Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Abraham draws fascinating lines between Aldersgate and Athens that few could have imagined existed. Priority reading for philosophers of religion."
--Jerry L. Walls, author of Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy and editor of The Oxford Handbook of Eschatology
Review
"This is Abraham at his best. His thought-provoking comments throughout will engage the serious reader for years to come."
--Richard P. Heitzenrater, The Divinity School, Duke University
Synopsis
In his day, John Wesley offered important insights on how to obtain knowledge of God that readily bears fruit in our own times. As premiere Wesleyan scholar William Abraham shows, Wesley's most famous spiritual experience is rife with philosophical significance and implications. Throughout, Abraham brings Wesley's works into fruitful conversation with some of the most important work in contemporary epistemology. Lyrically and succinctly he explores the simultaneous epistemological quest and spiritual pilgrimage that were central to Wesley and the Evangelical Revival of the eighteenth century. In so doing, he provides a learned and eye-opening meditation upon the relationship between reason and faith.
--Graham Gould, Leyton "The Journal of Theological Studies"
About the Author
William J. Abraham is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies, and Altschuler Distinguished Teaching Professor, Southern Methodist University, Perkins School of Theology. His previous books include Canonical Theism: A Proposal for Theology and the Church; and Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation. He lives in Dallas, Texas.