Quest for Love Divine

Select Essays in Wesleyan Theology and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9763-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 377 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 549 g

Reihe: Lutterworth Press

Chilcote discusses the impact of John Wesley and early women preachers on the development of Methodist thought and worship.

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John Wesley's impact on Methodist theology and practice is well established, but there are many other early figures who shaped Methodism just as thoroughly. Quest for Love Divine explores the contributions of Charles Wesley by exploring the impact of his lyrics on methodist worship, and the importance of lyrical theology in the founding of Methodism. Chilcote also examines the contributions of early Methodist women such as Dorothy Fisher, Mary Taft and Sarah Crosby, exploring how the Wesley brothers and their community sought to inhabit 'faith working by love leading to holiness of heart and life'.

In his collection of essays, Chilcote explores the salient themes of Wesleyan theology and practice, and reflects on its legacy, in the Wesley's time and in ours. By focussing on the nature of their discipleship and the centrality of 'love divine', Chilcote brings Wesleyan theology into sharp and practical focus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chilcote, Paul W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Randy L. Maddox
Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Charles Wesley's Lyrical Theology

1. Charles Wesley's Lyrical Credo

2. Charles Wesley and the Language of Faith

3. "All the Image of Thy Love": Charles Wesley's Vision of the One Thing Needful

Part 2: John And Charles Wesely's Practical Divinity

4. Rethinking the Wesleyan Quadrilateral

5. "Practical Christology" in John and Charles Wesley

6. John and Charles Wesley on "God in Christ Reconciling"

Part 3: Early Methodist Women

7. Biblical Equality and the Spirituality of Early Methodist Women

8. An Early Methodist Community of Women

9. Sanctification as Lived by Women in Early Methodism

Part 4: Wesleyan Spiritual Practices

10. Spirituality in the Weselyan Tradition

11. Charles Wesely and Christian Practices

12. A Faith That Sings: The Renewing Power of Lyrical Theology

Part 5: Worship, Sacraments, and Leadership

13. John and Charles Wesley's Theology of the Sacraments

14. The Integral Nature of Worship and Evangelism: Insights from the Wesleyan Tradition

15. "Claim Me for Thy Service": Charles Wesley's Vision of Servant Vocation

Part 6: Missional Ecclesiology and God's Rule

16. The Mission-Church Paradigm of the Wesleyan Revival

17. Lessons from the "Society Planting" Paradigm of Early Methodist Women

18. Charles Wesley and the "Peaceable Reign" of Christ

Appendix A: A World Methodist Affirmation

Appendix B: A Progressive Wesleyan Declaration

Bibliography