Methodist Heritage and Identity

ISBN-13: 9781138636194 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 188 str.

Brian E. Beck

Opis

Brian Beck has had a long and distinguished career in Methodist Studies, having additionally served as President of the UK Methodist Conference and helped lead the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies in the US. This book is the first time that Brian'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. This collection is divided into 3 main sections. Parts 1 and 2 cover Methodism's heritage and identity respectively, while Part 3 looks at ecumenical matters. The essays themselves examine key figures such as John Wesley and J. E. Rattenbury as well as past and present forms of Methodist thought and practice. As such, this book is important reading for any scholar of Methodism as well as students and academics of Religious Studies and Theology more generally.

O autorze

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.