Overview

With the decision to provide of a scholarly edition of the Works of John Wesley in the 1950s, Methodist Studies emerged as a fresh academic venture. Building on the foundation laid by Frank Baker, Albert Outler, and other pioneers of the discipline, this handbook provides an overview of the best current scholarship in the field. The forty-two included essays are representative of the voices of a new generation of international scholars, summarising and expanding on topical research, and considering where their work may lead Methodist Studies in the future.Thematically ordered, the handbook provides new insights into the founders, history, structures, and theology of Methodism, and into ongoing developments in the practice and experience of the contemporary movement. Key themes explored include worship forms, mission, ecumenism, and engagement with contemporary ethical and political debate.

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Author:   William J. Abraham (Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor in Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas) ,  James E. Kirby (Professor Emeritus of Church History in Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   1.310kg
ISBN:  

9780199696116

ISBN 10:   019969611
Pages:   780
Publication Date:   29 September 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

William J. Abraham and James E. Kirby: Preface I: History of Methodism 1: Richard Heitzenrater: The Eighteenth Century Context 2: John H. Wigger: Founding Brothers, John and Charles Wesley 3: John H. Wigger: Francis Asbury and American Methodism 4: David Hempton: The People Called Methodists, Transitions In Britain and North America 5: Manfred Marquardt: Methodism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century 6: J. Steven O'Malley: Evangelical United Brethren Church 7: Will Gravely: African-American Methodism 8: Pablo R. Andiñach: Methodism in Latin America 9: Martin Wellings: British Methodism and Evangelicalism 10: Donald Dayton: Methodism and Pentecostalism 11: Lamin Sanneh: Methodism in World Christianity II: Ecclesia Forms and Structures 12: Russell Richey: Christian Conferencing and Connectionalism 13: James E. Kirby: Episcopacy, Scriptural and Apostolic 14: Thomas Edward Frank: Discipline 15: Dennis Campbell: Ministry and Itinerancy 16: Ted Campbell: Means of Grace and Forms of Piety III: Worship, Sacraments, Liturgy, Hymnody, Music, Preaching 17: Karen Westerfield Tucker: Mainstream Liturgical Developments 18: Lester Ruth: Liturgical Revolutions 19: Swee Hong Lim: Music and Hymnody 20: Geoffrey Wainwright: Sacraments 21: Gennifer Benjamin Brooks: Preaching IV:Spiritual Experiences, Evangelism, Mission, Ecumenism 22: Tom Albin: Experience of God 23: Elaine Heath: The Quest for Holiness 24: Philip Meadows: The Journey in Evangelism 25: Dana Robert, Douglas D. Tzan: Traditions and Transitions in Mission 26: David M. Chapman: Methodism and the Future of Ecumenism 27: Sergei Nikolaev: Methodism and the Challenge of Orthodoxy in Russia V: Theology 28: Sarah Heaner Lancaster: Scripture and Revelation 29: Elmer M. Colyer: Trinity 30: Barry Bryant: Original Sin 31: Marjorie Suchocki: Grace 32: Jason Vickers: Christology 33: D. Lyle Dabney: Pneumatology 34: William J. Abraham: Christian Perfection, the Grand Depositum 35: Kenneth J. Collins: Assurance 36: Jerry L. Walls: Predestination VI: Ethics and Politics 37: Stanley Hauerwas and Steven Long: Theological Ethics 38: Robin Lovin: Moral Theology 39: Jane Craske: Methodism and Feminism 40: Harold Recinos: Methodism and Race 41: Simeon Ilesanmi: Methodism and Politics in Africa 42: David Bebbington: Methodism and Culture

Reviews

This volume on Methodist Studies in the Oxford Handbook series will not disappoint... [it] will remain an essential reference book for many years to come Mary Tanner, Church Times This is a huge, delicious book ... it is a superb collection of essays, of which Methodists from all countries may be justly proud. Barrie Tabraham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

`This volume on Methodist Studies in the Oxford Handbook series will not disappoint... [it] will remain an essential reference book for many years to come' Mary Tanner, Church Times `This is a huge, delicious book ... it is a superb collection of essays, of which Methodists from all countries may be justly proud.' Barrie Tabraham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

This is a huge, delicious book ... it is a superb collection of essays, of which Methodists from all countries may be justly proud. * Barrie Tabraham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History * This volume on Methodist Studies in the Oxford Handbook series will not disappoint... [it] will remain an essential reference book for many years to come * Mary Tanner, Church Times *

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