These articles were first presented in the form of a panel to the Wesleyan Studies Unit of the American Academy of Religion. At the time, Randy Maddox commented that it would be difficult to respond to such a diverse set of papers. Interestingly, their common inspiration, which had prompted the call for papers, had been the 2018 volume he edited with James G. Donat (Medical and Health Writings, vol. XXXII of The Works of John Wesley). At the heart of this volume is Wesley's Primitive Physic, which originated with A Collection of Receipts for the Use of the Poor in 1745, a text also included in the volume. In 1747, it became Primitive Physic after Wesley's addition of an exercise regimen; it would later undergo a number of serious revisions (at least twenty times!) over the course of the rest of his life. As diverse as...

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