Methodist Heritage and Identity | 1:a upplagan

Brian Beck has had a long and distinguished career in Methodist studies, having additionally served as President of the UK Methodist Conference and helped lead the international Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. This book is the first time that Beck’s seminal work on Methodism has been gathered together. It includeseighteen essays from the lasttwenty-five years, covering many different aspects of Methodist thought and practice.This collection is divided into two main sections. PartI covers Methodism’s heritage and its implications, while PartII discusses wider issues of Methodism’s identity. Thechapters themselves examine the work ofkey figures, such as John Wesley and J. E. Rattenbury, as well as past and present forms of Methodist thought and practice. As such, this book is important reading for any scholar of Methodism as well as students and academics of religious studies and theology more generally.