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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.
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A narrative of the establishment and progress of the missions to Ceylon and India : founded by the late Rev. Thomas Coke, L.L.D., under the direction of the Wesleyan-Methodist Conference, including notices of Bombay and the superstitions of various religious sects at that presidency, and on the continent of India : with an introductory sketch of the natural, civil, and religious history of the Island of CeylonBook digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
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Contrasting beliefs with reality : the epistemology of branding and brand image in the small churchhttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/ecommonsatsdissertations/2568/thumbnail.jpg
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The Doctrine of Christian Perfection for Today: Reading Wesley's Theology Through the Lens of Process ThoughtMy thesis is: A process-theological reading of Wesley's doctrine of perfection, by constructing an adequate concept of God in process, gives renewed importance and vitality to Wesley's doctrine of perfection, a doctrine that has been confused and virtually ignored even by Methodists themselves, despite the central importance Wesley himself assigns it. Why, then, has Wesley's doctrine of perfection been so often misunderstood, confused or even ignored from his time until today? The clue to the answer lies in the failure clearly to heed the distinction between the two senses of divine perfection: perfected perfection (a static state of perfection) and perfecting perfection (a never ending aspiration for all of loves perfecting fullness). I suggest that the notion of perfected perfection in God's essence is not theologically adequate, given the Christian belief in God as love. What should be rejected is the idea of perfection as perfected, influenced by the Greeks, in which love in its essence as relation is impossible. The problem of this doctrine of perfection as perfected will not be solved without first constructing an adequate concept of God in perfecting perfection, that is, God in process. The primary method that I will use is, thus, "theological construction." By constructing God in process, I want to recapture the doctrine of perfection as perfecting in Wesley's theology. For Wesley, Christian perfection, that is, perfecting perfection, is a life of love that is interchangeably love of God and love of creatures. I believe that a process interpretation of Christian perfection clarifies the relational love for God and the world at the heart of Wesley's doctrine of perfection. Process metaphysics can provide a theological foundation to construct an adequate concept of God in perfecting perfection, in which God and the world can enjoy perfect love that is ever growing.
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Adapting the digital pulpit : a study of the transition to online preachinghttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/ecommonsatsdissertations/2566/thumbnail.jpg
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Best practices for supporting churches and their leadership of new church startshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/ecommonsatsdissertations/2562/thumbnail.jpg
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Directory / Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church South.35 p. : 21 cm
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Centennial history of Trinity Methodist Church103 p., [4] leaves of plates : 24 cm
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General minutes of the annual conferences of the United Methodist Church in the United States, territories, and Cuba.Continued by General minutes of the annual conferences of the Methodist Church issued by the Methodist Church (U.S.)
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The earnest minister:xii, 306 p. 20 cm
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Facing east87 p. ; 19 cm
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Edenton Street Methodist Church :Includes orders of service, descriptive details and historical sketch on the occasion of opening the church after remodeling
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Directory / [serial]Description based on: 1946; title from cover
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Directory / [serial]Description based on: 1946; title from cover
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Faith, Knowledge, and Virtue: John Wesley’s Concept of Faith as a Conscious StateIt is well established that John Wesley’s understanding of faith shifted radically between 1735 and 1740. The nature of that shift is variously understood, but most agree that Wesley shifted from defining faith as assent only to faith as a heartfelt trust; from faith as a bottom-up effort to faith as a top-down gift. What is often overlooked is that Wesley’s new version of faith was influenced by his previous epistemological commitments. Faith, accordingly, is defined in terms of a conscious state, something not deducible by inference but directly available to its subject, and located epistemologically at the forefront of the mind’s tripartite operations.