Methodist Theology Today

British Methodism is reshaping itself. At a time of uncertainty about the future, owing to declining numbers and an ever-closer relationship with the Church of England, a collection of the liveliest theological minds in contemporary Methodism have wr

Contributors

vii

Introduction

xi

Part I

Introduction

3

(2)

Controversy Essential: Theology in Popular Methodism

5

(12)

Jane Bates

Colin Smith

Dialogue with the Wesleys: Remembering Origins

17

(12)

Timothy S.A. Macquiban

Being Methodical: Theology Within Church Structures

29

(12)

Angela Shier-Jones

Theology Through Social and Political Action

41

(7)

David Clough

Theology Sung and Celebrated

48

(11)

Judith Maizel-Long

Theology as Interaction: Ecumenism and the World Church

59

(11)

Richard Clutterbuck

Facets of Formation: Theology Through Training

70

(12)

Martin Wellings

Andrew Wood

Conferring as Theological Method

82

(17)

Angela Shier-Jones

Part II

Introduction

97

(2)

Stories and Storytelling: The Use of Narrative Within Methodism

99

(10)

Barbara Glasson

Revelation in Methodist Practice and Belief

109

(9)

Stephen Dawes

Appealing to `Experience': What Does it Mean?

118

(13)

Clive Marsh

Joining the Dots: Methodist Membership and Connectedness

131

(11)

Philip Drake

The Activity of God in Methodist Perspective

142

(13)

David Wilkinson

Growing in Grace and Holiness

155

(16)

Margaret Jones

Part III

Introduction

169

(2)

Dispelling Myths and Discerning Old Truths

171

(8)

Anthony G. Reddie

`Letter from America': A United Methodist Perspective

179

(6)

Randy L. Maddox

`This is my Story, This is my Song': Confessions of a Cradle Methodist

185

(7)

Susan R. Howdle

Uniting in Response: A United Reformed Church Perspective

192

(6)

David R. Peel

Methodism: Distinctive, or Just Catholic?

198

(6)

Clifford Longley

Back to the Future: A Search for a Thoroughly Modern Methodist Ecclesiology

204

(7)

Martyn Percy

Methodist Theology - Where is it Heading? An African Perspective

211

(9)

Valentin Dedji

Spontaneity, Tradition and Renewal

220

(7)

Jonathan Dean

Glossary

227

(6)

Bibliography

233

(10)

Index

243

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