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What motivates people to work for justice? Recent studies have moved away from an emphasis on specific principles and toward an understanding of social and cultural forces. But what about times in history when distinct ideas were critical for positive change?The pre-Civil War abolitionist movement represents one such time. During an era when race-based slavery was buttressed by the machinery of civil law, many people developed arguments for freedom and equity that were grounded in divine law. There were Methodist witnesses for justice who lived by this distinction between civil and godly authority. While Methodism, as an institution, betrayed its founding opposition to slavery, many within the movement expressed a prophetic vision. A vibrant counterculture borrowed from Scripture and modern philosophy to argue for a ""higher law"" of justice.The world-changing ideas that overcame slavery in America were not disembodied and ethereal. They were mediated through the lives of multidimensional individuals. Sojourner Truth, Luther Lee, Laura Haviland, Henry Bibb, and Gilbert Haven were very different from one another. Yet they were animated by similar ideas, grounded in faith, and shaped by a common commitment to human rights.
What motivates people to work for justice? Recent studies have moved away from an emphasis on specific principles and toward an understanding of social and cultural forces. But what about times in history when distinct ideas were critical for positive change?The pre-Civil War abolitionist movement represents one such time. During an era when race-based slavery was buttressed by the machinery of civil law, many people developed arguments for freedom and equity that were grounded in divine law. There were Methodist witnesses for justice who lived by this distinction between civil and godly authority. While Methodism, as an institution, betrayed its founding opposition to slavery, many within the movement expressed a prophetic vision. A vibrant counterculture borrowed from Scripture and modern philosophy to argue for a ""higher law"" of justice.The world-changing ideas that overcame slavery in America were not disembodied and ethereal. They were mediated through the lives of multidimensional individuals. Sojourner Truth, Luther Lee, Laura Haviland, Henry Bibb, and Gilbert Haven were very different from one another. Yet they were animated by similar ideas, grounded in faith, and shaped by a common commitment to human rights.
Las historias de las mujeres en el metodismo a menudo han sido relegadas a ser notas de pie en la historia. Sin embargo, explorar estas historias revela un legado de cualidades espirituales compartidas que aún pueden despertar e inspirarnos. ¿Qué impulsó a estas mujeres a mantenerse firmes frente los obstáculos en la sociedad y el mismo movimiento metodista? ¿Qué papel jugaron los hombres significativos en sus vidas al animar o impedir sus ministerios? Este valioso libro explora estas preguntas y más, e incluye por primera vez en español varios diarios y cartas de Susanna Wesley, Mary Fletcher, y otras pioneras del metodismo.
Unmasking Racism is an experientially based, multi-generational, interdisciplinary, contextually diverse, and inclusive take on racism from a socio-historical, ecclesial, and theological perspective.This work offers an experientially based, multi-generational, interdisciplinary, contextually diverse, and inclusive take on racism from a socio-historical, ecclesial, and theological perspective. The constructive arm of the project explores what it would mean to consider "love" as a strategic commitment to exposing systemic racism at every level of Christian faith and practice: the church, the community, and the academy. Our text offers action items within each chapter to help readers (whether scholars, clergy, or laypersons) to visualize next steps within their respective contexts. For the writers, each chapter is foregrounded in reflections from their own individual and collective experiences wrestling with the sin of racism within various ministerial contexts. The aim of this book is to invite readers to take a step with the writers, a step toward adopting a set of actions or series of processes unmasking racism. This book invites its readers to explore what it would mean for persons of faith to consider love as a commitment to justice, a commitment to understand the experiences of those dis-empowered by systemic racism and how we can fulfill this commitment by exposing racism at every level of Christian faith and practice in society.
We have been there and are there still. Since the beginning of the Methodist movement, "Methodists" have spoken to the issues of the day as an expression of the Wesleyan commitment to social holiness. The General Board of Church and Society upholds the Wesleyan commitment to social holiness through witnessing to just social policies and practices. This 100-year commemorative book will utilize archival materials from the agency's historic publications to tell the story.
