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blake-290	Hobson, Christopher Z.	Blake, Methodism, and “Christian Perfection”	2021		.htm	application/xhtml+xml	13983	643	57	Blake, Methodism, and “Christian Perfection” Blake, Methodism, and “Christian Perfection” By Christopher Z. Hobson Christopher Z. Hobson (hobsonc@oldwestbury.edu), professor of English at SUNY Old Westbury, is the author of The Chained Boy: Orc and Blake’s Idea of Revolution, Blake and Homosexuality, and The Mount of Vision: African American Prophetic Tradition, 1800–​1950, among other works. This essay argues that Blake rejected John Wesley’s teaching of “Christian perfection” and examines the implications of this rejection for Blake’s ideas of morality, conduct, and social and sexual freedom.	cache/blake-290.htm	txt/blake-290.txt