John Wesley S Theology

Author : Kenneth J. Collins
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780687646333

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The Theology of John Wesley by Kenneth J. Collins Pdf

A rich articulation of John Wesley's theology that is appreciative of the old and mindful of the new, faithful to the past and attentive to the present. This work carefully displays John Wesley's eighteenth century theology in its own distinct historical and social location, but then transitions to the twenty-first century through the introduction of contemporary issues. So conceived, the book is both historical and constructive demonstrating that the theology of Wesley represents a vibrant tradition. Cognizant of Wesley's own preferred vocabulary, Collins introduces Wesley's theological method beginning with a discussion of the doctrine of God. "In this insightful exposition the leitmotif of holy love arises out of Wesley's reflection on the nature of the divine being as well as other major doctrines." (Douglas Meeks)

Author : Prof. Kenneth J. Collins
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426729362

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The Scripture Way of Salvation by Prof. Kenneth J. Collins Pdf

Taking its title from one of John Wesley's most important sermons, The Scripture Way of Salvation explores the soteriological content of Wesley's entire literary corpus (sermons, letters, theological treatises, journals, and the notes on the Old and New Testaments). Fundamentally a doctrinal study, it is historically sensitive to the subtle shifts and nuances of Wesley's continuing reflections about the processes of salvation and the nature of Christian life. Collins provides a clear discussion of Wesley's emerging views about the development and maturation of Christian life, and in so doing highlights the essential structure that undergirds and provides the framework for Wesley's way of thinking about the processes of salvation.

Author : Prof. Kenneth J. Collins
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426757945

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John Wesley by Prof. Kenneth J. Collins Pdf

John Wesley: A Theological Journey has been nominated for a Wesleyan Theological Society Book Award. Abingdon Press would like to congratulate Kenneth Collins on this honor. John Wesley remains a seminal figure, not only for "the people called Methodist, " but also within the larger Protestant tradition. Understanding his theology is a requirement for understanding the development of the Western Christian tradition in the modern period. In recent years much work has been done to grasp the intricacies of Wesley's theology. However, most of this work has been thematic in organization, studying Wesley's thought according to a topical or systematic outline. The weakness of this approach, argues Kenneth J. Collins, is that it fails to demonstrate the evolution and changes of Wesley's theology. What is called for is a historical presentation--one that examines the development of Wesley's theology across the span of his long and eventful theological career. Collins thus provides a chronological presentation of the development of Wesley's theology. Drawing on an extensive examination of the primary sources, and demonstrating an intimate knowledge of the different contexts and social locations in which Wesley's theology took place, John Wesley: A Theological Journey will be necessary reading for anyone wishing to understand the broad scope of the Methodist leader's theological development and contribution.

Author : Randy L. Maddox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047115749

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Rethinking Wesley's Theology for Contemporary Methodism by Randy L. Maddox Pdf

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.

Author : Kenneth J. Collins
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780687082469

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A Real Christian by Kenneth J. Collins Pdf

A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley fills a void in available books in Wesleyan studies by providing a brief, solid biography that focuses on Wesley himself. While exploring Wesley's ancestry, birth, death, and every major biographical and theological event between, Collins also explores the theme of John Wesley's spiritual growth and maturation. Wesley came to the conclusion that real Christians are those whose inward (and outward) lives have been transformed by the bountiful sanctifying grace of God -- what he termed real Christianity--and this he strove to obtain for himself. Real Christianity, as Wesley understood it, embraces both works of piety and mercy, the person and the social.

Author : Paul Wesley Chilcote
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830876655

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Recapturing the Wesleys' Vision by Paul Wesley Chilcote Pdf

Scholar and teacher Paul Wesley Chilcote provides a full and clear introduction to the dynamic faith of John and Charles Wesley. The vital theology of John is skillfully gleaned from his voluminous writings. The corresponding faith of Charles is culled from his enduring hymns. For students and general readers this book illuminates the vital balance the Wesleys found in Christian teaching that overcomes the often mutually exclusive options presented in other theological traditions. Chilcote shows that such a synthetic faith is not boring or irrelevant but transforming and life-giving, bringing together faith and works, Word and Spirit, the personal and the social, the head and the heart, mission and service.

Author : Arthur S. Yates
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498205047

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The Doctrine of Assurance by Arthur S. Yates Pdf

Author : Isaac Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Methodism
ISBN : UOM:39015030593738

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Wesley, and Methodism by Isaac Taylor Pdf

Author : Don Thorsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1426743351

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Calvin Vs. Wesley by Don Thorsen Pdf

Presents a comparison between John Calvin and John Wesley, discussing their beliefs, revealing that many believe as Calvinists, yet live like Wesleyans.

