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Racial And Ethnic Identity: Social Scientific And Biblical Perspectives In Dialogue, Ruth Anne Reese, Steven Ybarrola

The Asbury Journal

The first part of the paper lays out our understanding of ethnicity and race in light of current research from sociology and anthropology. The paper then turns to the New Testament material, and it examines "the Jews" as one ethnic group in the first century. This material is used to demonstrate that Christians also took on the language of ethnicity. The paper raises the question, "is there a Christian identity that both supersedes and subsumes ethnic identity?" It proposes that the answer to that question is, ''Yes, there is a Christian identity and ethos that supersedes ethnic identity." And, this …

An Aboriginal Missiology Of Identity Reclamation: Towards Revitalization For Canada's Indigenous Peoples Through Healing Of Identity, Wendy Peterson

The Asbury Journal

This essay concerns the failure by Canada's Indigenous people to fully apprehend and embrace the Christian doctrine of imago Dei. The concern is founded upon the negative self-perception and perceived inferiority of Aboriginal peoples as less-than the Caucasian majority. Is this a failure of transmission on the part of missionaries, or is it a failure of reception on the part of Aboriginals? The premise is that both the theology of mission and the practice of mission with Aboriginal people must take into account the issue of self-perception and the problem of identity formation. The question is asked, Is there a …

Book Notes, Kenneth J. Collins

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William B. Lawrence

Methodism in Recovery: Renewing Mission, Reclaiming History, Restoring Health

2008. Nashville: Abingdon Press

Charles Yrigoyen, John G. McEllhenney, and Kenneth A. Rowe

United Methodism at Forty: Looking Back Looking Forward

2008. Nashville: Abingdon Press

Scott J. Jones

Staying at the Table: The Gift of Unity for United Methodists

2008. Nashville: Abingdon Press

Marriage And Ministry: Conflicts And Occupational Conflicts In Wesley’S Life And Ministry, Tony Headley

The Asbury Journal

In this article, the author explores John Wesley's perspectives on marriage and how these views related to his practice of ministry. Specifically, the author examines Wesley's developmental journey from believing he could not marry to actually contracting a marriage with Mary Vazeille. Following exploration of Wesley's perspectives on marriage, the author discusses these issues in relation to two observed patterns in his significant intimate relationship with Sophy Hopkey, Grace Murray and Mary Vazeille; namely that for the most part, Wesley cultivated these relationships out of travel and illness. The author concludes that even though Wesley moved from a position of …

Editorial: No Religious Preference, Terry C. Muck

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Justification By The Faithfulness Of Jesus Christ, Chad Harrington

The Asbury Journal

This essay focuses on Paul's description of justification by faith in Galatians 2:16. Scholars such as J.D.G. Dunn and N.T. Wright have recently challenged more traditional perspectives on justification. This essay appropriates some of these challenges to Paul's letter to the Galatians. The problem for Paul is that some Christians are distorting the gospel (Gall:7) and excluding Gentiles Christians (2:12-13). Paul's solution is gospel reorientation. Instead of being a Torah-focused church, he instructs the Galatian church to be Christ-centered. This essay examines justification, works of law, and faith/fulness to reveal Paul's rhetorical purposes by analyzing socio-rhetorical backgrounds and literary, grammatical, …

From "Cults" To Cultures: Bridges As A Case Study In A New Evangelical Paradigm On New Religions, John W. Morehead

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The increased awareness of the new religions with the counterculture of the 1960s saw various responses, including a "counter-cult" approach by evangelicals. The counter-cult approach has tended to view new religions as "cults" and to respond to them as heretical systems of belief in need of refutation by doctrinal and apologetic arguments. Over the last decade or so a new evangelical paradigm has emerged based in missiology which, while recognizing theological disagreements that the new religions have with Christianity, approaches new religions as religious cultures rather than as cults. Various resources have been produced as a result of the new …

The Most Indispensable Habits Of Effective Theological Educators: Recalibrating Educational Philosophy, Psychology, And Practice, Mark A. Lamport

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In this article, the author provocatively claims that "theological education is neither"; it is not theological unless it is considers the nature of its mission to be ultimately Ministerial; and it is not education unless it takes seriously the learner as focal point of the process.

