From Heaven Above to New Creation Below
By Mark K. Olson Abstract: In this third installment, John Wesley’s eschatology is surveyed from his Oxford period in the 1720s to his mature thoughts in the 1780s. It is...
The Revival and Methodist Self-Understanding
By Mark K. Olson Abstract: This second installment in a six-part series examines how early Methodists understood Methodism as an eschatological movement, called to help usher in the millennium through...
Millennial Aspirations and the Problem of Religious Nominalism
By Mark K. Olson Abstract: This is part one of a six-part study on John Wesley’s eschatology. This opening article recounts the development of eschatology in England from the Protestant...