.

Campbell, Ted A. "John Wesley and Conyers Middleton on Divine Intervention in History." Church History 55 (March 1986): 39-49.

Cannon, William R. "The Holy Spirit in Vatican II and in the Writings of Wesley." Religion in Life 37 (Autumn 1968): 440-453.

Cannon, William R. "John Wesley's Doctrine of Sanctification and Perfection." Mennonite Quarterly Review 35 (April 1961): 91-95.

Chandler, Douglas R. "John Wesley and His Preachers." Religion in Life 24 (Spring 1955): 241-248.
(Not in PUC library)

"A Christian History Time Line: John Wesley and the Eighteenth Century World." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 18-21.

Clarkson, George E. "John Wesley and William Law's Mysticism." Religion in Life 42 (Winter 1973): 537-544.

Clemons, James T. "John Wesley - Biblical Literalist?" Religion in Life 46 (Autumn 1977): 332-342.

Coffman, Elesha. "Attack of the Bible-Moths." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 20-22. Illus. The scorn the Holy Club received at Oxford.

Copplestone, J. Tremayne. "John Wesley and the American Revolution." Religion in Life 45 (Spring 1976): 89-105.

Cox, Leo G. "Prevenient Grace - A Wesleyan View." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 12 (Summer 1969): 143-149.

Cushman, Robert E. "Orthodoxy and Wesley's Experimental Divinity." Quarterly Review 8 (Summer 1988): 71-89.

Cushman, Robert E. "Theological Landmarks in the Revival Under Wesley." Religion in Life 27 (Winter 1957-1958): 105-118.
(Not in PUC library)

"Did You Know?..." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 4. Factoids regarding John Wesley.

Dinwiddie, Richard D. "Two Brothers... Who Changed the Course of Church Singing." Christianity Today 28 (September 21,1984): 30-34. Illus.

Dreyer, Frederick. "Faith and Experience in the Thought of John Wesley." American Historical Review 88 (February 1983): 12-30.

Dunlap, Pamela Couture. "Editorial: On the Danger of Reading the Works of John Wesley." Quarterly Review 7 (Spring 1987): 3-8. A satire.

English, John C. "John Wesley and the Rights of Conscience." Journal of Church and State 37 (Spring 1995): 349-363.

English, John C. "John Wesley's Indebtedness to John Norris." Church History 60 (March 1991): 55-69.

"Enthusiasm." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 27.

"Finding the Forgotten." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 15-16.

"From the Journal: Wednesday, May 24,1738." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 30-32.

"Fruits of Breaking Wesley's Code." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 31. Wesley kept personal diaries written in a secret code. Illus.

Gallaway, Craig B. "Patterns of Worship in Early Methodist Hymnody, and the Task of Hymnal Revision." Quarterly Review 7 (Fall 1987): 14-29.

"A Gallery of Family, Friends and Foes." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 10-12. "Thumbnail sketches of those whose lives intersected Wesley's."

Goodwin, Charles. "The Religion of Feeling: Wesleyan Catholicism." History Today 46 (October 1996): 44-49. Illus.

Haas, J. W., Jr. "John Wesley's Views on Science and Christianity: An Examination of the Charge of Antiscience." Church History 63 (September 1994): 378-392.

Haywood, C. Robert. "Was John Wesley a Political Economist?" Church History 33 (September 1964): 314-321.

Heitzenrater, Richard P. "A Tale of Two Brothers." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 10-17. Illus. John and Charles Wesley. Sidebar: "Wesleys in America: What Went Wrong?," by Kenneth O. Brown, p14.

Hobsbawm, E. J. "Methodism and the Threat of Revolution in Britain." History Today 7 (February 1957): 115-124.
(Not in PUC library)

Holland, Lynwood M. "John Wesley and the American Revolution." Journal of Church and State 5 (November 1963): 199-213.

Holland, Lynwood M. and Ronald F. Howell. "John Wesley's Concept of Religious and Political Authority." Journal of Church and State 6 (Autumn 1964): 296-313.

"The Holy Club." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 16.

Hope, Norman V. "Aldersgate: An Epoch in British History." Christianity Today 7 (April 26,1963): 3-4.

