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Outler, Albert Cook was born on November 17, 1908 in Thomasville, Georgia, United States. Son of John Morgan and Gertrude Flint (Dewberry) Outler.
(Adapted from Albert Outler's 4-volume text The Works of J...)
Adapted from Albert Outler's 4-volume text The Works of John Wesley, this anthology of 50 of Wesley's finest sermons are presented in an affordable, convenient paperback. Arranged chronologically with introductory commentary by Richard Heitzenrater.
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For the first time, students of Wesley have access to Albert C. Outler's widely acclaimed "introduction" to Volume 1 of The Works of John Wesley in a single inexpensive paperback. No student of John Wesley will need to be reminded of Albert Outler's stature, or the significance of his contribution to twentieth-century Wesleyan studies. Contents • A Career in Retrospect • The Preacher and His Preaching • The Sermon Corpus • Theological Method and the Problems of development • Wesley and His Sources • On Reading Wesley's Sermons
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This is the third in an eagerly awaited series of four volumes of John Wesley's sermons. This volume contains sermons 71-114 from Sermons on Several Occasions, as well as 6 additional sermons. Of all the genres in Wesley's prodigious output, his sermons most clearly focus and expound his understanding of Christian existence. Outler's introduction in the first volume concentrates two decades of painstaking research and thought on Wesley. From this he ably sets the stage for a fuller understanding and appreciation of a major Christian heritage, a heritage which can at last be seen as a whole against the background of its sources. The four volumes contain 151 sermons, including a number recovered from Wesley's manuscripts. These constitute the core of Wesley's doctrinal teachings upon which his own evangelical movement was founded. Following Wesley's own ordering, Dr. Outler begins with the familiar Sermons on Several Occasions, which present Wesley's basic teachings on salvation and form the bulk of the first two volumes in the series. Outler masterfully demonstrates the significance of all the subsequent sermons since they exhibit Wesley's entire approach to the Christian life. Each volume is rich with footnotes that include the identification of quotations, elucidation of references, the tracing of key themes, and vital background information on each sermon. Representing the culmination of twenty years of exhaustive research, it is the purpose of these conclusive volumes to keep alive the growing interest in Wesleyan studies for the entire Christian church.
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( This is the second in an eagerly awaited series of four...)
This is the second in an eagerly awaited series of four volumes of John Wesley's sermons. This volume contains sermons 34-70 from Sermons on Several Occasions. Of all the genres in Wesley's prodigious output, his sermons most clearly focus and expound his understanding of Christian existence. Outler's introduction in the first volume concentrates two decades of painstaking research and thought on Wesley. From this he ably sets the stage for a fuller understanding and appreciation of a major Christian heritage, a heritage which can at last be seen as a whole against the background of its sources. The four volumes contain 151 sermons, including a number recovered from Wesley's manuscripts. These constitute the core of Wesley's doctrinal teachings upon which his own evangelical movement was founded. Following Wesley's own ordering, Dr. Outler begins with the familiar Sermons on Several Occasions, which present Wesley's basic teachings on salvation and form the bulk of the first two volumes in the series. Outler masterfully demonstrates the significance of all the subsequent sermons since they exhibit Wesley's entire approach to the Christian life. Each volume is rich with footnotes that include the identification of quotations, elucidation of references, the tracing of key themes, and vital background information on each sermon. Representing the culmination of twenty years of exhaustive research, it is the purpose of these conclusive volumes to keep alive the growing interest in Wesleyan studies for the entire Christian church.
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This is the fourth in an eagerly awaited series of four volumes of John Wesley's sermons. This volume contains 18 sermons that were published in the Arminian Magazine from 1789 to 1792. It also contains 19 sermons that were taken from Wesley's manuscripts. Of all the genres in Wesley's prodigious output, his sermons most clearly focus and expound his understanding of Christian existence. Outler's introduction in the first volume concentrates two decades of painstaking research and thought on Wesley. From this he ably sets the stage for a fuller understanding and appreciation of a major Christian heritage, a heritage which can at last be seen as a whole against the background of its sources. The four volumes contain 151 sermons, including a number recovered from Wesley's manuscripts. These constitute the core of Wesley's doctrinal teachings upon which his own evangelical movement was founded. Following Wesley's own ordering, Dr. Outler begins with the familiar Sermons on Several Occasions, which present Wesley's basic teachings on salvation and form the bulk of the first two volumes in the series. Outler masterfully demonstrates the significance of all the subsequent sermons since they exhibit Wesley's entire approach to the Christian life. Each volume is rich with footnotes that include the identification of quotations, elucidation of references, the tracing of key themes, and vital background information on each sermon. Representing the culmination of twenty years of exhaustive research, it is the purpose of these conclusive volumes to keep alive the growing interest in Wesleyan studies for the entire Christian church.
