This book describes and examines the Wesleyan attitude toward - and programs with - the poor from the time of John Wesley to the present. The chapters consist of revised versions of ten presentations given at a major symposium on 'The Wesleys and the Poor: The Legacy and Development of Methodist Attitudes Toward Poverty, 1739-1999,' in October 1999 at Southern Methodist University. The contributors represent the best of current thinking on a broad spectrum of concerns, including historical, theological, musical, institutional, and pastoral issues related to poverty and the church in the Wesleyan heritage.
