1st Edition
John Wesley's Pneumatology Perceptible Inspiration
By Joseph W. Cunningham
Copyright 2014
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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Perceptible inspiration, a term used by John Wesley to describe the complicated relationship between Holy Spirit, religious knowledge, and the nature of spiritual being, is not unlike the term 'Methodist' which was also coined by critics of Methodism during the eighteenth century in Britain. John Wesley's adversaries, especially the pseudonymous John Smith with whom Wesley exchanged letters for a... Read more
Chapter 1 Perceptible Inspiration as Pneumatological Model: A Critical Appraisal of John Wesley’s Correspondence with ‘John Smith’ (1745–48); Chapter 2 Grace as Pneumatological Operation; Chapter 3 Faith as Pneumatological Operation; Chapter 4 Witness of the Spirit as Pneumatological Operation; Chapter 5 The Fruits of the Spirit as Pneumatological Operation; conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
Joseph W. Cunningham has a PhD from the University of Manchester (Nazarene Theological College), UK. He is an assistant editor of Wesley and Methodist Studies, a peer-reviewed journal annually published by the Manchester Wesley Research Centre and the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History. He teaches in the department of philosophy at Saginaw Valley State University, USA and is senior minister at Saginaw First Free Methodist Church.
"In all of this, Cunningham's instincts are sound and nuanced, making this volume a useful read for mak- ing sense of Wesley's pneumatology." - Daniel Castelo, Seattle Pacific University
