The History of Methodism Podcast
Sep 17, 2026 · 14 min · 13 segments
In this episode, We follow John Wesley's activities in June and July of 1741 as he travels in the midlands of England, London, and Oxford, and as he prepares for his once every three years sermon at…
Wilson PruittHost
John Wesley's theology is often taught as a fully formed practical system, a soteriology more than a systematic account of the faith, soteriology being the study of the way of salvation.
Albert Outler, in his great retrieval of Wesleyan thought, even admitted as much.
I have a larger argument about Wesley as a systematic theologian and metaphysician that can be found in my book Wesley's Metaphysics.
However, the roots of Wesley's theological accounts are found throughout his writings and don't fit neatly into clean periods.
John and Charles Wesley are not fully formed in the summer of 1741, as they travel and preach and serve and pray.
John Wesley's theology is often taught as a fully formed practical system, a soteriology more than a systematic account of the faith, soteriology being the study of the way of salvation.
Albert Outler, in his great retrieval of Wesleyan thought, even admitted as much.
I have a larger argument about Wesley as a systematic theologian and metaphysician that can be found in my book Wesley's Metaphysics.
However, the roots of Wesley's theological accounts are found throughout his writings and don't fit neatly into clean periods.
John and Charles Wesley are not fully formed in the summer of 1741, as they travel and preach and serve and pray.
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