Charles Wesley in America

In 1736, acentury into Britain's expansion in North America, Charles Wesley arrived, anddeparted, the American colonies. His time in Georgia, where he was a missionaryof the Church of England, Colonel Oglethorpe's personal aide, and secretary ofIndian Affairs, was filled with discord and difficulty. Despite being treatedwarmly by the Anglican clergy of Boston, he struggled as a newly ordainedAnglican priest, and was enveloped by scandal when two women accused him andOglethorpe of moral impropriety.Charles Wesley in America is the first comprehensive treatment ofthis period in Wesley's ministry. Kimbrough provides the first explanation ofWesley's silence following the Oglethorpe affair, and also examines hisnegative attitudes towards the Revolutionary War and nascent opposition toslavery. Drawing on primary sources such as Wesley's poetry and a rare letterexchange between two former slaves whom Wesley befriended in Bristol, Kimbroughgives fresh insight into this formative period and the impact it had onWesley's later career. 

"S.T. Kimbrough continues to gift us with the fruit of a lifetime of study of Charles Wesley. This volume, focused on Wesley's time in and reflections on North America, provides much detail on a topic touched on only in passing in most Wesley biographies. Recommended!" - Randy L. Maddox, William Kellon Quick Emeritus Professor of Wesley and Methodist Studies, Duke Divinity School "For years, S.T. Kimbrough has sought to make Charles Wesley known, through analysis of his theology, diverse publications, especially of little-known portions of Wesley's vast poetic corpus. Here he digs deeply into the American narrative, not stopping at Charles's manuscript journal - but filling in details of the narrative with letters and historical details about the colonial context, much from primary source materials. . . . The present volume is yet one more addition to Kimbrough's invaluable contributions to the -eld of Charles Wesley studies." - Ryan Nicholas Danker, from the Foreword "S.T. Kimbrough, the founder of the Charles Wesley Society, has published more works than anyone else in the world on and by Charles Wesley. His expertise shines throughout this volume in a way that matches the importance of his subject for a completer understanding of the history of Methodism in America." - Richard P. Heitzenrater, author of Wesley and the People Called Methodists    

S.T.Kimbrough has written and edited several books on Charles Wesley and is thefounder of The Charles Wesley Society. He is a Research Fellow at the Centerfor Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition of the Divinity School of DukeUniversity. Kimbrough titles that have also been published by The LutterworthPress are The Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley and Radical Grace.