Methodism and the Future of British Christianity Facing the Challenge

Name: Methodism and the Future of British Christianity Facing the Challenge
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ISBN: 9780304705894

ISBN-10: 0304705896

ISBN-13: 9780304705894

Edition: 1999

Authors: Jane Craske, Clive Marsh

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Published to coincide with the Methodist conference in June 1999, this work addresses what Methodism means to the younger generation. The spirited arguments address all areas and the book concludes with a direct challenge to readers.

Book details

Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Foreword
Acknowledgements
The contributors
Introduction: a passionate age	p. 1
Perspectives on Methodist theology and tradition	p. 13
An impoverished catholicity: theological considerations for a Methodist future	p. 15
Singing songs of freedom: Methodism as liberative praxis	p. 26
Evangelicalism, post-evangelicalism and the future of British Methodism	p. 41
'Forgiven, loved and free ...': the distinctive character of Methodist worship	p. 55
Questioning Methodism's effectiveness	p. 71
Supports or shackles?: Methodist structures in the twenty-first century	p. 73
On leaving the church	p. 88
A training-ground for forgiveness: Methodism and 'fellowship'	p. 100
Contemporary British Methodism in a wider context	p. 117
'Love the most distant': the future of British Methodism in a world church perspective	p. 119
'Water from the rock': Methodism and other faiths	p. 132
'A time to be born and a time to die'? a historian's perspective on the future of Methodism	p. 148
Responses	p. 159
The future of British Methodism: an Anglican perspective	p. 161
The threads with which we weave: towards a holy church	p. 171
The challenge for contemporary Methodism: a postscript	p. 181
List of quotations used	p. 187
Glossary	p. 188
Bibliography	p. 190
Index	p. 195
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