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 (Nazarene Theological College)

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 2: Contents

Peter Nockles, '"Emissaries of Babylon" or "Brothers in Christ"? Charles Wesley and anti-Catholicism

Joseph W. Cunningham, 'The Methodist Doctrine of Christian Perfection: Charles Wesley’s Contribution Contextualized'

Jack Jackson, 'Collecting and Preserving Disciples: Verbal Proclamation in Early Methodist Evangelism'

Tim Woolley, 'A Community of Selective Memory? Hugh Bourne, William Clowes and Primitive Methodist Historiography'  

Nicola Morris, '"Predicting a ‘bright and prosperous future": Irish Methodist Membership (1855-1914)'

'A Sermon by Mary Fletcher (née Bosanquet), On Exodus 20, Preached at Madeley in the Parish Vicarage on the Evening of Whitsunday, 8 June 1794': Transcribed, Introduced, and Annotated by D. R. Wilson

To view the complete contents pages for volume two, including book reviews, click here.

To view the contents page of volume one, click here.

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 first page of the essay.

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 Reviews Editor, Martin Wellings at: martin.wellings@oxfordmethodists.org.uk

WMScan 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 take annual subscriptions for WMS. For a WMS order form, click here.

To join the WMS Facebook group, click here.

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

Herbert B. McGonigle, Nazarene Theological College

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