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( This is the first in an eagerly awaited series of four ...)
This is the first in an eagerly awaited series of four volumes of John Wesley's sermons. It contains a detailed introduction as well as sermons 1-33 of Sermons on Several Occasions. Of all the genres in Wesley's prodigious output, his sermons most clearly focus and expound his understanding of Christian existence. Outler's introduction in the first volume concentrates two decades of painstaking research and thought on Wesley. From this he ably sets the stage for a fuller understanding and appreciation of a major Christian heritage, a heritage which can at last be seen as a whole against the background of its sources. The four volumes contain 151 sermons, including a number recovered from Wesley's manuscripts. These constitute the core of Wesley's doctrinal teachings upon which his own evangelical movement was founded. Following Wesley's own ordering, Dr. Outler begins with the familiar Sermons on Several Occasions, which present Wesley's basic teachings on salvation and form the bulk of the first two volumes in the series. Outler masterfully demonstrates the significance of all the subsequent sermons since they exhibit Wesley's entire approach to the Christian life. Each volume is rich with footnotes that include the identification of quotations, elucidation of references, the tracing of key themes, and vital background information on each sermon. Representing the culmination of twenty years of exhaustive research, it is the purpose of these conclusive volumes to keep alive the growing interest in Wesleyan studies for the entire Christian church.
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Outler, Albert Cook was born on November 17, 1908 in Thomasville, Georgia, United States. Son of John Morgan and Gertrude Flint (Dewberry) Outler.
AB, Wofford College, 1928. Doctor of Divinity, Wofford College, 1952. Bachelor's Degree, Emory University, 1933.
Doctor of Letters, Emory University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1938. Doctor of Divinity, Kalamazoo College, 1962.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Lycoming College, 1964. Doctor of Humane Letters, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters, Duke University, 1974.
Doctor of Laws, University Notre Dame, 1966. Department of Science and Technology, General Theological Seminary, 1967. Doctor of Humane Letters, Loyola University, New Orleans, 1978.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Catholic University America, 1979.
Ordained to ministry Methodist Church. Pastor, Baxley, Georgia, 1928-1930, Pineview, Georgia, 1930-1932, Gordon, Georgia, 1932-1934, Macon, 1934-1935. Instructor theology Duke University, 1938-1939, assistant professor, 1939-1941, associate professor, 1941-1945.
Associate professor Yale University, 1945-1948, Dwight professor theology, 1948-1951.
Professor theology Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1951-1980, professor emeritus, 1980-1989, chairman graduate council of humanities, 1960-1963. Research professor religion Texas Wesleyan College, 1983-1985.
Delaware Methodist Church 3d World Council on Faith and Order, Lund, Sweden, 1952. Chairman American section FOC Theological Commision on Tradition.
Methodist delegate to3d Assembly World Council Churches, New Delhi, 1961.
Vice chairman 4th World Council on Faith and Order, Montreal, 1963. Delegate-observer 2d Vatican Council, 1962-1965. Visiting senior fellow, Council Humanities, Princeton University, 1956-1957.
Honorary fellow Wesley College, Sydney, Australia, 1980.
(Adapted from Albert Outler's 4-volume text The Works of J...)
( This is the second in an eagerly awaited series of four...)
( This is the fourth in an eagerly awaited series of four...)
( This is the third in an eagerly awaited series of four ...)
( This is the first in an eagerly awaited series of four ...)
( For the first time, students of Wesley have access to A...)
Chairman American Section FOC Theological Commission Tradition. Delegate-observer 2d Vatican Council, 1962—1965. Pastor Baxley, Georgia, 1928—1930, Pineview, 1930—1932, Gordon, 1932—1934, Macon, 1934—1935.
Delegate Methodist Church 3d World Council Faith and Order, Lund, Sweden, 1952. Methodist delegate 3d Assembly World Council Churches, New Delhi, 1961. Vice chairman 4th World Council Faith and Order, Montreal, 1963.
Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: Duodecim, American Catholic History Association (president 1972-1973), National Council Religion Higher Education, Academy of Texas, American Theological Society 1960, (secretary 1960-1962), World Council Churches, American Society Church History (president 1963-1964), Elizabethan, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Carlotta Grace Smith, December 18, 1931. Children: Frances Gertrude, David Stevens.