Wrestling the Angel: Charles Wesley Struggles with Vital Questions of Faith - Paperback

by S. T. Kimbrough (Author), Richard P. Heitzenrater (Foreword by)

In his hymns and poems, Charles Wesley takes all who sing and read on an inward journey, asking soul-searching questions which are as up-to-date now as they were in the eighteenth century. They reflect his quest for identity as a human being, clergyman, and follower of Jesus Christ. His questions about God, Jesus, faith, others, self, the world, and daily living are still today's questions. This book is not an exhaustive study of such questions in the context of Wesleyan history, theology, or hymnody. It is an attempt to look afresh at questions we are asking to which Charles Wesley often responded in familiar and unfamiliar hymns and poems.

Author Biography

S T Kimbrough, Jr., is a graduate of Duke Divinity School and holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary in Old Testament and Semitic Languages. He has taught on theological faculties in the USA and abroad. With Wipf and Stock he has published a number of volumes including The Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley, Radical Grace, Partakers of the Life Divine, and ten books of poetry. He is currently a research fellow of the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition of Duke Divinity School.