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Article: The New Creation: John Wesley's Theology Today.(Review)
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- The Christian Century
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- February 17, 1999
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The New Creation: John Wesley's Theology Today.
By Theodore Runyon. Abingdon, 270 pp., $20.95 paperback.
Can the thought and practice of an 18th-century Anglican divine help Methodists today? Doesn't John Wesley's location in his own time and culture make the expression "Wesley's theology today" an oxymoron? Is the "back to Wesley" movement which has burgeoned in North America more than a sign of devotion to a respected founder? Theodore Runyon and Randy Maddox help answer these and other important questions. Their books are important not only for Methodists but for any theologians seeking to draw on the resources of historical theology.
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