The Scholarship of John Walsh (1927‐2022): Contextualisation, Evaluation, and Influence'
John Walsh (1927‐2022) was one of the most learned and accomplished religious historians of his generation. He studied religion in England from the later seventeenth century to the nineteenth, specialising in the history of Methodism and the Evangelical Revival. This article charts Walsh's care...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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The journal of religious history, literature and culture
Year: 2025, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 68-99 |
| Further subjects: | B
Methodism
B Walsh B University B History B Oxford |
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| Summary: | John Walsh (1927‐2022) was one of the most learned and accomplished religious historians of his generation. He studied religion in England from the later seventeenth century to the nineteenth, specialising in the history of Methodism and the Evangelical Revival. This article charts Walsh's career, which it sets in the context of historical studies' development in the later twentieth century. It examines Walsh's sustained, painstaking empirical research and massive erudition. It analyses his publications and their distinctive characteristics and elucidates their importance ‐ always valuable, often seminal. The article also emphasises Walsh's immense influence, his impact on the thinking of many scholars, and his role in reviving and promoting the study of religious history over more than half a century. |
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| ISSN: | 2057-4525 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religious history, literature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.16922/jrhlc.11.1.5 |
