Unmasking Methodist Theology : A Way Forward

by Marsh, Clive; Beck, Brian; Shier-Jones, Angela; Wareing, Helen

• ISBN13: 9780826471291
• ISBN10: 0826471293
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Introduction	xi
Part I
Introduction	3	(94)
1 Controversy Essential: Theology in Popular Methodism	5	(12)
Jane Bates and Colin Smith
2 Dialogue with the Wesleys: Remembering Origins	17	(12)
Timothy S.A. Macquiban
3 Being Methodical: Theology Within Church Structures	29	(12)
Angela Shier-Jones
4 Theology Through Social and Political Action	41	(7)
David Clough
5 Theology Sung and Celebrated	48	(11)
Judith Maizel-Long
6 Theology as Interaction: Ecumenism and the World Church	59	(11)
Richard Clutterbuck
7 Facets of Formation: Theology Through Training	70	(12)
Martin Wellings and Andrew Wood
8 Conferring as Theological Method	82	(15)
Angela Shier-Jones
Part II
Introduction	97	(12)
9 Stories and Storytelling: The Use of Narrative Within Methodism	99	(10)
Barbara Glasson
10 Revelation in Methodist Practice and Belief	109	(9)
Stephen Dawes
11 Appealing to 'Experience': What Does it Mean?	118	(13)
Clive Marsh
12 Joining the Dots: Methodist Membership and Connectedness	131	(11)
Philip Drake
13 The Activity of God in Methodist Perspective	142	(13)
David Wilkinson
14 Growing in Grace and Holiness	155	(14)
Margaret Jones
Part III
Introduction	169	(2)
15 Dispelling Myths and Discerning Old Truths	171	(8)
Anthony G. Reddie
16 'Letter from America': A United Methodist Perspective	179	(6)
Randy L. Maddox
17 'This is my Story, This is my Song': Confessions of a Cradle Methodist	185	(7)
Susan R. Howdle
18 Uniting in Response: A United Reformed Church Perspective	192	(6)
David R. Peel
19 Methodism: Distinctive, or Just Catholic?	198	(6)
Clifford Longley
20 Back to the Future: A Search for a Thoroughly Modern Methodist Ecclesiology	204	(7)
Martyn Percy
21 Methodist Theology - Where is it Heading? An African Perspective	211	(9)
Valentin Dedji
22 Spontaneity, Tradition and Renewal	220	(7)
Jonathan Dean
Glossary	227	(6)
Bibliography	233	(10)
Index	243