Wesley and Methodist Studies
Editors: William Gibson, Oxford Brookes University
Geordan Hammond, Manchester Wesley Research Centre and Nazarene Theological College
Assistant Editors: Joseph W. Cunningham, University of Manchester
Kenneth M. Loyer, Southern Methodist University
Copy-editor: Rachel Cope, Brigham Young University
Book Reviews Editor: Martin Wellings, World Methodist Historical Society
Wesley and Methodist Studies (WMS) publishes peer-reviewed scholarly essays that examine the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries (proponents or opponents) in the eighteenth-century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan tradition, and studies of the Wesleyan and Evangelical traditions today. Its primary historical scope is the eighteenth century to the present; however, WMS will publish essays that explore the historical and theological antecedents of the Wesleys (including work on Samuel and Susanna Wesley), Methodism, and the Evangelical Revival. WMS will be published annually and will have a dual and broad focus on both history and theology. Its aim is to present significant scholarly contributions that shed light on historical and theological understandings of Methodism broadly conceived. Essays within the thematic scope of WMS from the disciplinary perspectives of literature, philosophy, education and cognate disciplines are welcome. WMS is a collaborative project of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre and The Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History, Oxford Brookes University and is published annually by Didsbury Press.
Volume 1: Contents
Henry D. Rack, ‘A Man of Reason and Religion? John Wesley and the Enlightenment’
Joseph W. Cunningham, ‘Pneumatology through Correspondence: The Letters of John Wesley and ‘John Smith (1745-1748)’
J. Russell Frazier, ‘John Wesley’s Covenantal and Dispensational View of Salvation History’
Randall D. McElwain, ‘Biblical Language in the Hymns of Charles Wesley’
D. R. Wilson, “‘Thou shal[t] walk with me in white’”: Afterlife and Vocation in the Ministry of Mary Bosanquet Fletcher’
Notes for Contributors
The suggested length for essays is 6,000-8,000 words including footnotes, although shorter and slightly longer papers will be considered. Notes relating to important new discoveries in the field and transcribed unpublished documents will also be considered. Submissions should be made in Microsoft Word (preferably 2003 or 2007 editions) and be sent by email attachment to both editors. References should appear as footnotes and follow the conventions of The Oxford Guide to Style, ed. R. M. Ritter (Oxford, 2002). Submissions should be accompanied by a cover page which states: the author’s name; the paper title; the author’s present position, and employing institution (if applicable); the author’s address for correspondence (including an email address). An abstract of up to 250 words should be submitted on the fist page of the essay. *Papers should not have been previously published elsewhere.
Prospective authors should follow this link for detailed guidelines.
WMS is currently accepting submissions for future volumes.
William Gibson, Co-Editor, Wesley and Methodist Studies, Oxford Brookes University, Harcourt Hill Campus, Oxford OX2 9AT, UK, wgibson@brookes.ac.uk
Geordan Hammond, Co-Editor, Wesley and Methodist Studies, Nazarene Theological College, Dene Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2GU, UK, ghammond@nazarene.ac.uk
Book review queries should be addressed to the Book Review Editor, Martin Wellings at: martin.wellings@oxfordmethodists.org.uk
WMS volume 1 can be purchased by contacting Didsbury Press at didsburypress@nazarene.ac.uk or +44 (0) 161.445.3063 or visiting the Didsbury Press website. Didsbury Press can also take annual subscriptions for WMS.
Editorial Board
Paul W. Chilcote, Ashland Theological Seminary
Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University
Jeremy Gregory, University of Manchester
Richard P. Heitzenrater, Duke Divinity School
Gareth Lloyd, John Rylands University Library
Phyllis Mack, Rutgers University
Randy Maddox, Duke Divinity School
Mark H. Mann, Point Loma Nazarene University
Thomas A. Noble, Nazarene Theological Seminary
Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Boston University School of Theology
Jason E. Vickers, United Theological Seminary
Eryn White, Aberystwyth University
