TY - JOUR AU - Johnston, Kenny PY - 2022/08/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Perceiving Wesley: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF EPISTEMOLOGICAL USES OF PERCEPTION IN JOHN WESLEY’S THEOLOGY JF - Methodist Review JA - MethRev VL - 14 IS - SE - DO - UR - https://methodistreview.org/index.php/mr/article/view/279 SP - AB - <p class="ThesisBody">There is a growing reevaluation of theological systems in view of current trends in religious epistemology. John Wesley, however, has often been side stepped as a serious contributor to this discussion given the “folk-theologian” identity associated with his success. Against this tendency, I suggest that Wesley had a rationally grounded religious epistemology regarding perception that was consistent throughout his life. I suggest that he was heavily invested in rationally defending his theological system by defending his religious epistemology of perception and that the former cannot be had without the latter. Finally, I conclude that Wesley’s system needs to be reevaluated against these findings and that his system has value for the debates surrounding religious epistemology in today’s discussion.</p> ER -