The Presence of God in the Christian Life: John Wesley and the Means of Grace

Henry H. Knight

doi:10.5771/9781461673446

Summary

While the most standard treatments of John Wesley's theology focus their attention on his distinctive 'way of salvation', they fail to provide a thorough examination of Wesley's 'means of grace.' This book offers the first detailed discussion of the means of grace as the liturgical, communal, and devotional context within which growth in the Christian life actually occurred. Knight shows how the means of grace together form an interrelated pattern that enables a growing relationship with God.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/1992
Copyright Year: 1992
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-2589-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-7344-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 253
Product Type: Monograph

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Editors' Foreword No access
3. Preface No access
4. Introduction No access
1. 1. The Christian Life in Context No access
2. 2. The Means of Grace: Wesley's Typologies No access
3. 3. The Structure and Method of this Study No access
4. 4. The Presence and Identity of God No access
1. 1. The Religion of the Heart No access
2. 2. Against Formalism: The Faith That Works by Love No access
3. 3. Against Enthusiasm: The Traditional Means of Grace No access
1. 1. The Heart Perfected in Love No access
2. 2. Against Antinomianism: The Promise of New Creation No access
3. 3. Against Perfectionism: A Continual Reliance on Christ No access
1. 1. Remaining in the Church: Ecclesiola in Ecclesia No access
2. 2. Discipline in Community: Classes and Bands No access
3. 3. Prayer and Fasting No access
4. 4. The General Means of Grace No access
1. 1. Renewing the Church: Experienced Identity No access
2. 2. The Lord's Supper No access
3. 3. Searching the Scriptures No access
4. 4. Tradition, Prayers, and Hymns No access
1. 1. Patterns of Interaction in the Means of Grace No access
2. 2. Baptism and the Christian Life: An Excursus No access
3. 3. The Presence of God in the Christian Life No access
Chapter Notes No access Pages 197 - 237
Selected Bibliography No access Pages 238 - 242
Index No access Pages 243 - 252
About the Author No access Pages 253 - 253