John Wesley
from Vintage Saints and Sinners Hosted by Karen Wright Marsh, Gabriel Hunter-Chang
Larycia Hawkins and host Karen Wright Marsh recount the story of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. As a young man, pious John Wesley declared the “absolute impossibility of being half a Christian.” Crushing failures humbled his grand ambitions-- yet prepared Wesley for a renewed faith, one energized by freedom, love and transformative action Guest Dr. Larycia Hawkins is an American scholar and speaker whose act of embodied solidarity became the subject of the award-winning documentary film Same God. Dr. Hawkins is general faculty at the University of Virginia, where she teaches in the departments of politics and religious studies and serves in the Religion, Race, and Democracy Lab. Meet host Karen Wright Marsh, and learn more about the show here: www.karenwrightmarsh.com Support the show
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Larycia Hawkins and host Karen Wright Marsh recount the story of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. As a young man, pious John Wesley declared the “absolute impossibility of being half a Christian.” Crushing failures humbled his grand ambitions-- yet prepared Wesley for a renewed faith, one energized by freedom, love and transformative action Guest Dr. Larycia Hawkins is an American scholar and speaker whose act of embodied solidarity became the subject of the award-winning documentary ...
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