| Acknowledgments | p. 9 |
| The Puritan and Anglican Heritage | p. 11 |
| The Maternal Legacy | p. 13 |
| The Paternal Legacy | p. 21 |
| John Wesley's Early Life | p. 25 |
| The End of Religion | p. 29 |
| A Kempis and Taylor | p. 31 |
| Wesley's Early Understanding of Faith | p. 36 |
| Developments at Oxford | p. 38 |
| William Law | p. 40 |
| The First Rise of Methodism: Oxford | p. 42 |
| The Circumcision of the Heart | p. 49 |
| The Epworth Living | p. 51 |
| Georgia | p. 54 |
| The Voyage to Georgia | p. 56 |
| The Fear of Death as a Test of Christian Experience | p. 58 |
| The Second Rise of Methodism: The Georgia Mission | p. 62 |
| The Salzburgers | p. 63 |
| Wesley's Pastoral Style at Savannah and Frederica | p. 67 |
| The Sophia Hopkey Relationship | p. 70 |
| The Return Home | p. 74 |
| Aldersgate | p. 77 |
| Peter Bohler | p. 80 |
| William Law | p. 85 |
| Aldersgate | p. 86 |
| Wesley's Western Theological Orientation | p. 91 |
| Salvation by Faith | p. 93 |
| Herrnhut | p. 97 |
| Back to England | p. 99 |
| Field Preaching | p. 102 |
| The Form and Power of Methodism | p. 105 |
| Lay Preaching | p. 108 |
| The Third Rise of Methodism: Fetter Lane | p. 110 |
| George Whitefield | p. 114 |
| The Character and Principles of a Methodist | p. 117 |
| Susanna's Death | p. 119 |
| The Methodist Infrastructure | p. 120 |
| Anglican Opposition | p. 123 |
| Scriptural Christianity | p. 126 |
| Theological Nuances and Ongoing Standards | p. 129 |
| Assurance | p. 130 |
| The Faith of a Servant | p. 133 |
| The Standards of Redemption | p. 135 |
| Inward Religion | p. 141 |
| Religious Dispositions | p. 145 |
| The Issue of Determinism | p. 147 |
| The Church Question | p. 151 |
| Strengthening the Foundations | p. 154 |
| Bishop Lavington and the Nature of Enthusiasm | p. 155 |
| The Moral Law | p. 157 |
| A Caution Against Bigotry and the Catholic Spirit | p. 161 |
| Ecclesiastical Developments | p. 163 |
| Wesley's Marriage | p. 166 |
| Predestination | p. 169 |
| Wesley's Evangelical Friends | p. 172 |
| A Christian Library and Notes upon the New Testament | p. 173 |
| Assurance Revisited | p. 176 |
| The Anglican Church and Holiness | p. 178 |
| Bishop Warburton | p. 180 |
| James Hervey | p. 181 |
| Original Sin | p. 183 |
| The New Birth: Sanctification Begun | p. 186 |
| Challenges Along the Way | p. 189 |
| Perfect Love: Sanctification Perfected | p. 193 |
| The Myth of John Wesley and Eastern Orthodoxy | p. 195 |
| The Importance of the Anglican and Pietist Traditions | p. 199 |
| The Witnesses to Perfect Love | p. 201 |
| The Bell and Maxfield Fiasco | p. 203 |
| A Contentious Decade | p. 205 |
| Wesley and British Politics | p. 206 |
| Wesley and American Politics: Slavery | p. 209 |
| The American Revolution | p. 210 |
| Domestic Affairs | p. 214 |
| The Calvinist Controversy | p. 216 |
| The Theology of the Minutes | p. 221 |
| The Upshot of It All | p. 227 |
| A Church Established | p. 230 |
| The American Ordinations | p. 232 |
| Preparing for a British Church | p. 234 |
| The Danger of Riches | p. 238 |
| Loss and Decline | p. 241 |
| Real Christianity | p. 243 |
| Wesley's Protestant Spiritual Orientation | p. 247 |
| Conclusion: "The Best of All" | p. 254 |
| The Wedding Garment | p. 254 |
| Inward Religion Revisited | p. 256 |
| The Ongoing Danger of Riches | p. 258 |
| The Letters to Wilberforce and Sharp | p. 260 |
| Wesley's Health | p. 261 |
| The Enduring Theological Themes | p. 261 |
| Wesley's Last Days | p. 267 |
| Notes | p. 270 |
| Selected Bibliography | p. 328 |
| Index | p. 338 |
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