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SUMMARY:'Alexander Knox and the Methodists'\, Spring Lecture\, 2015
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 exander Knox[/caption]\n'Alexander Knox and his significance to the study 
 of John Wesley and early Methodism'\nLecturer: Dr David John William McCre
 ady\n\nAlexander Knox (1757-1831)\, an Anglican lay-theologian and sometim
 e politician\, was born in Derry where his parents became important member
 s of the Methodist Society. When he was only twelve his father died and th
 e figure of John Wesley assumed a growing importance in shaping Knox's lif
 e and his understanding of Christian faith.\n\nEven though he later emphas
 ised his independence from Methodism\, moving towards Anglo-Catholicism he
  remained supportive of Methodism and its evangelical emphasis on individu
 al and spiritual salvation.\n\nIn the 1790s Knox briefly entered political
  life becoming secretary to Lord Castlereagh and was instrumental in ensur
 ing the safe passage of Methodists to and from their Dublin Conference 
 at the height of the 1798 Rebellion. The pioneer of Methodist missions\,
  Thomas Coke\, called him\, 'my most intimate Friend of all the Laity per
 haps in Europe or the World'.\n\nHe died in Dublin and is commemorated in 
 the east window of St Ann's\, Dawson Street.\n\nDr David McCready was born
  in Belfast and holds an MA in Irish History from Queen's\, where his dis
 sertation on 'The Ordination of Women in the Church of Ireland' was awarde
 d the Todd History Prize. In  2013 he was awarded a PhD from Trinity Col
 lege Dublin for his thesis on Alexander Knox.
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LOCATION:Litton Hall\, Wesley House\, Leeson Park\, Dublin\, Wesley House\,
  Leeson Park\, Dublin\, Ireland
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