| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 188 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Methodist Studies |
| Contents |
General Introduction -- Part I: Heritage. John Wesley: encounter or embarrassment? -- Rattenbury revisited: the theology of Charles Wesley's hymns -- The eucharistic hymns: an appreciation -- Reflections on Methodism after Wesley -- Reflections on connexionalism -- Connexion and koinonia: Wesley's legacy and the ecumenical ideal -- The 'Large Minutes': ecclesiological implications -- Conference episcope: history and theology -- Richard Matthews: a layman overlooked -- Part II: Identity. Who are we? The elusive Methodist identity -- A Methodist theological system? -- World Methodist theology? The Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies -- The idea of a national church -- Unity and conscience -- 'Until we all attain...': eschatology and the goal of unity -- The Porvoo Common Statement: a Methodist response -- A reflection on structural change -- What is a divinity school for? -- Index |
| Summary |
"Brian Beck has had a long and distinguished career in Methodist studies, having additionally served as President of the UK Methodist Conference and helped lead the international Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. This book is the first time that Beck's seminal work on Methodism has been gathered together. It includes eighteen essays from the last twenty-five years, covering many different aspects of Methodist thought and practice. This collection is divided into two main sections. Part I covers Methodism's heritage and its implications, while Part II discusses wider issues of Methodism's identity. The chapters themselves examine the work of key figures, such as John Wesley and J.E. Rattenbury, as well as past and present forms of Methodist thought and practice. As such, this book is important reading for any scholar of Methodism, as well as students and academics of religious studies and theology more generally."--Provided by publisher |
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Methodism.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- History.
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RELIGION -- Christian Church -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Methodist.
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Methodism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781315206127 |
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1315206129 |
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9781351796071 |
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1351796070 |
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9781351796064 |
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1351796062 |
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9781351796088 |
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1351796089 |
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