As If the Heart Mattered: A Wesleyan Spirituality

by Gregory S. Clapper

Using Wesleyan spirituality as a guide and the scriptures as a solid grounding, As If the Hear Mattered renders a balanced understanding what "heart religion" involves.

Genres: Religion

109 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

Reviews

[Tim Littleford · Rating 4 out of 5]

First three chapters are fine, very basic and simple, but it roars home when moving on to talking about the importance of, and how to live, a 'heart religion'.

"Wesley said that we are made for happiness, and that happiness comes only from achieving holiness."

[Mackenzie Johnstone · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought that Clapper made some really great points throughout the book but his overall argument and purpose behind writing the book was lost on me. I had no idea why I was reading it until the very end and even then I'm still unclear what, if anything, Clapper was trying to achieve from writing it. I don't totally discredit it though, he does do a great job of laying out what Wesley thought and taught and I loved how he incorporated hymns at the end of each chapter!