Wesley and Methodist Studies

Editors:

Joseph W. Cunningham, Eureka College 

Geordan Hammond, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

James E. Pedlar, Tyndale University and Manchester Wesley Research Centre

Associate Editors:

Rachel Cope, Brigham Young University

Joel Houston, Briercrest College and Seminary

Erika K. R. Stalcup, Methodist e-Academy and Cliff College

Book Reviews Editor:

Martin Wellings, World Methodist Historical Society

Wesley and Methodist Studies (WMS) publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles that examine the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries in the eighteenth-century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan and Evangelical traditions, and studies of these traditions today. We conceive of Methodist, Wesleyan, and Evangelical studies broadly and publish articles on these traditions from any academic discipline and from multidisciplinary perspectives. WMS is a project of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre and is published biannually by Penn State University Press.

Volume 16/2 (June 2024): Contents

W. Brian Shelton, Riding Against the Speckled Monster: Smallpox in the Thought and Ministry of John Wesley

Kenny R. Johnston, Analytical Theology Applied: John Wesley’s Early Logic of Faith

Anthony G. Reddie, Deconstructing Methodist Mythology: The Search for a Usable Postcolonial Ethic

Heejun Yang, Overcoming Nationalism in the Korean Methodist Theology of Inculturation: Towards A Fourth-Generation Theology

To view the full contents pages of 16:2, click here. For contents pages of previous volumes follow the links below: volume 16:1, click here; volume15:2, click here; volume 15:1, click here. vol. 14:2, click here; volume 14:1, click here; volume 13:2, click here, volume 13:1, click here; volume 12:2, click here, volume 12:1, click here; volume 11:2, click here, volume 11:1, click here; volume 10:2, click here; volume 10:1, click here, volume 9:2, click here, volume 9:1, click here, volume 8:2 click here, volume 8:1, click here, volume seven, click here, volume six, click here, volume five, click here, volume four: click here, volume three: click here, volume two: click here, volume one: click here.

*The General Index for volumes 1 to 10 (2009-2018) is available via this link as a free open access document. The index is an electronic only part of volume 12/1. We hope it will be useful to you in your research.

Notes for Contributors

The suggested length for essays is 6,000–10,000 words including footnotes, although shorter and slightly longer papers will be considered. WMS occasionally publishes short papers given at a conference session (preferably all of the papers presented at a given session). Notes and sources relating to important new discoveries in the field and transcriptions of primary documents will also be considered. Submissions should be made via our Editorial Manager site. References should appear as footnotes and follow the conventions of New Hart’s Rules. Prospective authors should follow this link for detailed style guidelines.

WMS is currently accepting submissions for future volumes.

Joseph W. Cunningham, Co-editor, Wesley and Methodist Studies, Eureka College, jcunningham@eureka.edu.

Geordan Hammond, Co-editor, Wesley and Methodist Studies, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk.

James E. Pedlar, Co-editor, Wesley and Methodist Studies, Tyndale University, jpedlar@tyndale.ca.

Book review queries should be addressed to the Book Reviews Editor, Martin Wellings at: martin.wellings@methodist.org.uk

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Editorial Board

Kimberly Ervin Alexander, Ramp School of Ministry, USA

J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Trinity Theological Seminary, Ghana

Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University, Australia

Dennis C. Dickerson, Vanderbilt University, USA

David N. Field, Methodist e-Academy, Switzerland

Dion Forster, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University and University of Oxford, UK

Chris E. W. Green, Southeastern University, USA

David Ceri Jones, Aberystwyth University, UK

Thomas Sie-Ngiu Lau, Methodist Theological School, Malaysia

Julie A. Lunn, Nazarene Theological College, UK

Mark A. Maddix, Nazarene Theological College, UK

Randy L. Maddox, Duke Divinity School, USA

Philip R. Meadows, Asbury Theological Seminary, USA 

Clive Norris, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Glen O'Brien, Eva Burrows College, University of Divinity, Australia

Chang Hoon Park, Seoul Theological University, South Korea

Priscilla Pope-Levison, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, USA

Helmut Renders, Pontifical University of São Paulo, Brazil

Isabel Rivers, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Ulrike Schuler, Reutlingen School of Theology, Germany

Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Boston University School of Theology, USA