Recommended Readings for Understanding the Wesleyan-Arminian Theology (Selected) By Major Young Sung Kim Territorial Ambassador for Holiness USA, East [Asterisk (*) mark indicates resources that will benefit general readers on an introductory level.] Primary Sources: Jackson, Thomas ed. The Works of John Wesley, 14 vols (1831). Kansas City: Beacon Hill, 1978 (Reprinted). Curnock, Nehemiah ed. The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley, AM. 8 vols (A Bicentenary Issue, 1938). London: Epworth Press, 1911. Manskar, Steven W. ed. A Perfect Love: Understanding John Wesley’s A Plain Account of Christian Perfection. Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 2004. Expanded Edition. Outler, Albert ed. The Works of John Wesley, Vols. 1-4. Sermon. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984-87. Sugden, Edward H. ed. The Standard Sermons of John Wesley. 2 vols. London: Epworth Press, 1921. Telford, John ed. The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley. 8 vols. London: Epworth Press, 1931. Wesley, John. Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament (1755), 2 vols. London: Baker Book House, 1986 (Reprinted). _________. Explanatory Notes Upon the Old Testament (1765), 3 vols. Salem, Ohio: Shmul Publishing Co., 1975 (Reprinted). Secondly Sources: *Abraham, William J. Wesley for Armchair Theologians. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2005. ________ and Kirby, James E. eds. The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. Baker, Frank. John Wesley and the Church of England, Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1970. Bangs, Carl. Arminius: A Study in the Dutch Reformation. Wipf and Stock Publishers. Previousley published by Francis Asbury Press, 1985. Borgen, O. John Wesley on the Sacraments. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986. Bullen, Donald A. A Man of One Book?: John Wesley’s Interpretation and Use of the Bible. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2007. 1 *Burtner, Robert W and Robert E. Chiles, Eds. A Compend of Wesley’s Theology. Nashville: Abingdon, 1954. Callen, Barry L. and Richard P. Thompson. Eds. Reading the Bible in Wesleyan Ways: Some Constructive Proposals. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press, 2004. Campbell, Ted A. John Wesley and Christian Antiquity: Religious Vision and Cultural Change. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1991. ___________. Wesleyan Beliefs: Formal and Popular Expressions of the Core Beliefs of Wesleyan Communities. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2010. ___________ and Gunter, S., Jones, S., Maddox, R., Miles, R., eds. Wesley and the Quadrilateral. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1997. *___________. Wesleyan Essentials in a Multicultural Society, Abingdon Press, 2004. *Cannon, William R. The Theology of John Wesley. Nashville: Abingdon, 1946. *Carter, Charles W. ed. A Contemporary Wesleyan Theology: Biblical, Systematic, and Practical. 2 vols. Grand Rapids: Francis Asbury Press, 1983. *Chilcote, Paul W. ed. The Wesleyan Tradition: A Paradigm for Renewal. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002. *_____________. Recapturing the Wesleys’ Vision: An Introduction to the Faith of John and Charles Wesley. IVP Academic, 2004. *_____________. John and Charles Wesley: Selections from Their Writings and Hymns: Annotated & Explained. SkyLight Paths, 2011. *Coleson, Joseph. Be Holy: God's Invitation to Understand, Declare, and Experience Holiness (Wesleyan Theological Perspectives), Wesleyan Publishing House, 2008. *Collins, Kenneth J. A Real Christian: The Life of John Wesley. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999. _______________. The Scripture Way of Salvation: The Heart of John Wesley’s Theology. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997. A readable study of John Wesley’s doctrine of salvation. _______________. John Wesley: A Theological Journey. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003. *______________. The Theology of John Wesley: Holy Love and the Shape of Grace. Nashiville: Abingdon, 2007. *____________ and Vickers, Jason E. eds. The Sermons of John Wesley: A Collection for the Christian Journey. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2013. Coppedge, Allan. John Wesley in Theological Debate. Wilmore, Kentucky: Wesley Heritage Press, 1987. Cottrell, Jack. The Faith Once For All: Bible Doctrine For Today. Missouri: College Press Publishing Company, 2002. *Cox, Leo George. John Wesley’s Concept of Perfection. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press, 1964. *Crofford, J. Gregory. Streams of Mercy: Prevenient Grace in the Theology of John and Chares Wesley. Emeth Press, 2010. Deschner, J. Wesley's Christology. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1960. Dunning H. Day. Grace, Faith, and Holiness: A Wesleyan Systematic Theology. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1988. *Drury, Keith. Holiness for Ordinary People - 25th Anniversary, Wesleyan Publishing House; 2009. 2 *Dunnam, Maxie. Going on to Salvation, Revised Edition: A Study of Wesleyan Beliefs, Abingdon Press; Revised edition, 2008. Forlines, F. Leroy. The Quest For The Truth: Answering Life’s Inescapable Questions. Nashville: Randall House, 2001. *Greathouse, William M. and Dunning Ray H. An Introduction to Wesleyan Theology. Rev. ed. