Eighteenth-century writer and reformer John Wesley does not use ‘anxiety’ in its modern philosophical or psychological sense. However, Wesley carefully distinguishes between forms of religious fear and ‘nervous disorders’ throughout his published theological and medical works, indicating the felt quality of anxiety as a central theme. This is evinced in his published journals, sermons such as ‘The Spirit of Bondage and of Adoption’ (1746), ‘The Wilderness State’ and ‘Heaviness through Manifold Temptations’ (both published in 1760), and less-conspicuous works such as Primitive Physic (1747), ‘Thoughts on Nervous Disorders’ (1786), as well as his publication on electricity, The Desideratum: Or Electricity Made Plain and Useful (1759). Wesley’s treatment of ‘anxiety-qualia’ as religious predicament and physical disorder is instructive in terms of placing Wesley vis-à-vis the backdrop of Enlightenment Europe and its scientific and philosophical interests, which has been the subject of recent historical and theological scholarship related to Wesley. Wesley was a preacher and revivalist to be certain, whose emphasis on perceptible inspiration and the assurance of faith cultivated a global Protestant denomination, but he was also a curious thinker with a fondness for science and faith, steeped in the intellectual developments of the North Atlantic, early-modern world.

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卫斯理精神中的焦虑：核心神学主题？

十八世纪的作家和改革家约翰卫斯理并没有使用现代哲学或心理学意义上的“焦虑”。然而，卫斯理在他出版的神学和医学著作中仔细区分了宗教恐惧和“神经紊乱”的形式，表明焦虑的感觉质量是一个中心主题。这在他出版的期刊、布道如“束缚和收养的精神”（1746 年）、“荒野之州”和“多重诱惑中的沉重”（均于 1760 年出版）以及不那么显眼的作品中得到了证明，例如Primitive Physic (1747), ' Thoughts on Nervous Disorders' (1786)，以及他关于电的出版物，The Desideratum: Or Electricity Made Plain and Useful(1759)。卫斯理将“焦虑-感受性”视为宗教困境和身体障碍，在将卫斯理置于欧洲启蒙运动及其科学和哲学兴趣的背景下方面具有指导意义，这一直是近期历史和神学学术研究的主题。给韦斯利。卫斯理是一位传教士和复兴主义者，可以肯定的是，他强调可感知的灵感和信仰的保证，培养了全球新教教派，但他也是一个好奇的思想家，热爱科学和信仰，沉浸在北大西洋的智力发展中，近代世界。