Brian E. Beck (UK Wesley House)

Methodist Heritage and Identity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first time that Brian Beckâ s seminal work on Methodism has been gathered together. It includes a new introduction and 18 essays from the last 25 years, covering many different aspects of Methodist thought and practice.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Methodist Studies Series
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9780367887339
• ISBN-10: 0367887339
• Artikelnr.: 58438306

Autorenporträt

Brian E. Beck is a Fellow and former Principal of Wesley House in Cambridge, UK. He was the Secretary of the Methodist Conference in Britain from 1984 to 1998 and President from 1993 to 1994, and from 1969 to 2007 he shared in the leadership of the international Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. Now retired, Brian teaches the theology and history of Methodism, and New Testament Greek. He also looks after the college archives and serves on the library committee.

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction
Part I: Heritage
1 John Wesley: Encounter or Embarrassment?
2 Rattenbury Revisited: The Theology of Charles Wesley's Hymns
3 The Eucharistic Hymns: An Appreciation
4 Reflections on Methodism Post-Wesley
5 Reflections on Connexionalism
6 Connexion and Koinonia: Wesley's Legacy and the Ecumenical Ideal
7 The "Large Minutes": Ecclesiological Implications
8 Conference Episcope: History and Theology
9 Richard Matthews: A Layman Overlooked
Part II: Identity
10 Who Are We? The Elusive Methodist Identity
11 A Methodist Theological System?
12 World Methodist Theology? The Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological
Studies
13 The Idea of a National Church
14 Unity and Conscience
15 'Until We All Attain...': Eschatology and the Goal of Unity
16 The Porvoo Common Statement: A Methodist Response
17 A Reflection on Structural Change
18 What is a Divinity School For?