Truly Ourselves Truly the Spirit's: Reflections on life in the spirit

Wood, Laurence W.

Zondervan Pub. House

Wood recounts the decisive influence Fletcher had on early Methodism, and shows that his writings were able to 'control the opinions of the largest and most effective body of evangelical clergymen of the earth.'

The Meaning of Pentecost in Early Methodism: Rediscovering John Fletcher as John Wesley's Vindicator and Designated Successor (Volume 15) (Pietist and Wesleyan Studies, 15)

Biographies & Memoirs

Scarecrow Press

Pentecostal grace

F. Asbury Pub. Co

God And History: The Dialectical Tension Of Faith And History In Modern Thought

Religion & Spirituality

Religious Studies

Emeth Pub

Theology As History And Hermeneutics A Postcritical Evangelical Conversation With Contemporary Theology

This book argues for an integrative dialectic of faith and history. It is a fresh examination of the problem of faith and history. Instead of being a mere liability, it is argued here that the strength of the Christian faith is its historicity. Although modern thought was not always friendly to Christian faith because of its deeply embedded dualism, it raised the critical intellectual issues that Christian theology needed to address. Advancing a more critical understanding of the nature of history than modern thought was generally able to achieve because of its dualistic thinking, this work argues for an integrative dialectic of historical probability and the certainty of faith. "This book gives a comprehensive and fascinating account of the development of the idea of history in correspondence to changing conceptions of the divine reality, from its origin in Ancient Israel and in Greece all the way to the contemporary discussion. It focuses on the rise of critical historical investigation in modern times and on the struggle of modern theology to come to terms with it. It is an important contribution to this discussion. The split between fact and meaning is persuasively identified as a main obstacle and it is shown to be overcome in the reconstruction of history in the light of the eschatological future. Also very helpful is the final chapter on time (space-time) and eternity with its emphasis on Boethius and with its critical remarks on nontrinitarian theistic notions of a personal God." --Wolfhart Pannenberg, University of Munich

God And History

Christian Books & Bibles

This book is a post-critical conversation with modern and postmodern theology. It focuses on the narrative of history and the task of hermeneutics as the means of validating faith as opposed to the verification-epistemology of modern rational objectivism. Paul Ricoeur's philosophy of testimony is preferred as a means of bridging the extremes of modern objectivism and postmodern subjectivism. The contributions of Karl Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Marcus Borg, N. T. Wright, Jürgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Gustavor Gutiérrez, James Cone, Sandra Schneiders, James B. Cobb, Jr., George Lindbeck, Stanley Hauerwas, William Abraham, among others, are considered and evaluated.

Theology As History and Hermeneutics: A Post-Critical Conversation with Contemporary Theology

Emeth Press

Pentecost & Sanctification in the Writings of John Wesley and Charles Wesley with a Proposal for Today

"Occasionally a book is truly important. This book is one! The skillfully argued and closely documented work will be the standard work on the subject from which all subsequent works must begin." --David Bundy, 
"Larry Wood shows decisively that John Fletcher, Wesley's designated successor, simply spells out John and Charles Wesley's theological understanding in Luke-Acts language. This is a must purchase for all theological libraries and a must read for all Wesleyan scholars and serious Christians." D. William Faupel
"This work will stand as one of the most important Wesleyan studies of our generation. This landmark thoroughly documented study convincingly demonstrates that the traditional Wesleyan and holiness teaching and experience of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, far from being the nineteenth century invention of the American Holiness Movement, was rooted in the Wesley brothers themselves." --William Kostlevy
"This is a great book. Through extensive research Larry Wood presents a strong case for the pervasive linkage of Pentecostal language to Wesleyan concepts of sanctification." --Henry H. Knight III
Perhaps the most evocative definition of early Methodism was that it was 'Church-of-Englandism felt.' Laurence Wood shows how even the classic Wesley emphasis on sanctification was rooted deeply in the Anglican tradition of the Wesleys." --Lester Ruth 
"What a wonderful gift Larry Wood has given us in this book! It is lavishly documented from the sermons, journals, letters and hymns of John and Charles Wesley. The careful reader will notice much previously uncharted territory here, in terms of the roots, influences and sources which shaped the founder's main ideas. Particularly interesting and significant is Wood's careful attention to the development and nuancing of the key theme of Pentecost - down through the years - and bringing it into connection with the rite of Christian confirmation." --John Tyson, 
"Four decades in the making, this timely book explores the closely related themes of Pentecost and the baptism of the Holy Spirit in John and Charles Wesley's writings in a way that is both theologically illuminating and spiritually inspiring. For those interested in the doctrine of sanctification in the Wesleyan tradition and the Wesleyan roots of Pentecostalism, Professor Wood's work is must reading." --Jason E. Vickers

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