EDITOR'S NOTES
The Fall 1995 issue of the Wesleyan Theological Journal focused on vital issues related to biblical hermeneutics, especially as these are conceived within the Wesleyan theological tradition. The question then centered on how we contemporary believers should go about conceiving of biblical authority and interpreting biblical content in the changing cultural settings of today. Now, in this issue, the focus becomes more applicational.
Attention is given here to a series of subjects discussed often in today's church. Given a commitment to biblical authority and appropriate ways of interpreting its content, what does the Bible teach about mission to the poor, race relations, religious pluralism, revivalism, small-group life in the church, and the appropriate role of women in leadership? How has the American holiness tradition done in living out such teaching? What really is "spirituality" and how does biblical faith relate to contemporary religious phenomena like "glossolalia" and the "pentecostalization" of American Christianity in the twentieth century? Does the Wesleyan theological tradition offer any particular wisdom here?
Did Richard Steele (30:1, Spring 1995) present the most appropriate perspective on the sources of the revivalistic model employed by John Wesley? Charles Goodwin thinks not, and Steele replies to Goodwin.
Special honor is given in this issue to Dr. James Earl Massey, 1995 recipient of the Wesleyan Theological Society's award for lifetime service to the holiness tradition. Included is a biographical introduction and photo of him, and a significant article by him.
Also, attention is drawn to the recent establishment of the Wesleyan Theological Society Endowment Fund. For further information, contact the Society's promotion secretary, Dr. Stephen Lennox, at Indiana Wesleyan University (phone 317-667-2242).
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Edited by Michael Mattei for the
Wesley Center for Applied Theology
at Northwest Nazarene University
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