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dc.contributor.authorFranklin, Patrick S.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-04T18:14:38Z
dc.date.available2021-10-04T18:14:38Z
dc.date.copyright2008
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.citationFranklin, Patrick S. “John Wesley in Conversation with the Emerging Church.” Asbury Theological Journal 63, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 75-93.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2375-6330en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollections.tyndale.ca/handle/20.500.12730/1016
dc.description.abstractAs the Emerging Church is one of the most significant developments in current popular Western ecclesiology, it is important that it be engaged theologically. As part of this engagement, this paper brings the Emerging Church into a constructive dialogue with John Wesley, a theologian who shared similar passions and faced comparable challenges. It maintains that Wesley would applaud the spirit and creativity of the Emerging Church, especially its mission to reach contemporary seekers and its desire to recapture an ancient-future faith. However, he would also challenge some potentially harmful tendencies and exhort the Emerging Church toward maturity in these areas. The paper begins by exploring several commonalities between Wesley and the Emerging Church, including: (i) resistance to Enlightenment rationalism and an embrace of religious experience, (ii) a passion for evangelism, (iii) a commitment to a kingdom worldview and values, and (iv) a spirit of ecumenism. Subsequently, the paper offers a critique of certain aspects of the Emerging Church in light of Wesley's theology and ministry and then concludes by proposing a way forward on the basis of insights gained from Wesley.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/asburyjournal/vol63/iss1/5/en_US
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dc.publisherAsbury Theological Seminaryen_US
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dc.subject.lcshWesley, John, 1703-1791—Theologyen_US
dc.subject.lcshMcLaren, Brian D., 1956-en_US
dc.subject.lcshEmerging church movementen_US
dc.subject.lcshConversionen_US
dc.subject.lcshExperience (Religion)en_US
dc.titleJohn Wesley in Conversation with the Emerging Churchen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationTyndale Universityen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSeminaryen_US
dc.contributor.repositoryTyndale University, J. William Horsey Library, 3377 Bayview Ave., Toronto, ON, M2M 3S4, Canada. Contact: repository@tyndale.caen_US
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dc.identifier.journalAsbury Theological Journalen_US
dc.identifier.volume63en_US
dc.publisher.placeWilmore, KYen_US
dc.rights.holderAsbury Theological Seminary. https://place.asburyseminary.edu/asburyjournal/en_US
dc.subject.keywordWesley, John, 1703-1791en_US
dc.subject.keywordMcLaren, Brian D., 1956-en_US
dc.subject.keywordEmerging churchen_US
dc.subject.keywordConversionen_US
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dc.description.chapterpage75-93en_US
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