Methodist and Pietist
Retrieving the Evangelical United Brethren Tradition
Published on 1. June 2011
280 pages
978-1-4267-4610-9 (ISBN)
Description
In 1968, the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) churches merged to form The United Methodist Church. More than forty years later, many United Methodists know very little about the history, doctrine, and polity of the EUB. To be sure, there are vestiges of the EUB, most notably the Confession of Faith, in the United Methodist Book of Discipline, but there is much more to be profitably explored. For example, the EUB represents a strand of German Pietism that developed an emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the church that, with the exception of Wesley, Fletcher and the early Methodists, was unparalleled in the history of Protestantism. This book makes accessible to clergy and laity alike the considerable riches of the EUB tradition with a view toward the renewal of United Methodism today.
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Person
Jason E. Vickers is Associate Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Kingswood Books
- Book Information
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One History
- The Pietist Background of The Evangelical United Brethren Church
- Martin Boehm, Philip William Otterbein, the United Brethren Christ
- Jacob Albright and The Evangelical Association
- Part Two Doctrine and Theology
- The Theological Heritage of Pietism
- Doctrine and Theology the Church of the United Brethren in Christ
- Doctrine and Theology The Evangelical Association/Church
- The Confession of Faith: A Theological Commentary
- Part Three Polity and Practirces
- Episcopacy and Ordination
- The Practice of Liturgy Sacraments in the Evangelical United Brethren Tradition
- Part Three Polity and Practirces
- Practice of Mission Evangelism: Mission to Germany
- True Holiness" as Social Practice in the Evangelical and United Brethren Traditions: Legacy for Successor Denominations1
- Women in the Pietist Heritage of Methodism
- Evangelical United Brethren Tradition and Future of United Methodism
- Evangelical United Brethren Women's Timeline
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index
- Back Page
