| Wesleyan Essentials in a Multicultural Society Contributor(s): Campbell, Ted A. (Author), Burns, Michael T. (Author), Mulholland, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0687039940 ISBN-13: 9780687039944 Publisher: Abingdon Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: Helps users understand and use United Methodist belief and tradition to function as a Christian in a multicultural society. Sessions covers the post-modern world philosophy and its failure to provide value outside of Christian faith by studying a variety of Wesleyan essentials from original sin to holy. 13 sessions.1. The Challenge of Multiculturalism2. Biblical Authority in a Relativist World3. The Divine Trinity in a Multicultural Age4. Is Jesus the Only Way to God?5. The Holy Spirit and the Spirit of the Age6. Does Humanity Need God?7. More than a Casual Relationship: Saving Grace8. Holiness of Heart and Life: Sanctification9. What's the Point of Worship?10. Christian Behavior in a World Where "Anything Goes"11. "What New Creation?": Christian Social Responsibility12. Mission in a Multicultural Society13. Marketplace Christianity: Living Authentically |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Methodist - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues |
| Dewey: 287 |
| LCCN: 2003024257 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.48" W x 8.5" (0.44 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: Helps users understand United Methodist beliefs and tradition and what it means to function as a Christian in the context of a multi-cultural society. Thirteen sessions explore the Wesleyan essentials of original sin, the saving work of Christ, atonement, resurrection, salvation by grace through faith, trinity, prevenient grace, sanctifying grace, doctrine of the Holy Spirit, and living a transformed life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Burns, Michael T.: - Michael T. Burns is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene. He has pastored for more than 20 years in Ohio, California, and Wasington, DC, where he was the senior pastor for National Church of the Nazarene, a multicultural and multicongregational church with a 25-year history of multicultural ministry. Currently Rev. Burns serve as the senior pastor of Dodge City Church of the Nazarene, Dodge City, Kansas. Reverend Burns is currently completing postgraduate studies at the University of Manchester, Manchester, England. His Ph.D thesis is "John Wesley's Docrine of Perfect Love as a Theological Mnadate for Diversity and Inclusion." Campbell, Ted A.: - Ted A. Campbell is Professor of Church History at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University and has authored the following books for Abingdon Press: Methodist Doctrine, Wesley and the Quadrilateral, Wesleyan Essentials in a Multicultural Society, and John Wesley and Christian Antiquity. He lives in Dallas, Texas. |