The Methodist Review - Softcover

Methodist Book Concern

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371726239 ISBN 13: 9780371726235

Publisher: HardPress, 2016

Synopsis

The Methodist Review. This 1867 issue surveys theology, education, ministry, and foreign religious intelligence in a doctrinal, reform-minded mood rooted in Midwest-U.S. Methodist concerns. It centers on sanctification and Wesleyan identity, defending the doctrine of entire sanctification, the inner witness of the Holy Spirit, and humility as essential to holiness, while urging widespread teaching and prayer. It also advocates esthetics in collegiate education, proposing a four-grade national system (primary, academic, collegiate, university), with a three-axis framework for curriculum, emphasis on the arts, museums, and cultivated taste to inform public life and leadership. A third focus outlines pastoral preparation and preaching, arguing against the necessity of apostolic succession but upholding the Holy Spirit's call to ministry, and promoting lay input with prudence in church polity. Additional pieces cover foreign religious intelligence, ecumenical movements, and critical discourse on theology, education, and culture, reflecting Methodism as a distinct, mission-driven tradition that seeks cultural leadership through spiritual renewal and aesthetic literacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371726239
• ISBN 13: 9780371726235
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 654