Andrew Chandler is Director of the George Bell Institute and Reader in Modern History at the University of Chichester.

Contents: Introduction: W.R. Ward and the study of modern religious history in Britain in the later 20th century. Part I The Realm of the Imagination: The making of the evangelical mind (2004); Mysticism and revival: Gerhard Tersteegen (1993); Art and science: or J.S. Bach as an expositor of the Bible (1990). Part II Piety and Practice: Establishments, Denominations and Movements: Power and piety: the origins of religious revival in the early 18th century (1980); The religion of the people and the problem of control (1971); Swedenborgianism: heresy, schism or religious protest? (1972); Established churches, free churches and religious communities in their contemporary social setting (1995). Part III Inheritances and Accommodations: Putting off the apocalypse: evangelical identity and the origins of overseas missions (2003); The legacy of John Wesley: the pastoral office in Britain and America (1973); Is martyrdom mandatory? The case of Gottfried Arnold (1993); The socialist commitment in Karl Barth (1978); Inheriting Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2001); British Methodism between clericalisation and secularisation, 1932-99 (2000). The historical writings of William Reginald Ward 1947-2012; Index.

This book brings together the most striking and significant articles published by the eminent British religious historian, W.R. Ward. Today, Ward enjoys an international reputation as a scholar of John Wesley in particular and Protestantism in Britain and Continental Europe at large. In this unique collection, Chandler brings together for the first time Ward's significant work on Evangelicalism, Wesley and Protestantism from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, opening up new possibilities for analysis and argument for scholars internationally.