Rethinking Wesley's Theology for Contemporary Methodism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687060451 ISBN 13: 9780687060450

Publisher: Kingswood Books, 1998

Synopsis

One of the most surprising developments in contemporary Methodist theology is the degree to which leading Methodist and Wesleyan systematic theologians are reengaging John Wesley, finding his works instructive, provocative, and stimulating for their own theological reflection. Such a broad and purposeful dialogue with Wesley by theologians of the Wesleyan heritage is unprecedented in this century, and much rarer in the previous century than is popularly believed. This volume presents a set of original essays that represent and embody this new engagement allowing the reader to see how several prominent theologians are self-consciously reexamining and reappropriating their theological tradition.

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About the Author:

Randy L. Maddox is William Kellon Quick Professor of Church History and Wesley Studies at The Divinity School, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; and Associate General Editor of the Bicentennial Edition of the Works of John Wesley. He is a recognized authority on both John Wesley's theology and the theological developments in later Methodism. Among his special interests are the science and religion dialogue, the nature of evangelicalism, and the theological distinctives of Eastern Orthodoxy. Maddox is an ordained elder in the Dakotas Conference of The United Methodist Church.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kingswood Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0687060451
• ISBN 13: 9780687060450
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Maddox Randy L.