존 웨슬리의 『기독교 문고집』에 대한 역사적 연구

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study investigated the publication history of John Wesley’s Christian Library. Wesley’s Christian Library not only contributed to promoting practical divinity and the spirituality of the 18th-century Methodists, but also was a notable work in the publication history of the Christian Library. Wesley’s Christian Library came out of Wesley’s response to the urgent demands of the Methodist lay-preachers. Wesley sought to provide the Methodist preachers with a guide for practical divinity by selecting and editing major works among religious books. The Christian Library was the most important complete collection that Wesley consistently prescribed to read for the spiritual development of his lay preachers. Wesley included the complete reading of the Christian Library in his academic curriculum designed for student preachers at his Kingswood school. Reading the Christian Library contributed spiritually to the preachers, and the legacy of Wesley continued to influence the Methodist organization even after Wesley.
This study deals with the major issues related to the Christian Library by examining the history of Wesley’s Christian Library, his criteria for selecting the works contained in it, his criteria for editing them, the form and characteristics of the finished product, its usage after the publication, and its influence on Methodism. Furthermore, this study investigates the history of the Christian Library before and after the publication of Wesley’s Christian Library, as well as the important issues related to the publication of the Christian Library in the history of Christianity. Recently, public interest in reading the humanities as well as the Christian classics was aroused. This study tries to present guidelines for setting the selection criteria and the editorial direction for the new Christian Library.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. 들어가는 말
• II. 기독교 문고집의 역사
• III. 『기독교 문고집』이 나오기까지의 개인적 역사
• IV. 웨슬리의 『기독교 문고집』편집
• V. 『기독교 문고집』출간 이후
• VI. 나오는 말: 오늘을 위한 『기독교 문고집』
• 참고문헌
• Abstract

참고문헌 (Reference)

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35 Younge, Richard, "A Christian library, or, A pleasant and plentiful paradise of practical divinity in 37 treatises of sundry and select subjects, purposely composed to pluck sinners out of Satan’s snares, and allure them into the glorious liberty of the Gospel" Printed by MI, sold by James Crumps 1660

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