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"A brand snatched out of the fire" John Wesley's awareness of vocation according to the religio-psychological theory of role By THORVALD E. KÄLLSTAD, Uppsala 1. Phenomenon, problem, theory "The Methodist revival, for which he (John Wesley) was the visible tool, con- firmed in him the idea that he had been rescued from the rectory fire because he had been chosen for a particular mission by God. This further strengthens our assumption that his awareness of being chosen by God constituted a motiva- tional element in his personality." The words are quoted from my doctoral dissertationJohn Wesley and the Bi- ble, A Psychological Study (1974, 54). The religious phenomenon on which we want to focus attention is John Wes- ley's unique awareness of vocation as it finds expression in his use of the biblical sentence "a brand snatched out of the fire". It has been and it is still very com- mon among Methodist preachers and writers to refer to these words as typical of Wesley's opinion of himself. Usually scholars have connected the words with Wesley's rescue from the rectory fire at Epworth, when he was six years old. He was rescued to life because God had a
Archive for the Psychology of Religion – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1980
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