An anthology of writings of late-18th and early-19th century Methodist women.Writings of early Methodist women have compelling stories to tell. This volume puts us in touch with a lost heritage of vital spirituality that can transform lives and the church, even today. These selections from the writings of early Methodist women vividly illustrate the richness of women's contributions to the life of the church and the legacy of Wesleyan spirituality. The religious accounts, diaries and journals, prayers, hymns and sacred poems, and narrative practical divinity, brought together here for the first time, provide a new vantage point from which to view the wonderful spiritual awakening of Wesley's day. They reveal a "way of devotion," a way of living out the Christian faith that conjoins personal piety and social action, conversion and growth in grace.
Chilcote, Paul W.: - Paul W. Chilcote has served as a minister and theological educator. An award-winning author, he has published nearly 40 books, including Multiplying Love, Cultivating Christlikeness, and The Fullest Possible Love, all with Abingdon Press. Currently a research fellow of Wesley House, Cambridge, he previously served as director of the Centre for Global Wesleyan Theology.
Heitzenrater, Richard P.: - Richard P. Heitzenrater is William Kellon Quick Professor Emeritus of Church History and Wesleyan Studies at Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC, and general editor emeritus of the Bicentennial Edition of The Works of John Wesley.
Knight, Henry H.: - 2011 Henry H. Knight III is Donald and Pearl Wright Professor of Wesleyan Studies at Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Missouri.
Lovin, Robin W.: - Dr. Robin W. Lovin (B.A., Northwestern University; B.D., Ph.D. Harvard University) is Cary Maguire University Professor of Ethics at Southern Methodist University. Prof. Lovin served as Dean of the Perkins School of Theology from 1994 until 2002 and previously held teaching positions at Emory University and the University of Chicago, and he was Dean of the Theological School at Drew University. He is an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church and is active in local and national church events. His research interests include social ethics, religion and law, and comparative religious ethics. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous scholarly journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Studies in Christian Ethics, and the Journal of Law and Religion, and he is an editor-at-large for the Christian Century.
Miles, Rebekah L.: - Rebekah Miles is Professor of Ethics and Practical Theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She is a United Methodist clergy member of the Little Rock Annual Conference. Her service to The United Methodist Church includes membership on the General Board of Church and Society and of the national Genetic Science Task Force as well as a delegate and group leader at a World Methodist Conference.
Moore, Mary Elizabeth Mullino: - Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore is Dean and Professor of Theology and Education, Boston University School of Theology.
Powell, Samuel M.: - Samuel M. Powell is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Point Loma Nazarene University. Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, and Director of Graduate Studies in Religion.
Tucker, Karen B. Westerfield: - (2007) Karen B. Westerfield Tucker is Professor of Worship at Boston University School of Theology.
Wimberly, Anne E. Streaty: - Anne E. Streaty Wimberly is Professor of Christian Education at the Interdenominational and Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She has 37 years of teaching experience and has been involved in music instruction in all age levels from preschool through graduate level.
