John Wesley’s Thoughts upon Slavery and Wesleyan Pro-LGBTQ Social Ethics

Shaffer, Scott

doi:10.2478/holiness-2024-0016

Abstract

This article explores how John Wesley’s theological arguments in Thoughts upon Slavery can be used as a pattern for developing a Wesleyan pro-LGBTQ social ethic. After exploring Wesley’s experiential and practical approach to social ethics in general and Wesley’s theological approach to slavery in particular, the article provides a detailed analysis of Wesley’s theological arguments in Thoughts upon Slavery. The article then demonstrates how similar theological approaches and arguments can be used as the basis of a pro-LBGTQ social ethic, focusing on pro-LGBTQ apologetics, Wesleyan queer theology, and pro-LGBTQ arguments in The United Methodist Church.

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John Wesley’s Thoughts upon Slavery and Wesleyan Pro-LGBTQ Social Ethics

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