Quest for Love Divine

Paul W. Chilcote served as Director of the Centre for Global Wesleyan Theology at Wesley House, Cambridge from 2021-22. Since being awarded his PhD in Historical Theology from Duke University in 1984, his interest in John Wesley and early women preachers and their theology has been the focus of his extensive list of publications.

• Foreword by Randy L. MaddoxPreface Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: Charles Wesley's Lyrical Theology 1. Charles Wesley's Lyrical Credo 2. Charles Wesley and the Language of Faith 3. "All the Image of Thy Love": Charles Wesley's Vision of the One Thing Needful Part 2: John And Charles Wesely's Practical Divinity 4. Rethinking the Wesleyan Quadrilateral 5. "Practical Christology" in John and Charles Wesley 6. John and Charles Wesley on "God in Christ Reconciling" Part 3: Early Methodist Women 7. Biblical Equality and the Spirituality of Early Methodist Women 8. An Early Methodist Community of Women 9. Sanctification as Lived by Women in Early Methodism Part 4: Wesleyan Spiritual Practices 10. Spirituality in the Weselyan Tradition 11. Charles Wesely and Christian Practices 12. A Faith That Sings: The Renewing Power of Lyrical Theology Part 5: Worship, Sacraments, and Leadership 13. John and Charles Wesley's Theology of the Sacraments 14. The Integral Nature of Worship and Evangelism: Insights from the Wesleyan Tradition 15. "Claim Me for Thy Service": Charles Wesley's Vision of Servant Vocation Part 6: Missional Ecclesiology and God's Rule 16. The Mission-Church Paradigm of the Wesleyan Revival 17. Lessons from the "Society Planting" Paradigm of Early Methodist Women 18. Charles Wesley and the "Peaceable Reign" of Christ Appendix A: A World Methodist Affirmation Appendix B: A Progressive Wesleyan Declaration Bibliography

Chilcote argues that what the world most needs are disciples of Jesus who are 'transcripts of the divine' - authentic witnesses to the love and grace of God. This anthology not only exegetes the faith and practice of Charles and John Wesley and of selected early Methodist women, it invites us to allow ourselves to be re-centred by that same love which yearns for the restoration of all things.