Joseph W. Cunningham, M.A. (Aquinas Institute of Theology) ‘Perceptible Inspiration: A Model for John Wesley’s Pneumatology’
Joseph began his doctoral research in September 2007 under the direction of Dr Herbert McGonigle with Dr David Rainey as a secondary advisor. His study explores John Wesley’s theology of the Holy Spirit by using the doctrine of perceptible inspiration – which Wesley elucidated in a series of letters between 1745 and 1748 – as its model. Joseph’s recent presentations include: MWRC Postgraduate Colloquium 'Pneumatology through Correspondence: The Letters of John Wesley and "John Smith" [1745-48]' (2008); University of Manchester Postgraduate Colloquium on Ecclesiastical History 'John Wesley's Theology of Perceptible Inspiration' (2008); NTC Postgraduate Seminar on Christian Holiness ‘John Wesley’s Doctrine of Original Sin’ (2007); Wesleyan Philosophical Society Meeting ‘John Wesley’s Religious Epistemology’ (Co-authored with Scott Crothers, St. Louis University) (2006); Aquinas Institute of Theology Student Symposium ‘John Wesley and Karl Rahner: A Christological Comparison’ (2004).