Author : Ryan Nicholas Danker
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899647

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Wesley and the Anglicans by Ryan Nicholas Danker Pdf

Why did the Wesleyan Methodists and the Anglican evangelicals divide during the middle of the eighteenth century? Many would argue that the division between them was based narrowly on theological matters, especially predestination and perfection. Ryan Danker suggests, however, that politics was a major factor throughout, driving the Wesleyan Methodists and Anglican evangelicals apart. Methodism was perceived to be linked with the radical and seditious politics of the Cromwellian period. This was a charged claim in a post-Restoration England. Likewise Danker explores the political force of resurgent Tory influence under George III, which exerted more pressure on evangelicals to prove their loyalty to the Establishment. These political realities made it hard for evangelicals in the Church of England to cooperate with Wesley and meant that all their theological debates were politically inflected. Rich in detail, here is a book for all who seek deeper insight into a critical juncture in the development of evangelicalism and early Methodism.

Author : Thomas C. Oden
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310587132

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John Wesley's Teachings, Volume 3 by Thomas C. Oden Pdf

John Wesley’s Teachings is the first systematic exposition of John Wesley's theology that is also faithful to Wesley's own writings. Wesley was a prolific writer and commentator on Scripture—his collected works fill eighteen volumes—and yet it is commonly held that he was not systematic or consistent in his theology and teachings. On the contrary, Thomas C. Oden demonstrates that Wesley displayed a remarkable degree of internal consistency over sixty years of preaching and ministry. This series of 4 volumes is a text-by-text guide to John Wesley’s teaching. It introduces Wesley’s thought on the basic tenets of Christian teaching: God, providence, and man (volume 1), Christ and salvation (volume 2), the practice of pastoral care (volume 3), and issues of ethics and society (volume 4). In everyday modern English, Oden clarifies Wesley’s explicit intent and communicates his meaning clearly to a contemporary audience. Both lay and professional readers will find this series useful for devotional reading, moral reflection, sermon preparation, and for referencing Wesley’s opinions on a broad range of pressing issues of contemporary society.

Author : Rev. Michael Pasquarello III
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426732065

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John Wesley by Rev. Michael Pasquarello III Pdf

That John Wesley was not a systematic theologian is a point frequently made. Yet if that be the case, what kind of theologian was he? To look at his literary output over the course of his long life and ministry is to recognize the central role that sermons played. Thus, claims Michael Paquarello, Wesley was a homiletical theologian, one for whom the Word preached was the core means of reflecting on and understanding the meaning of the Gospel. In this "preaching life" of Wesley Pasquarello places Wesley's sermons in the larger religious, political, and intellectual world of their eighteenth-century context. Neither a biography nor an intellectual history, it is a homiletic history, one that both uses the details of Wesley's milieu to build a framework for understanding his sermons, and that illumines the practical wisdom embodied in the content, form, and style of Wesley's preaching. John Wesley: A Preaching Life vividly portrays the centrality of Wesley's preaching to the religious revival that transformed eighteenth-century England.

Author : Mark K. Olson
Publisher : Alethea in Heart
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Perfection
ISBN : 1932370889

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John Wesley's Theology of Christian Perfection by Mark K. Olson Pdf

In this second volume of a groundbreaking series, Olson leaves no stone unturned as he guides the reader along a path explaining how and why Wesleys most beloved doctrine took the shape it did. (Christian)

Author : Thomas C. Oden
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310492689

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John Wesley's Teachings, Volume 2 by Thomas C. Oden Pdf

The first presentation of John Wesley's doctrinal teachings in a systematic form that is also faithful to Wesley's own writings in ebook format. Wesley was a prolific writer and commentator on Scripture, yet it is commonly held that he was not systematic or internally consistent in his theology and doctrinal teachings. On the contrary, Thomas C. Oden intends to demonstrate here that Wesley displayed a remarkable degree of consistency over sixty years of preaching and ministry. The book helps readers to grasp Wesley's essential teachings in an accessible form so that the person desiring to go directly to Wesley's own writings (which fill eighteen volumes) will know exactly where to turn.

Author : Thomas C. Oden
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310587224

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John Wesley's Teachings, Volume 4 by Thomas C. Oden Pdf

Timeless Teachings of John Wesley for the Modern-Day Christian John Wesley’s Teachings is the first systematic exposition of John Wesley's theology that encompasses all of his writings. Wesley was a prolific writer and commentator on Scripture—his collected works fill twenty-four volumes—and yet it is commonly held that he was not systematic or consistent in his theology and teachings. On the contrary, Thomas C. Oden demonstrates that Wesley displayed a remarkable degree of internal consistency over sixty years of preaching and ministry. This series of four volumes is a text-by-text guide to John Wesley’s teaching. It introduces Wesley’s thought on the basic tenets of Christian teaching: God and providence (volume 1), Christ and salvation (volume 2), the practice of pastoral care (volume 3), and issues of ethics and society (volume 4). In everyday modern English, Oden clarifies Wesley’s explicit intent and communicates his meaning clearly to a contemporary audience. Both lay and professional readers will find this series useful for devotional reading, moral reflection, sermon preparation, and for referencing Wesley’s opinions on ecological recovery, moral relativism, enthusiasm, catholicity, experience, paradise, final justification, providence, and countless others.