Relational Holiness offers insight and evidence for understanding the theology of holiness by focusing on love - the core of God's nature and character - and describes how God invites us to share in a life of divine love...

John and Charles Wesley often use the New Testament language of 'renewal in God's image, ' and sometimes 'renewal in love, ' to describe the life of Christian holiness. In Renewal in Love, theologian Michael Lodahl and biologist April Maskiewicz explore the implications of the idea of renewal in the image of God when it is planted deeply in the soil of Genesis 1.Our renewal in the image of God occurs through the incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ our Lord. But too often the redemption freely given through Jesus is not connected, either in our thinking or our doing, to the...

La historia de Dios juega un papel importante en la aplicacion y el desarrollo del estudio de la teologia narrativa. Aunque su publicacion inicial en 1994 hizo de este libro uno de los primeros en formular y examinar la teologia wesleyana a partir de la historia mas abarcadora de la Biblia, todavia sigue siendo un texto favorito en universidades y otros centros educativos, y un recurso confiable para ministros y teologos. Contrario a los libros que se valen de un enfoque por asuntos o sistematico para la comprension de la teologia, La historia de Dios utiliza los relatos de carne y hueso de...

The times they are a-changin'. As such, our theology needs to adapt--to be responsive to the changing landscape. The idea for Embracing the Past--Forging the Future: A New Generation of Wesleyan Theology came from our assessment that Wesleyan theology has yet to fully adapt to this changing landscape, and that the future of Wesleyan theology requires the bringing together of old and new voices. The difficult task of balancing between continuity and change--keeping up with the developments of our culture and staying true to the roots of our tradition--requires the dual focus of looking forward...