tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065284951023371310.post2500491588661824842..comments2023-09-28T21:45:32.037-05:00Comments on Methodist Doctrine, Spirit, Discipline: Back to WesleyLaura Fellemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12473972360668571164noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065284951023371310.post-20009535416095794142011-04-17T21:28:39.053-05:002011-04-17T21:28:39.053-05:00Randy Maddox has an interesting paper on doctrine,...Randy Maddox has an interesting paper on doctrine, discipline, and spirit.<br /><br /><a href="http://divinity.duke.edu/sites/default/files/documents/faculty-maddox/21_Wesleys_Prescription.pdf" rel="nofollow">Wesley's Prescription for Making Disciples</a>John Meunierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640046073453219165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065284951023371310.post-17944512323174915532011-04-13T15:05:58.070-05:002011-04-13T15:05:58.070-05:00You're right, Rex's dissertation does disc...You're right, Rex's dissertation does discuss Wesley's anthropology and epistemology and he identifies the Oxford Aristotelian logical tradition as the source for Wesley's views. I build on Rex's thesis in my dissertation and identify the source for Wesley's conception of faith as a spiritual sense. This intellectual history still interests me, and I'm writing a book about it. In this blog I'd like to think through the implications of updating Wesley. I know Billy Abraham has a Neurotheology project, and I'm wondering if that's the move to make when it comes to talking about the soul from a contemporary Wesleyan perspective.Laura Fellemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473972360668571164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065284951023371310.post-78788615977715331152011-04-12T20:00:19.826-05:002011-04-12T20:00:19.826-05:00If I remember correctly, Rex D. Matthew's diss...If I remember correctly, Rex D. Matthew's dissertation had a section on Wesley's anthropology. Most of it was focused on Wesley's epistemology and it has been a couple of years since I read it, but I think that there may be something in there that will help.cloudkucoolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06108498813078561312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9065284951023371310.post-91097313862074457172011-04-10T15:49:16.517-05:002011-04-10T15:49:16.517-05:00Hearing from Dr. Thomas Oord (via Facebook) regard...Hearing from Dr. Thomas Oord (via Facebook) regarding process theology's focus on the body-mind(soul) connection brought home for me Wesley's focus. The body's relationship to the soul, especially the soul's dependence on the brain is mentioned in Wesley's writings, however his emphasis is on the faculties of the soul-- their corruption, healing, and even in one sermon, their status in the afterlife. So what's the contemporary equivalent of Wesley's functions of the soul?Laura Fellemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473972360668571164noreply@blogger.com