Shaping the Wesleyan Message: John Wesley in Theological Debate
- Nappanee, Indiana Francis Asbury Press of Evangel Publishing House 2003
- 279p
The early development of Wesley`s view on predestination, perfection, and religious authority, Part1: The Free-Grace controversy, 1739-44: Wesley vs whitefield, The outbreak of the controversy on predestination, The growing storm over predestination, The division of the Methodist Societies, A limited reconciliation between leaders of the debate, Part 2: The minor Controversies, 1745-1770: Wesley vs Hervey and toplady, Wesley`s Theology of predestination, The controversy over imputed righteousness, The relationship between Wesley and Whitefield, The Wesley-Toplady controversy over free will, Part 3: The minute controversy, 1770-1778: Wesley and Fletcher vs the countess of huntingdon, The attack on Wesley`s 1770 conference minutes, Wesley`s defense against the Calvinist`s attack, A wider separation between the Wesleyans and the Calvinists, The last phase of the minutes controversy, Part 4: Conclusions: Evaluations of the controversies