Living into a less colonial way of being together. Methodism and American Empire investigates historical trajectories and theological developments that connect American imperialism since World War II to the Methodist tradition as a global movement. The volume asks: to what extent is United Methodists' vision of the globe marred by American imperialism? Through historical analyses and theological reflections, this volume chronicles the formation of an understanding of The United Methodist Church since the mid-20th century that is both global and at the same time dominated by American interests and concerns. Methodism and American Empire provides a historical and theological perspective to understand the current context of The United Methodist Church while also raising ecclesiological questions about the impact of imperialism on how Methodists have understood the nature and mission of the church over the last century. Gathering voices and perspectives from around the world, this volume suggests that the project of global Methodism and the tensions one witnesses therein ought to be understood in the context of American imperialism and that such an understanding is critical to the task of continuing to be a global denomination. The volume tells a tale of complex negotiations happening between United Methodists across different national, cultural, and ecclesial contexts and sets up the historical backdrop for the imminent schism of The United Methodist Church.
The correspondence presented in this fourth volume of Wesley's letters casts light on the growth of his movement, documenting (for example) the emergence of connexion-wide financial campaigns and continuing debates over the desire of lay preachers for ordination. It covers the decisive split between the Wesleyan and Calvinist wings of Methodism, including the ways in which Charles Wesley drew closer to his brother through these developments. The volume includes over 100 items not found in previous editions of Wesley's letters. All Works of John Wesley volumes are designed to keep the pages clean and in place for years to come., with casebound non-cloth hardcover, dust jacket, and secure adhesive binding.
As a primary record of one of the founders of the Wesleyan/Methodist movement, Charles Wesley's Journal is crucial to an understanding of the beginnings of that movement. It is an indispensable interpretive companion to John Wesley's Journal, diaries, and letters. Since it provides important background to the context of Charles Wesley's own lyrical theology expressed in sacred poetry, it is likewise absolutely essential for anyone who wants to understand the context out of which Wesleyan theology, worship, spirituality, hymnody, and conferencing emerged. For a church or movement which avers that "it sings its theology," Charles Wesley's Journal is an imperative. This volume is part of a series dedicated to providing a complete and accurate published collection of Charles Wesley manuscript items beyond his sermons and verse. The various items included in the series constitute crucial primary texts for study of Wesley's life, his ministry, and his increasingly contentious position within Methodism in his later years. The first two volumes of the series were devoted to Charles Wesley's Manuscript Journal, a single bound item held at the Methodist Archives and Research Centre. The present volume gathers a number of scattered items (the majority also held at MARC), many of which are earlier--and more complete--drafts of material in the Manuscript Journal. The third major component of the series is publication of all of Charles Wesley's surviving personal correspondence, which are replete with material of biographical and larger historical interest. This second edition adds journal letters and records from December 1716-January 1717 (Accounts of "Old Jeffrey") and May 12-June 14, 1746.
The correspondence presented in this fifth volume of Wesley's letters includes a large number of his pastoral letters to various female and male lay persons in his societies. It also traces the fluctuations of Wesley's stance on the British colonists in North America (and their Whig supporters in England) from the growing flames through the closing battles of their revolution. The volume includes over 180 items not found in previous editions of Wesley's letters. All Works of John Wesley volumes are designed to keep the pages clean and in place for years to come., with casebound non-cloth hardcover, dust jacket, and secure adhesive binding.
A study of growth and controversy in Victorian Methodism, through the records of the Local Preachers of the Oxford Wesleyan Circuit.
What are we human beings? What might our common future be? Who or what is God?These are some of the most fundamental questions asked by Christians and many others, and they need asking anew in each generation. Neil Richardson's latest book offers a "e;new look"e; Christian faith, drawing from the Bible and from Christian tradition, but showing how much we have missed in the Bible, and how much some traditional beliefs have been misunderstood.The person of Jesus is key to all three questions explored here. As the "e;ultimate human being"e; and, paradoxically, the image of a God, Jesus is an iconic figure for our common human future.Neil Richardson also explores some of the practical outcomes this has for the life of the Church and the way Christians live in the world. Social justice and a greater sharing of the earth also follow, and the neglected Christian themes of enjoying both God and the world, and life before and after death.
En un estilo conversacional, el autor usa una serie de preguntas y respuestas para presentar la Iglesia Metodista Unida en todas sus facetas. Los tópicos corren la gama desde la Creación hasta el diezmo, desde la perfección cristiana hasta la itinerancia de los pastores. Es un libro interesante y esclarecedor para todo miembro de la gran familia wesleyana-metodista.
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