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Aldersgate and Athens: John Wesley and the Foundations of Christian Belief
William J. Abraham
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In his day, John Wesley offered important insights on how to obtain knowledge of God that readily bears fruit in our own times. As premiere Wesleyan scholar William Abraham shows, Wesley's most famous spiritual experience is rife with philosophical significance and implications. Throughout, Abraham brings Wesley's works into fruitful conversation with some of the most important work in contemporary epistemology. Lyrically and succinctly he explores the simultaneous epistemological quest and spiritual pilgrimage that were central to Wesley and the Evangelical Revival of the eighteenth century. In so doing, he provides a learned and eye-opening meditation upon the relationship between reason and faith.
Product Details
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
125
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
125
Place of Publication
Waco, United States
ISBN
9781602582460
SKU
V9781602582460
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Reviews for Aldersgate and Athens: John Wesley and the Foundations of Christian Belief
"Abraham draws fascinating lines between Aldersgate and Athens that few could have imagined existed. Priority reading for philosophers of religion."
Jerry L. Walls, author of Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology "This is Abraham at his best. His thought-provoking comments throughout will engage the serious reader for years to come."
Richard P. Heitzenrater, The Divinity School, Duke University ...this book is a wonderful addition to any Wesleyan scholar's shelf.
Lee M. Jefferson, Centre College
Religious Studies Review William J. Abraham... has given us a slim but rich volume on the epistemology he believes is extractable from Wesley's experience.... Abraham has done us all a favor by clearly and concisely organizing and arguing the evidence of Wesley's theological epistemology. The case he builds comes from a close reading of the text, and by bringing Wesley into conversation with modern philosophers of religion he has shown the continued relevance of this great evangelist and modern saint.
Tony Hunt
The Living Church, 2011 [Aldersgate and Athens] encourages believers to look less to a reasoned faith proportionate to the objective (external or public) evidence for theism and more to a faith which generates its own certainty in the encounter with God in revelation and experience.
Graham Gould, Leyton
The Journal of Theological Studies
Jerry L. Walls, author of Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology "This is Abraham at his best. His thought-provoking comments throughout will engage the serious reader for years to come."
Richard P. Heitzenrater, The Divinity School, Duke University ...this book is a wonderful addition to any Wesleyan scholar's shelf.
Lee M. Jefferson, Centre College
Religious Studies Review William J. Abraham... has given us a slim but rich volume on the epistemology he believes is extractable from Wesley's experience.... Abraham has done us all a favor by clearly and concisely organizing and arguing the evidence of Wesley's theological epistemology. The case he builds comes from a close reading of the text, and by bringing Wesley into conversation with modern philosophers of religion he has shown the continued relevance of this great evangelist and modern saint.
Tony Hunt
The Living Church, 2011 [Aldersgate and Athens] encourages believers to look less to a reasoned faith proportionate to the objective (external or public) evidence for theism and more to a faith which generates its own certainty in the encounter with God in revelation and experience.
Graham Gould, Leyton
The Journal of Theological Studies