Armed with "best practices" research on effective teaching in higher education, this rather personal, sometimes feisty, essay challenges the fundamental assumptions of theological education professors' most strongly held beliefs regarding their educational philosophies (advocating critical thinking over accumulation o f content), educational psychologies (promoting learning outcomes and the characteristics of the adult learner over …

Bridging The Gap: Understanding Knowledge Of God In Gregory Of Nyssa's Commentary On The Song Of Songs, Nathan Crawford

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The problem of how one knows God is central to the theological endeavor. This paper seeks to explore how Gregory of Nyssa deals with this problem. I suggest that it is by understanding the role of Christ in the incarnation that Gregory finds knowledge of God possible. The incarnation bridges the gap that exists between God and humanity. And, through bridging this gap, Christ enables a person to have mystical knowledge of God.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial
Terry C. Muck

Justification by the Faithfulness of Jesus Christ
Chad Harrington

From "Cults" to Cultures: Bridges as a Case Study in a New Evangelical Paradigm on New Religions
John W Morehead

The Most Indispensable Habits of Effective Theological Educators: Recalibrating Educational Philosophy, Psychology, and Practice
Mark A. Lamport

Bridging the Gap: Understanding Knowledge of God in Gregory of Nyssa'sCommentary on the Song of Songs
Nathan Crawford

John Wesley's Question: "How Is Your Doing?"
David Werner

Book Notes
Kenneth Collins

Review Essay
Kenneth M. Loyer

Book Reviews
Michael Matlock and Bradley Johnson
Charles Meeks
Amos …

John Wesley's Question: "How Is Your Doing?", David Werner

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No abstract provided.

Book Notes, Kenneth Collins

The Asbury Journal

James L. Schwenk
Catholic Spirit: Wesley, Whitefield, and the Quest for Evangelical Unity in Eighteenth-Century British Methodism
2008. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press

Scott Kisker
Mainline or Methodist: Discovering Our Evangelistic Mission
2008. Nashville: Discipleship Resources

L. Faye Short and Kathryn D. Kiser
Reclaiming the Wesleyan Social Witness: Offering Christ.
2008. Franklin, Tennessee: Providence House Publishers

A Review Essay: "Coming To Terms With Perfection", Kenneth M. Loyer

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Perfection: Coming to Terms with Being Human
Michael J. Hyde
2010. Waco: Baylor University Press

Wesley, Aquinas, and Christian Perfection: An Ecumenical Dialogue
Edgardo A. Colin-Emetic
2009. Waco: Baylor University Press

Book Reviews, Michael Matlock, Bradley Johnson, Charles Meeks, Amos Yong, Joseph Okello, Kandace Brooks, J. Ellsworth Kalas

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BibleWorks. DVD-ROM and CD-ROM, version 8 2009. BibleWorks, LLC. $349
Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock and Bradly T. Johnson

Paul A. Hartog, ed.
The Contemporary Church and the Early Church: Case Studies in Ressourcement
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010
Reviewed by Charles Meeks

Gary B. McGee
Miracles, Missions, and American Pentecostalism
American Society of Missiology series 45
2010. Maryknoll: Orbis Books
Reviewed by Amos Yong

John R. Levison
Filled with the Spirit
Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009.
Reviewed by Joseph B. O. Okello

Constance M. Cherry
The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and …

Our Personal Core Identity: A Wesleyan Perspective, Jim Boetcher

The Asbury Journal

Humans have many relational identities that vary with changes in relationships such as being a mother or a daughter, but one's core identity remains independent of these social roles. This paper explores human personal core identity theologically by drawing on Methodism as it existed under the leadership of John Wesley, and scientifically by using three cutting edge scientific research projects: The Human Family Tree and The Human Genome Project present empirical evidence that all humans are genetically related and only one race exists - the human race. Discovering Ardi: Changing Our Understanding of Human Origins shows that humans did not …

Editorial, Terry C. Muck

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Frances Adeney, Gwinyai Muzorewa, Laurence W. Wood

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Ogbu U. Kalu, ed., Alaine Low, Associate ed.

Interpreting Contemporary Christianity: Global Processes and Local Identities

2008, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Reviewed by Frances Adeney

Afe Adogame, Roswith Gerloff and Klaus Hock, eds.

