William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile
One of the most prominent theologians in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries was William J. Abraham, affectionately known as "Billy" to many. The impact of Abraham’s teaching and preaching within the larger Methodist and Wesleyan families has created a substantial legacy that will continue to shape the church as well as challenge a new generation of scholarship.

William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile seeks to begin a critical assessment and appreciation of Abraham’s contributions over the years and explore these contributions in a wide range of fields—mission and evangelism, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and systematic theology, to name a few.

The contributors to this volume include scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and ministries. They provide helpful insights into Abraham’s work as well as offer personal reflections on the relational sensibilities that marked Billy as a true friend of the gospel. Their collective insights honor Abraham’s memory, solidify his legacy, and preserve a piece of his rich theological imagination for future generations of the church.

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William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile
One of the most prominent theologians in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries was William J. Abraham, affectionately known as "Billy" to many. The impact of Abraham’s teaching and preaching within the larger Methodist and Wesleyan families has created a substantial legacy that will continue to shape the church as well as challenge a new generation of scholarship.

William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile seeks to begin a critical assessment and appreciation of Abraham’s contributions over the years and explore these contributions in a wide range of fields—mission and evangelism, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and systematic theology, to name a few.

The contributors to this volume include scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and ministries. They provide helpful insights into Abraham’s work as well as offer personal reflections on the relational sensibilities that marked Billy as a true friend of the gospel. Their collective insights honor Abraham’s memory, solidify his legacy, and preserve a piece of his rich theological imagination for future generations of the church.

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William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile

William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile

William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile

William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile

Overview

One of the most prominent theologians in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries was William J. Abraham, affectionately known as "Billy" to many. The impact of Abraham’s teaching and preaching within the larger Methodist and Wesleyan families has created a substantial legacy that will continue to shape the church as well as challenge a new generation of scholarship.

William J. Abraham: A Theological Profile seeks to begin a critical assessment and appreciation of Abraham’s contributions over the years and explore these contributions in a wide range of fields—mission and evangelism, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and systematic theology, to name a few.

The contributors to this volume include scholars and practitioners from different disciplines and ministries. They provide helpful insights into Abraham’s work as well as offer personal reflections on the relational sensibilities that marked Billy as a true friend of the gospel. Their collective insights honor Abraham’s memory, solidify his legacy, and preserve a piece of his rich theological imagination for future generations of the church.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781481319669
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Publication date: 11/01/2024
Pages: 300
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael J. Gehring is Visiting Professor of the History of Christianity at Hood Theological Seminary.

Andrew D. Kinsey is a Harry Denman/John Wesley Fellow and United Methodist pastor.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Todd D. Still

I Abraham’s Contributions to Christian Theology in a Philosophical Key
1 Introduction: A Brief Biography
Michael J. Gehring
2 Philosophy of Religion
David M. Mahfood
3 Encounter with the Church Fathers and Eastern Orthodoxy
Paul L. Gavrilyuk
4 Epistemology
Frederick D. Aquino
5 Revelation, Inspiration, and Scripture
David F. Watson
6 Methodist Royalty: Abraham’s Contribution to Wesley Studies
Kevin M. Watson
7 Systematic Theology
David Moser
8 No Other Gods: Canonical Theism as Theological Agenda
Jason E. Vickers
9 Divine Action
Fellipe M. do Vale

II Abraham’s Vocation to Church, Academy, and Society
10 Evangelism
Scott J. Jones
11 Renewal
Natalie B. Van Kirk
12 Evil and the Terrorism of the IRA
Patrick J. Roche
13 Arguing with a Bog Irishman about Metaphysics and Moral Theology
D. Stephen Long
14 The Polycarp Community
Andrew D. Kinsey
15 Mission Work
Ray Zirkel
16 Wesley House of Studies
Rusty Freeman

Afterword
William B. Lawrence

What People are Saying About This

Thomas H. McCall

William J. Abraham made important contributions across an impressive range of fields: philosophy of religion, evangelism, Wesley studies, systematic and analytic theology, among others. 'Billy' was brilliant, forceful, charming, fiery, charitable, irascible, loyal, faithful, and so much more. He was unquestionably one of the most important theologians of the last several decades—not only within Methodism and Wesleyanism but across systematic and analytic theology more broadly. This collection of essays both honors his contributions and advances his causes, and—like Billy himself—will be of help both to those who agree and those who disagree.

Ellen T. Charry

William J. Abraham, a prolific, pietistic, Irish-American Methodist theological philosopher, was a Christian polymath, a loving leprechaun of sorts with pots of gold gleaming in numerous places. He bent his mind toward a soft rationalism against both Barthian fideism that dismissed the need for cognitive justification for religious beliefs and strict rationalism that precludes personal judgment in arriving at truth claims. He worked to awaken Methodism from doctrinal amnesia to a robust canonical theism, to assure its identity within the frame of Christianity’s classical core doctrines that witness to God’s ongoing presence in the world. He cherished the vibrancy of Orthodox iconography. Evangelism and Christian renewal twinkled generously in his kindly eyes. These authors catch the sparkle that was Billy.

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