The Theology of John Wesley

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ISBN: 9780687646333 | 0687646332
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Copyright: 8/1/2007

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This is a work that ably mines the elements that constitute John Wesley's Practical Divinity. Critically challenging the leading paradigms that have governed the interpretation of Wesley in the last century, Collins seeks a new balance in the axial theme of holiness and grace. This book joins the ranks of the standard works on Wesley's theology and will find an appreciative readership in the church and academy. Book jacket.

Introduction: John Wesley's Practical Divinity: A Theology of Holy Love	p. 1
John Wesley as a Practical Theologian	p. 1
The Style of Wesley's Practical Theology	p. 3
The Axial Theme of Wesley's Practical Theology	p. 5
The Axial Theme of Holiness and Grace	p. 6
Holiness as Holy Love: The First Half of the Axial Theme	p. 6
Law and Grace	p. 10
Grace: The Other Half of the Axial Theme	p. 11
Work of God Alone/Synergism	p. 12
Favor/Empowerment	p. 13
Receiving/Responding	p. 14
Instantaneous/Process	p. 15
The Flow of the Book	p. 16
The God of Holy Love	p. 19
The Personal and Essential Attributes of God	p. 19
Holy Love	p. 20
Eternity	p. 22
Omnipresence	p. 23
Omniscience	p. 25
Omnipotence	p. 26
The Essential Attributes and Predestination	p. 29
The Work of God/Father	p. 33
Creator	p. 34
Sovereign	p. 37
Governor	p. 38
The Moral Law	p. 39
Providential Provider	p. 40
Summary of the Attributes	p. 42
Today and Tomorrow: Recent Trends in Cosmology	p. 43
Humanity: Created in Holy Love, Fallen in Nature	p. 49
Humanity Created as Complex Beings	p. 50
The Image of God	p. 51
The Fall of Humanity	p. 57
The Effects of the Fall	p. 59
Original Sin	p. 64
How Original Sin Is Transferred	p. 66
The Consequences of Original Sin	p. 68
Total Depravity	p. 70
Prevenient Grace	p. 73
The Benefits of Prevenient Grace	p. 77
Today and Tomorrow: Contemporary Views of the Self	p. 82
Jesus Christ: The God of Holy Love Revealed	p. 87
The Person of Christ	p. 88
The Divine Nature	p. 88
The Human Nature	p. 92
The Work of Christ	p. 95
Prophet	p. 96
Priest	p. 98
Atonement	p. 99
Objective Elements	p. 103
Subjective Elements	p. 108
King	p. 110
Today and Tomorrow: The Christ of the Qur'an	p. 113
The Holy Spirit: The Presence of the God of Holy Love	p. 121
Administrator of Redemption	p. 122
Convincing Grace	p. 122
The Moral Law	p. 123
The Presence of the Spirit as Holy Love	p. 124
The Gifts and Fruit of the Spirit	p. 127
The Assurance of the Holy Spirit	p. 129
Assurance Nuanced	p. 131
The Full Assurance of Faith	p. 136
The Question of a Specialized Vocabulary	p. 137
The Full Assurance of Hope	p. 140
The Perceptibility of Grace	p. 142
The Trinity	p. 143
The Filioque Clause	p. 144
Wesley on Trinitarian Language	p. 145
The Trinity and the Language of Holy Love	p. 148
Today and Tomorrow: The Rise of Pentecostal Religion	p. 149
Justification: The God of Holy Love for Us	p. 155
Co-operant Grace (Catholic Emphasis)	p. 155
Repentance	p. 156
Works Suitable for Repentance	p. 157
The Necessity of Repentance and Works Suitable Thereto	p. 158
Free Grace (Protestant Emphasis)	p. 160
Justifying Faith	p. 165
Justification Itself: The First Focus of the Wesleyan Order of Salvation	p. 169
Justification as Freedom from Guilt: The First Liberty of the Gospel	p. 172
Imputation	p. 174
The Question of Sola Fide	p. 176
Justification and Regeneration Are Linked	p. 181
The Difference between Acceptance and Justification	p. 182
Temporal Elements as the Key	p. 184
Today and Tomorrow: The Realities of Forgiveness	p. 189
The New Birth: The God of Holy Love in Us	p. 195
Regenerating Grace as the Favor of God	p. 196
Regenerating Grace as the Power of God	p. 197
The Contribution of Peter Bohler	p. 199
Defining Regeneration	p. 200
The New Birth as a Necessary Change	p. 205
The New Birth as a Vast Change	p. 207
The Influence of German Pietism	p. 208
The New Birth as a Crucial Change	p. 211
The Contribution of August Hermann Francke	p. 214
The Temporal Elements as Key	p. 215
The New Birth as Liberating Change: The Second Liberty of the Gospel	p. 217
Did Wesley Maintain His Standard of the New Birth?	p. 222
The New Birth as the Freedom to Love God and Neighbor	p. 226
Today and Tomorrow: Conversion Revisited	p. 229
The Church and the Means of Grace: The Community of Holy Love	p. 237
The Church	p. 238
The Church in Decline	p. 240
Methodism as a Reform of the Church	p. 244
The Significance of German Pietism and Moravianism	p. 247
The Methodist Infrastructure	p. 249
The Practical Christian Life	p. 253
The Means of Grace	p. 257
The Instituted Means of Grace	p. 257
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper	p. 259
The Sacrament of Baptism	p. 262
Prudential Means of Grace	p. 266
Works of Mercy	p. 267
Today and Tomorrow: What Are They Thinking about Natural Law and Politics?	p. 270
Entire Sanctification: The Purity and Excellence of Holy Love	p. 279
Evangelical Repentance	p. 280
Works Suitable for Repentance	p. 282
Faith	p. 286
The Balance of Wesley's Conception of Grace	p. 288
The Temporal Dimensions of Entire Sanctification	p. 293
Entire Sanctification Itself: The Second Focus of the Wesleyan Order of Salvation	p. 297
What Entire Sanctification Is Not	p. 298
What Entire Sanctification Is: The Third Liberty of the Gospel	p. 300
The Full Assurance of Faith	p. 303
Pastoral Considerations on the Way to Eternity	p. 304
Today and Tomorrow: Rethinking the Wesleyan Ordo Salutis?	p. 307
Eschatology and Glorification: The Triumph of Holy Love	p. 313
Revivalism and Millennialism	p. 314
Eschatology and the Reign of God	p. 316
Death	p. 316
The Intermediate State	p. 318
Resurrection and Judgment	p. 320
Final Justification	p. 321
The Question of Merit	p. 322
The New Creation	p. 324
Today and Tomorrow: John Wesley's Practical Theology as a Resource for Discipleship and Service	p. 327
Notes	p. 333
Selected Bibliography	p. 401
Index	p. 413
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