THE PEDAGOGY OF MORALITY AND RELIGION AS RELATED TO THE PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT

John Wesley, the principal founder of the Methodist movement in eighteenth‐century England, was deeply concerned about the process of shaping persons into Christians. To this end, Wesley developed and applied educational methods, wrote and distributed teaching materials, and insistently exhorted his preachers to fulfill their responsibility as teachers of the faith. In our contemporary culture characterized by spiritual superficiality, biblical illiteracy, and theological confusion, those who seek to form and nurture Christians may profitably attend to the guidance that Wesley's ministry offers.