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 1989. *Grider, J. Kenneth. A Wesleyan-Holiness Theology. Kansas City: beacon Hill Press, 1994. ____________. Entire Sanctification: The Distinctive Doctrine of Wesleyanism. Kansas City: beacon Hill Press, 1980. *___________ ed. The Word and The Doctrine: Studies in Contemporary Wesleyan-Arminian Theology. Kansas City: beacon Hill Press, 1965. Gunter, W. Stephen. The Limits of "Love Divine”. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1989. *Harper, Steve. John Wesley’s Message For Today. Grand Rapids: Francis Asbury Press, 1983. Heitzenrater, Richard P. The Elusive Mr. Wesley, 2 Vols. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984. ____________. Wesley and the People Called Methodists. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995. Hildebrandt, F. Christianity According to the Wesleys. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1996. Jennings, Theodore W. Jr. Good News to the Poor: John Wesley’s Evangelical Economics. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. Jones, S. John Wesley's Conception and Use of Scripture. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1995. Kimbrough, S. Charles Wesley: Poet and Theologian. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992. Knight, Henry H. III. The Presence of God in the Christian Life: John Wesley and the Means of Grace. Toronto: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1992. *Kostlevy, William. ed. The A to Z of the Holiness Movement. Toronto: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2009. *Langford, T. Practical Divinity, Nashville: Abingdon Press; Revised edition, 1998. *Lawson, John. Introduction to Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Francis Asbury Press, 1980. *Leclerc, Diane. Discovering Christian Holiness: The Heart of Wesleyan-Holiness Theology. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2010. *__________. Spiritual Formation: A Wesleyan Paradigm, Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2011. Lindstrom, Harald. Wesley and Sanctification: A Study in the Doctrine of Salvation. Rev. Kentucky: Francis Asbury Publishing Co., 1980. Long, D. Stephen. John Wesley’s Moral Theology: The Quest For God and Goodness. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2005. Lowery, Kevin Twain. Salvaging Wesley’s Agenda: A New Paradigm for Wesleyan Virtue Ethics (Princeton Theological Monograph Series). Eugene, Oregon: PICKWICK Publications, 2008. Marquardt, Manfred. John Wesley’s Social Ethics: Praxis and Principles. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992. 3 *Maddox, Randy L. Responsible Grace: John Wesley’s Practical Theology. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1994. __________. Ed., Rethinking Wesley’s Theology for Contemporary Methodism. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1998. *_________ and Jason E. Vickers, eds., The Cambridge Companion to John Wesley. NY: Cambridge University Press, 2010. *McCulloh, Gerald. ed. Man’s Faith and Freedom: The Theological Influence of Jacobus Arminus. Eugene, Oregon: Wipf and Stock Publishers. Previousley published by Abingdon, 1962. McGonigle, Herbert Boyd. Sufficient Saving Grace: John Wesley’s Evangelical Arminianism. Waynesboro, GA: Paternoster Press, 2001. *McKinley, O. Glenn. Where Two Creeds Meet: A Biblical Evaluation of Calvinism and Arminianism. Kansas City, Missouri. Beacon Hill Press, 1959. Meeks, M. Douglas. ed. The Future of the Methodist Theological Traditons. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985. __________________. The Portion of the Poor: Good News to the Poor in the Wesleyan Tradition. Nashville: Kingwood Books, 1995. __________________. Wesleyan Perspectives on the New Creation. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2004 Mickey, Paul A. Essentials of Wesleyan Theology: A Contemporary Affirmation. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1980. *Moor, Frank. More Coffee Shop Theology: Translating Doctrinal Jargon into Everyday Life. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press, 1988. Monk, Robert C. John Wesley: His Puritan Heritage. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1966 Oden Thomas C. Systematic Theology, 3 vols [Vol. 1. The Living God (1992); Vol. 2. The Word of Life (1992); Vol 3. Life in the Spirit (1992)]. San Francisco: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1987-1989. *_________. Doctrinal Standards in The Wesleyan Tradition. Grand Rapids: Francis Asbury Press, 1988. __________. The Transforming Power of Grace. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993. This book is “gem of Arminian soteriology.” *_________. John Wesley’s Scriptural Christianity: A Plain Exposition of His Teaching on Christian Doctrine. Grand Rapids: Zondervan. 1994. Oh, Gwang Seok. John Wesley’s Ecclesiology: A Study in its Sources and Development. Toronto: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.,2008. *Olson, Mark, K. John Wesley's 'A Plain Account of Christian Perfection': The Annotated Edition. Truth In Heart, 2006. ____________. John Wesley's Theology of Christian Perfection: Developments in