Author: Ashley Boggan
Date: 2025
Publisher: Abingdon Press
"Wesleyan Vile-tality" is a books that is centred on the moment John Wesley “submitted to be more vile" in spreading the love of God to all people.
Ashley Boggan, writing as a Methodist, argues that this Wesleyan vile-tality is at the core of who Methodists are - rule-benders, rabble-rousers, and outcast-embracers.
While rooted in historical events, this is not a dry academic book. It is a passionate call for Methodists to relearn the radical spirit of their beginnings and to understand that a revival that doesn’t impact a society’s attitude toward and treatment of the marginalised isn’t really revival but only smoke without fire.
Boggan ends each chapter with helpful discussion questions.
While I am not a Methodist, it is helpful to read their history. Many denominations have lost their way. Boggan points out how returning to beginnings is a way forward.
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