Christianity in Africa and the Africa Diaspora: the Appropriation of a Scattered Heritage

2008. London: Continuum International Publishing Group

Reviewed by Guinyai Muzorewa

Jehu J. Hanciles

Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transformation of the West

2008. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books

Reviewed by Guinyai Muzorewa

Thomas Jay Oord, ed.

Divine Grace and Emerging Creation, Wesleyan Forays in Science and Theology of Creation …

Biblical Perspectives On Torture: War Crime, The Limits Of Retaliation, And The Roman Cross, Bill T. Arnold

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Notes, Michael A. Rynkiewich, Kenneth J. Collins, Marcella Hoesl, Howard A. Snyder

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Matt Tomlinson

In God's Image: The Metaculture of Fijian Christianity

2009 Berkeley, CA: The University of California Press

Reviewed by Michael A. Rynkiewich

S. T. Kimbrough Jr. and Kenneth G. C. Newport, eds.

The Manuscript Journal of the Reverend Charles Wesley, M.A. Vols. 1,2

2008. Nashville: Kingswood Books

John R. Tyson

Assist Me to Proclaim: The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley

2007 Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans

Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collins

Brian Stanley

The World Missionary Conference, Edinburgh 1910

Studies in the History of Christian Missions

2009. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans

Reviewed by Marcella Hoesl

Geordan Hanunond …

Whitefield, Whitter, And The Poetic Bridge To The Issue Of Slavery, Samuel J. Rogal

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No abstract provided.

The Future Of Christianity In China: An Internal Reflection, Yalin Xin

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Power: Its Origin And Abuse, Ruth Anne Reese

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Notes, Kenneth J. Collins

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A Man of One Book: John Wesley's Interpretation and Use of the Bible
Donald A. Bullen
2007 Waynesboro, Georgia: Paternoster Publishing
Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collins

Relational Holiness: Responding to the Call of Love
Thomas Jay Oord and Michael Lodahl
2005. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press.
Reviewed by Kenneth ]. Collins

Seized by Truth: Reading the Bible as Scripture
Joel B. Green
2007 Nashville: Abingdon Press
Reviewed by Kenneth J. Collins

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Perfecting One Another: Friendship and the Moral Implications of Wesley's Small Groups
Daniel Castelo

Whitefield, Whittier, and the Poetic Bridge to the Issue of Slavery
Samuel J. Rogal

Science and Theology in Conversation: Emergence Theories of Consciousness and Entire Sanctification
Nathan Crawford

"Justification by Faith:" Richard Baxter's Influence on John Wesley
*Joseph W. Cunningham

A Response to Professor Kenneth Collins
William Abraham

Power: Its Origin and Abuse
Ruth Anne Reese

The Future of Christianity in China: An Internal Reflection
Yalin Xin

A Wesleyan Theology of Governance for Seminaries
Kenneth J. Collins

Book Notes
Kenneth J. Collins

*The …

Heard Any Good Sermons On Torture Lately?, Michael Pasquarello

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No abstract provided.

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Biblical Perspectives on Torture: War Crimes, the Limits of Retaliation, and the Roman Cross
Bill T Arnold

Heard Any Good Sermons on Torture Lately?
Michael Pasquarello III

Augustine's Interpretation of Romans 7:14-25, His Ordo Salutis and His Consistent Belief in a Christian's Victory Over Sin
Christopher T Bounds

Consolation as Theme in Luther's Sermons and Correspondence: Insights Into His Theological Ethics Robert H. Cubillos

The Wicked Wealthy in Isaiah 53:9
W. Creighton Marlowe

Review Essay – The Church and Postmodern Culture Series Aaron Perry

Review Essay – The Life of Christ Webster C. Muck

Book Notes
In God's Image: The …

Consolation As Theme In Luther's Sermons And Correspondence: Insights Into His Theological Ethics, Robert H. Cubillos

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

A Review Essay: The Life Of Christ, Webster C. Muck

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

A Response To Professor Kenneth Collins, William J. Abraham

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.

The Wicked Wealthy In Isaiah 53:9, W. Creighton Marlowe

The Asbury Journal

No abstract provided.