Randy L. Maddox, Ph.D.

William Kellon Quick Professor Emeritus of Theology and Methodist Studies, Duke University Divinity School.

Dr Maddox’s scholarly interest focuses on the theology of John and Charles Wesley and theological developments in the later Methodist/Wesleyan tradition. He has served as President of the Wesleyan Theological Society, Co-chair of the Wesley Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion, and General Editor of the Kingswood Books Imprint of Abingdon Press. He is currently Institute Secretary of the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, General Editor of the Wesley Works Editorial Project, and head of the the project making all of the verse of Charles Wesley available in an online edition at the website for the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition at DDS.

In addition to numerous articles, Maddox is author, contributor to, or editor of:

Select Publications

The Bicentennial Edition of the Works of John Wesley, Volume 32: Medical and Health Writings (With James Donat) (Abingdon, 2018).

The Journal Letters and Related Biographical Items of The Rev. Charles Wesley, M.A. (Kingswood Books, 2018).

A Plain Account of Christian Perfection (by John Wesley). Edited and Annotated by Randy L. Maddox & Paul W. Chilcote (Beacon Hill, 2015). 

The Bicentennial Edition of the Works of John Wesley, Volume 12: Doctrinal and Controversial Treatises I (Abingdon, 2012).

The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

Rethinking Wesley's Theology for Contemporary Methodism (editor) (Kingswood Books, 1998).

Wesley and the Quadrilateral (Abingdon, 1997).

Responsible Grace: John Wesley's Practical Theology (Kingswood Books, 1994).

Aldersgate Reconsidered (editor) (Kingswood Books, 1990).

Email: rmaddox@div.duke.ed