Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies

With the decision to provide of a scholarly edition of the Works of John Wesley in the 1950s, Methodist Studies emerged as a fresh academic venture. Building on the foundation laid by Frank Baker, Albert Outler, and other pioneers of the discipline, this handbook provides an overview of the best current scholarship in the field. The forty-two included essays are representative of the voices of a new generation of international scholars, summarising and expanding on topical research, and considering where their work may lead Methodist Studies in the future.

Thematically ordered, the handbook provides new insights into the founders, history, structures, and theology of Methodism, and into ongoing developments in the practice and experience of the contemporary movement. Key themes explored include worship forms, mission, ecumenism, and engagement with contemporary ethical and political debate.

Readership: Scholars and students of all aspects of Methodism including history, theology, and contemporary ethics; Methodist ministers and the interested general reader

William J. Abraham, Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor in Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and James E. Kirby, Professor Emeritus of Church History in Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas

Contributors:
William J. Abraham, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas
Tom Albin, Upper Room Ministries, Nashville
Pablo R. Andiñach, University Institute ISEDET, Buenos Aires
David Bebbington, University of Stirling
Gennifer Benjamin Brooks, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Barry E. Bryant, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Dennis Campbell, Woodbury Forest School, Virginia
Ted Campbell, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas
David M. Chapman, Circuit Minister, West Sussex, UK
J.C.D. Clark, University of Kansas
Kenneth J. Collins, Asbury Seminary
Elmer M. Colyer, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Jane Craske, Manchester University
D. Lyle Dabney, Marquette University
Donald Dayton, Monrovia, California
Thomas Edward Frank, Candler School of Theology
Will B. Gravely, formally University of Denver
Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University
Elaine A. Heath, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas
Richard Heitzenrater, Duke University
David Hempton, Harvard University
Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Wake Forest University
James E. Kirby, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas
Sarah Heaner Lancaster, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Swee Hong Lim, Trinity Theological College, Singapore
Steven Long, Marquette University
Robin Lovin, Southern Methodist University
Manfred Marquardt, Reutlingen
Philip Meadows, Cliff College
Sergei V. Nikolaev, Russian United Methodist Theological Seminary, Moscow
J. Steven O'Malley, Asbury Seminary
Harold J. Recinos, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas
Russell Richey, Candler School of Theology
Dana Robert, Boston University
Lester Ruth, Asbury Seminary
Lamin Sanneh, Yale University
Marjorie Suchocki, Claremont School of Theology
Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Boston University
Douglas D. Tzan, Boston University
Jason Vickers, United Theological Seminary
Geoffrey Wainwright, Duke University
Jerry L. Walls, Asbury Seminary
Martin Wellings, Oxford, World Methodist Historical Society
John H. Wigger, University of Missouri

William J. Abraham and James E. Kirby: Preface
I: History of Methodism
1: Richard Heitzenrater: The Eighteenth Century Context
2: John H. Wigger: Founding Brothers, John and Charles Wesley
3: John H. Wigger: Francis Asbury and American Methodism
4: David Hempton: The People Called Methodists, Transitions In Britain and North America
5: Manfred Marquardt: Methodism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
6: J. Steven O'Malley: Evangelical United Brethren Church
7: Will Gravely: African-American Methodism
8: Pablo R. Andiñach: Methodism in Latin America
9: Martin Wellings: British Methodism and Evangelicalism
10: Donald Dayton: Methodism and Pentecostalism
11: Lamin Sanneh: Methodism in World Christianity
II: Ecclesia Forms and Structures
12: Russell Richey: Christian Conferencing and Connectionalism
13: James E. Kirby: Episcopacy, Scriptural and Apostolic
14: Thomas Edward Frank: Discipline
15: Dennis Campbell: Ministry and Itinerancy
16: Ted Campbell: Means of Grace and Forms of Piety
III: Worship, Sacraments, Liturgy, Hymnody, Music, Preaching
17: Karen Westerfield Tucker: Mainstream Liturgical Developments
18: Lester Ruth: Liturgical Revolutions
19: Swee Hong Lim: Music and Hymnody
20: Geoffrey Wainwright: Sacraments
21: Gennifer Benjamin Brooks: Preaching
IV:Spiritual Experiences, Evangelism, Mission, Ecumenism
22: Tom Albin: Experience of God
23: Elaine Heath: The Quest for Holiness
24: Philip Meadows: The Journey in Evangelism
25: Dana Robert, Douglas D. Tzan: Traditions and Transitions in Mission
26: David M. Chapman: Methodism and the Future of Ecumenism
27: Sergei Nikolaev: Methodism and the Challenge of Orthodoxy in Russia
V: Theology
28: Sarah Heaner Lancaster: Scripture and Revelation
29: Elmer M. Colyer: Trinity
30: Barry Bryant: Original Sin
31: Marjorie Suchocki: Grace
32: Jason Vickers: Christology
33: D. Lyle Dabney: Pneumatology
34: William J. Abraham: Christian Perfection, the Grand Depositum
35: Kenneth J. Collins: Assurance
36: Jerry L. Walls: Predestination
VI: Ethics and Politics
37: Stanley Hauerwas and Steven Long: Theological Ethics
38: Robin Lovin: Moral Theology
39: Jane Craske: Methodism and Feminism
40: Harold Recinos: Methodism and Race
41: Simeon Ilesanmi: Methodism and Politics in Africa
42: David Bebbington: Methodism and Culture