Methodist Theology

Kenneth Wilson was educated at Cambridge and Bristol Universities and is a Methodist Minister. After chaplaincies to London University and Kingswood School, Bath, held the Rowbotham Chair in Philosophical Theology and Ethics at Wesley College Bristol and taught at Bristol University, (1973-80). 1980-1996 Principal Westminster College, Oxford; 1996-2001 Director of Research Queens Foundation, Birmingham. Currently:- Visiting Research Fellow, Canterbury Christ Church University, and Chichester University. His publications cover: Making Sense of It (Epworth); Focus on God (with Frances Young, Epworth); Freedom and Grace (ed. with Ivor Jones, Epworth); Readings in Church Authority (ed. with Gerard Mannion, Richard Gaillardetz and Jan Kerkhofs, Ashgate, 2003); Learning to Hope (Epworth, 2006).

• Preface; 1. Theological Foundations. Bible, Early Fathers, Reason, Tradition and Experience; 2. Mr Wesley and Charles: Preaching and Singing the Faith.; 3. Grace Abounding: The Poor and the Lost.; 4. The World of the Parish.; 5. The Fatherhood of God.; 6. Revolution and Proclamation: Sin and Salvation.; 7. Social Activism: The Servant Community.; 8. The Mind of Faith.; 9. Freed for Life: Confession and Forgiveness; 10. Listening and Hoping: Worship and Prayer.; 11. Celebration and Organisation: Society and Connexion.; 12. Coming or Going? Where Now?

‘This is a book in which the author defies the gravity of age, and combines a rare mix of well earned wisdom with inspiring youthful enthusiasm. Dr Wilson moves effortlessly through the roots, branches and flowering of Methodist Theology, with a passionate believe in reasonable Christianity, and in the part that Methodism can play in that today. An up to date book with an old fashioned commitment to the disciplines of study and thoughtfulness.' - Mark Wakelin, Secretary for Internal Relationships, The Connexional Team, The Methodist Church, UK.