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TIMOTHY
L. SMITH AND
MILDRED BANGS WYNKOOP
BOOK
AWARD
Established March, 1999. Presented annually by the
Wesleyan
Theological Society
Nature and Purpose
This award is named
in honor of the outstanding scholarly contributions of historian
Timothy L. Smith and theologian Mildred Bangs Wynkoop. It
granted periodically by the Wesleyan Theological Society to
recognize a recent publication of distinction in a research
area related to the Wesleyan/Holiness tradition. Each book
honored is judged to have helped the Wesleyan/Holiness tradition
to be better understood and/or promoted.
Criteria for Choice
The book chosen
for this award must fit well the nature and purpose of this
award, be a full-length work published by a recognized academic
press, and be deemed to make a substantive contribution to
the author's particular field of study and to the Wesleyan/Holiness
tradition generally. The book must have been published no
longer than two years prior to its nomination as an award
recipient.
Process
of Choice
Nominations may be made
by any member of the Wesleyan Theological Society or any academic
publisher by submitting three copies of the nominated book
to the Editor of the Wesleyan Theological Journal for the review
of the Editorial Committee. Included with such copies must
be a formal letter of nomination supporting the book, with
a written rationale that addresses the book in terms of the
purposes of this award. Such submission must be received by
November 1 of the year prior to the March when the award would
be given at the WTS annual meeting. All submissions will be
considered. The Editor of the WTJ
will coordinate the Editorial Committee's consideration
of nominations received, leading to a decision on which if
any nomination will be recommended to the WTS Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee will take final action on any recommendation
so received. The award is made only when a recommendation
is received from the Editorial Committee and approved by the
Executive Committee.
Public Honors
Recipients of this award
will be recognized formally at the annual meeting of the Wesleyan
Theological Society and the book will be featured in a subsequent
issue of the Wesleyan Theological Journal. Other recognitions
may be given as the Executive Committee determines from year
to year.
History of Recipients
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2000
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Douglas M. Strong.
Perfectionist Politics: Abolitionism and the Religious Tensions of American Democracy. Syracuse University Press. 1999. |
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2001
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William J. Abraham.
Canon and Criterion In Christian Theology. Clarendon Press Oxford.
1998. |
| 2002 |
Diane Leclerc.
Singleness of Heart: Gender, Sin, and Holiness in
Historical Perspective. The Scarecrow Press.
2001. |
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2003 |
Laurence
W. Wood.
The Meaning of Pentecost in Early Methodism.
The Scarecrow Press. 2002. |
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2004
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Floyd Cunningham. Holiness Abroad: Nazarene Missions in Asia.
The Scarecrow Press. 2003. |
2005 |
Samuel M. Powell, Participating in God: Creation and Trinity |
2006 |
James Earl Massey, African Americans and the Church of God |
2007 |
Howard Snyder, Populist Saints: B. T. and Ellen Roberts and the First Free Methodists |
2008 |
Charles Jones, The Wesleyan Holiness Movement: A Guide |
2009 |
J. Randall Stephens, The Fire Spreads: Holiness and Pentecostalism in the American South |
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