Horst, Mark L. "Experimenting With Christian Wholeness Method in Wesley's Theology." Quarterly Review 7 (Summer 1987): 11-23.

Hynson, Leon O. "Human Liberty as Divine Right: A Study in the Political Maturation of John Wesley." Journal of Church and State 25 (Winter 1983): 57-85.

Hynson, Leon O. "War, the State, and the Christian Citizen in Wesley's Thought." Religion in Life 45 (Summer 1976): 204-219.
(Not in PUC library)

Jennings, Theodore W., Jr. "John Wesley 'Against' Aldersgate." Quarterly Review 8 (Fall 1988): 3-22.

Jennings, Theodore W., Jr. "Wesley's Preferential Option for the Poor." Quarterly Review 9 (Fall 1989): 10-29.

"John Wesley and Women." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 25-27.

Kingdon, Robert M. "Laissez-faire or Government Control: A Problem for John Wesley." Church History 26 (December 1957): 342-354.

"The Leadership Team." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 39-42. Short articles on George Whitefield, Adam Clarke, Thomas Maxfield, Thomas Coke, John Fletcher and Mary Bosanquet Fletcher. Illus.

Maddox, Randy L. "Be Ye Perfect?" Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 32-34. Sidebar: "Two Views on Perfection," by John Wesley, pp.34-35 and two poems by Charles Wesley.

Maddox, Randy L. "Responsible Grace: The Systematic Nature of Wesley's Theology Reconsidered." Quarterly Review 6 (Spring 1986): 24-34.

Marshall, R. P. "Wesley and the Reformation." Religion in Life 39 (Autumn 1970): 426-433.

Martin, A. W., Jr. "'Then as Now': Wesley's Notes as a Model for United Methodists Today." Quarterly Review 10 (Summer 1990): 25-47.

Maser, Frederick E. "The Human Side of John Wesley." Religion in Life 27 (Autumn 1958): 544-556.
(Not in PUC library)

Maser, Frederick E. "Preface to Victory: An Analysis of John Wesley's Mission to Georgia." Religion in Life 25 (September 1956): 280-293.
(Not in PUC library)

Mullen, Wilbur H. "John Wesley and Liberal Religion." Religion in Life 35 (Autumn 1966): 561-574.

Mullen, Wilbur H. "John Wesley's Method of Biblical Interpretation." Religion in Life 47 (Spring 1978): 99-108.

Nausner, Helmut. "Some Notes on Christian Perfection." Quarterly Review 3 (Spring 1983): 71-82. Response by W. Kenneth Pyles, pp.82-84.

Noll, Mark A. "John Wesley and the Doctrine of Assurance." Bibliotheca Sacra 132 (April-June 1975): 161-177.

Norwood, Frederick A. "Methodist Historical Studies, 1930-1959." Church History 28 (December 1959): 391-417.

Norwood, Frederick A. "Wesleyan and Methodist Historical Studies, 1960-70: A Bibliographical Article." Church History 40 (June 1971): 182-199.

Nygren, E. Herbert. "John Wesley's Changing Concept of the Ministry." Religion in Life 31 (Spring 1962): 264-274.

Oden, Tom. "Weeds in the Garden: The Methodist Pursuit of Holiness Has, Over 200 Years, Branched Off in Some Startling Directions." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 43-45. Illus. A conversation with Tom Oden.

Oswalt, John N. "John Wesley and the Old Testament Concept of the Holy Spirit." Religion in Life 48 (Autumn 1979): 283-292.

Outler, Albert. "John Wesley: Folk Theologian." Theology Today 34 (July 1977): 150-160. (On microfiche).

Outler, Albert C. "A Focus on the Holy Spirit: Spirit and Spirituality in John Wesley." Quarterly Review 8 (Summer 1988): 13-18.

Pennington, Edgar Legare. "John Wesley's Georgia Ministry." Church History 8 (September 1939): 231-254.

Petry, Janine. "The Matchmakers." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 23-25. Illus. An agreement between the Wesley brothers to help each other find wives.

Phipps, William E. "John Wesley on Slavery." Quarterly Review 1 (Summer 1981): 23-31.

