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The Methodist and Wesleyan Studies collection provides access to resources on Methodist and Wesleyan theology and studies as a resource for teaching, learning and research. The Methodist and Wesleyan Studies Collection is a joint project of the GlobeTheoLib and the Methodist e-Academy with the support of the World Methodist Council to develop an online library of Methodist studies resources that will be available to scholars and students free of charge throughout the world.
Recent Submissions
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The H. C. Morrison Case : A Statement Of Facts, An Investigation Of The Lawhttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/firstfruitsheritagematerial/1221/thumbnail.jpg
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United Methodist Doctrine After Disaffiliation: Learning to Teach Our TeachingIn Methodist Review 12 (2020), William B. Lawrence presented “A Question of Doctrine: Whither The United Methodist Church?” This article returns to the question posed by Lawrence to consider what The United Methodist Church intended by its statements in the Book of Discipline about doctrine. Earlier reflection intended for theological and doctrinal renewal may continue to serve as a guide for how to think about doctrine as the church goes forward after disaffiliation. The article looks at how doctrine may be both normative and formative, giving special attention to the Social Principles.
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Cânones da Igreja metodista do Brasil 1942232 p. ; 17 cm
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Cincoenta annos de Methodismo no Brasil439 p., [2] leaves, [ca. 83] p. of plates : 24 cm
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Cânones da Igreja Metodista do Brasil 1955258 p. ; 17 cm
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New hymn and tune book : an offering of praise for the Methodist Episcopal ChurchIncludes separately-paged appendix with distinctive title page: Appendix to the Offering of praise / Edited by Philip Phillips (New York : Nelson & Phillips)
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A state church? : a consideration of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in the light of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s ‘Theological position paper on state and church’CITATION: Forster, D. A. 2016. A state church? : a consideration of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in the light of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s ‘Theological position paper on state and church’. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 2(1):61–88, doi:10.17570/stj.2016.v2n1.a04.
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'Ukuthwasa' in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa:A Consideration of Some Opportunities Presented by Christian Engagements with African Indigenous ReligionThe postcolonial era has brought a renewed appreciation of African Indigenous Religion and culture among some Southern African Christians. However, because of Southern Africa’s colonial religious heritage, some African Christians are opposed to a constructive engagement with African religiosity and practice. Others seem to operate with a double consciousness—participating in African Indigenous religious ceremonies and holding African religious beliefs during the week while claiming to be Christians on Sunday. This article engages the Methodist Church of South Africa’s consideration of ukuthwasa and the practice of being a Traditional Healer in light of some instances of ‘double consciousness’. It argues that this engagement is a form of religious pluralism that requires intentional and critical consideration. After introducing the concept of ukuthwasa and recent discussions around being both a Christian minister and a Traditional Healer, some examples of African Christian double consciousness among some members of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa are examined. Based on this critical reflection, some possibilities that Christian engagements with African religion and culture might offer for the contextualisation and decolonisation of Southern African Christianity are presented.
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The Sunday service of the Methodists : with other occasional servicesIncludes: A Collection of Psalms and hymns for the Lord's Day / by John Wesley and Charles Wesley
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More red than green : a response to global warming and the environment from within the Methodist Church of Southern AfricaCITATION: Forster, D. A. 2008. More red than green : a response to global warming and the environment from within the Methodist Church of Southern Africa. Epworth Review, 35(2):38-52.
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Religião líquida: o fenómeno da espiritualidade na pós-modernidadeDissertação de mestrado em Sociologia (área de especialização em Organização e Trabalho)
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The “stolen Bible” and the “stolen land”?:Some tentative reflections on the decolonising of biblical studiesDesmond Tutu is credited with saying, “When the missionaries first came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, ‘Let us pray.’ We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.” This story highlights a tension between mission-initiated Christianity, and its use of the Bible, and the decolonial turn that is taking place in Southern African Methodism. In some postcolonial settings it is assumed that to regain the land (justice) we will need to give back the missionary Bible. That may not be the case. One of the pioneers of Black, African, and decolonial Biblical Hermeneutics in Southern Africa is the Methodist theologian, Itumeleng Mosala. He advocates for the embracing of contextual experience, minoritized hermeneutics, and the incorporation of voices from the margins in our reading and understanding of biblical texts. His strategy aims to free African Bible readers from the cultural dependency, exploitation, and oppression that they encounter in much contemporary Biblical scholarship. This is a decolonial enterprise that decentres Western universalism and centres Black African experience. His approach is not only concerned with hermeneutics, but also with ethical concerns that relate to faith and justice. In deeply religious contexts, like Southern Africa, there are significant ethical implications related to the ways in which persons and communities study the Bible and interpret sacred texts. How we read the Bible, with whom we read the Bible, why we read the Bible, and our interpretations of texts from the Bible, shape both the religious and political lives of believers. As African theologians we need to recognise that our interpretations (as well as those of the persons that we study) are ethically laden. This paper will present a tentative decolonial Southern African Methodist perspective on the studying of the Bible. It hopes to contribute towards resolving the tension we face between having “the Bible” and not having “the land”. It will consider how we might engage the Bible from our experience, with our hopes, as African Christians, for the sake of justice and the flourishing of humans and creation.