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International Relations"</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2073-6339</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Издательский центр Российского государственного гуманитарного университета</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.28995/2073-6339-2025-4-28-41</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">politicalscience-802</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ИСТОРИЯ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫХ ОТНОШЕНИЙ И ВНЕШНЕЙ ПОЛИТИКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND FOREIGN POLICY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Джон Уэсли и методистский дискурс в британской пропаганде периода Американской революции</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>John Wesley and the methodist discourse in the British propaganda during the American Revolution</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Филимонова</surname><given-names>М. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Filimonova</surname><given-names>M. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Мария А. Филимонова, доктор исторических наук</p><p>305000, Россия, Курск, ул. Радищева, д. 33</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Maria A. Filimonova, Dr. of Sci. (History)</p><p>33, Radishchev St., Kursk, 305000</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">mar-filimonova@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Курский государственный университет<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Kursk State University<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>10</day><month>08</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>0</volume><issue>4</issue><fpage>28</fpage><lpage>41</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Филимонова М.А., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Филимонова М.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Filimonova M.A.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://politicalscience.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/802">https://politicalscience.rsuh.ru/jour/article/view/802</self-uri><abstract><p>Статья посвящена анализу роли Джона Уэсли и методистского дискурса в британской пропаганде периода Американской революции. Исследование фокусируется на соотношении между его личными взглядами, выраженными в частной переписке, и публичной проправительственной позицией, отраженной в памфлетах. Автор рассматривает ключевые концепты политической теории Уэсли – народ, свобода, республика – и их религиозное обоснование через призму Священного Писания. Особое внимание уделяется использованию антирабовладельческой риторики как инструмента антиамериканской пропаганды, а также эволюции взглядов Уэсли по мере развития конфликта.Методологическая основа статьи включает историко-генетический анализ, дискурсивный анализ текстов Уэсли и сравнительно-исторический подход. Источниковую базу составляют памфлеты, письма и дневники Уэсли. Научная новизна исследования заключается в комплексном изучении религиозного и политического дискурса Уэсли, раскрытии его роли не только как религиозного деятеля, но и как идеолога торийского толка. Статья вносит вклад в понимание взаимодействия религии и политики в эпоху Американской революции, а также демонстрирует, как Война за независимость повлияла на развитие методизма в США, несмотря на изначальную оппозицию Уэсли революционным идеям.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article analyzes the role of John Wesley and the Methodist discourse in the British propaganda during the American Revolution. The study focuses on the relationship between his personal views expressed in the private correspondence and the public pro-government position reflected in the pamphlets. The author examines the key concepts of Wesley’s political theory – the people, freedom, and the republic – and their religious interpretation through the prism of Holy Scripture. Particular attention is paid to the use of the anti-slavery rhetoric as a tool of the anti-American propaganda, as well as the evolution of Wesley’s views as the conflict progressed.The methodological basis of the article includes a historical-genetic analysis, a discursive analysis of Wesley’s texts and a comparative historical approach. The source base consists of Wesley’s pamphlets, letters, and diaries. The scientific novelty of the research lies in a comprehensive study of Wesley’s religious and political discourse, revealing his role not only as a religious figure, but also as a Tory ideologue. The article contributes to understanding the interaction of religion and politics during the American Revolution, and also demonstrates how the War of Independence influenced the development of Methodism in the United States, despite Wesley’s initial opposition to revolutionary ideas.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Джон Уэсли</kwd><kwd>методизм</kwd><kwd>Американская революция</kwd><kwd>британская пропаганда</kwd><kwd>религиозный дискурс</kwd><kwd>торийская идеология</kwd><kwd>народный суверенитет</kwd><kwd>свобода</kwd><kwd>республика</kwd><kwd>рабство</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>John Wesley</kwd><kwd>methodism</kwd><kwd>the American Revolution</kwd><kwd>British propaganda</kwd><kwd>religious discourse</kwd><kwd>Tory ideology</kwd><kwd>popular sovereignty</kwd><kwd>freedom</kwd><kwd>republic</kwd><kwd>slavery</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Семёнов 2008 – Семёнов С.Б. 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