Rakestraw, Robert V. "John Wesley as a Theologian of Grace." Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27 (June 1984): 193-203.

Raymond, Allan. "'I Fear God and Honour the King': John Wesley and the American Revolution." Church History 45 (September 1976): 316-328.

"Revival and Revolution." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 7-9,34. Illus. John Wesley's work in 18th century England.

Rogal, Samuel J. "John Wesley's 'Arminian Magazine'." Andrews University Seminary Studies 22 (Summer 1984): 231-247.

Rogal, Samuel J. "John Wesley's Journal: Prescriptions for the Social, Spiritual, and Intellectual Ills of Britain's Middle Class." Andrews University Seminary Studies 26 (Spring 1988): 33-42.

Rogal, Samuel J. "The Wesleys: A checklist of Critical Commentary." Bulletin of Bibliography 28 (January-March 1971): 22-35. Photocopy.
Her. Room VF (WESLEY, JOHN)

Scroggs, Robin. "John Wesley as Biblical Scholar." Journal of Bible and Religion 28 (October 1960): 415-422.

Smith, J. Weldon, III. "Some Notes on Wesley's Doctrine of Prevenient Grace." Religion in Life 34 (Winter 1964-65): 68-80.

Staples, Russell L. "'I Felt My Heart Strangely Warmed': John Wesley and the Seventh-day Adventist Heritage." College and University Dialogue 3 (No.3,1991): 8-10.

Starkey, Lycurgus M., Jr. "The Holy Spirit and the Wesleyan Witness." Religion in Life 49 (Spring 1980): 72-80.

Tripp, David. "'Observe the Gradation!' John Wesley's Notes on the New Testament." Quarterly Review 10 (Summer 1990): 49-64.

Vick, Edward W. H. "John Wesley's Teaching Concerning Perfection." Andrews University Seminary Studies 4 (1966): 201-217.

Wallace, Charles. "Simple and Recollected: John Wesley's Life-Style." Religion in Life 46 (Summer 1977): 198-212.

Wallace, Charles, Jr. "Like Mother, Like Son." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 18-19. Illus. Sidebar: "Family Ghost?," p.19.

Walsh, J. D. "Wesley vs. Whitefield: The Conflict Between the Two Giants of the Eighteenth-century Awakening." Christian History 12 (No.2,1993): 34-37. Illus.

"Wesley's Gift for Organization." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 14.

"Wesley's Sermon Reprints: The Almost Christian, Acts 26:28." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 17,22.

"Wesley's Sermon Reprints: The Use of Money, Luke 16:9." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 22-24.

"Wesley to Wilberforce: John Wesley's Last Letter From His Deathbed." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 28-29.

"The Wesleys: Recommended Resources." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 46.

"The Wesleys: The Christian History Timeline." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 26-27.

White, Charles Edward. "Spare the Rod and Spoil the Church." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 28-30. Illus. Map: "Methodist Societies & Other Key Sites," p.31. The survival of Methodism and discipline of small groups.

Wood, A. Skevington. "The Eighteenth Century Methodist Revival Reconsidered." Evangelical Quarterly 53 (July-September 1981): 130-148.

Wood, A. Skevington. "Lessons From Wesley's Experience." Christianity Today 7 (April 26,1963): 4-6.

Yrigoyen, Charles, Jr. "Start the Presses." Christian History 20 (No.1,2001): 36-38. The use of print media by John Wesley. Illus.

Yrigoyen, Charles, Jr. "Tapping the Riches." Christian History 2 (No.1,1983): 13-15.

Web URLs

John Wesley 2003 (300th Anniversary)
http://www.wesley2003.org.uk/index2.htm

John Wesley and Methodism (List of links)
http://www.wesley.edu/wesley/wesley.htm

John Wesley's Chapel, Bristol
http://wesley.fen.bris.ac.uk/newroom/

Jonn Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life
http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/wesley/

Methodist Archives at John Rylands University Library of Manchester
http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/text/method.html

Mr. Wesley's Preachers
http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/methodist/preacher.html

Wesley and Methodist Studies Centre at Oxford
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/wmsc/

Wesley Center for Applied Theology
http://wesley.nnu.edu/

The Wesleys and Their Times
http://gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/