Wesleyan Eucharistic Spirituality: Its Nature, Sources and FutureThe central thesis of the book is that there is a distinctive Wesleyan eucharistic spirituality. Looking at Wesleys's eucharistic practices, theology and sources, the writer identifies a spirituality that has a number of key themes. These revolve around the dynamic encounter with a personal Christ, the grace filled life, the therapeutic growth towards holiness and wholenes. They provide a way of looking at life and the formation of characters which may conform to the image of the Christ. While there were several reasons for the decline of Weslyean eucharistic spirituality after the death of the Wesleys, the writer maintains that this spirituality can be rediscovered, revived and communicated in new forms so as to impact Methodists around the world who are facing the challenges of the 21st century. The author is a pastor in a Methodist Church in Singapore. |
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Contents
Eucharistic rationale | 13 |
Eucharistic place and presidency | 21 |
Eucharistic requirements | 29 |
Encounter with the presence of Christ | 55 |
The divine initiative and grace | 73 |
The healing sacrament | 99 |
Sources of Wesleyan Eucharistic | 105 |
Scripture | 112 |
Forming lives through the eucharist | 179 |
Seeing life through the eucharist | 192 |
A Summary picture | 211 |
The decline of eucharistic observance and fervour | 215 |
Is there a desire? | 224 |
The weak link of Wesleyan eucharistic spirituality | 230 |
Conclusion | 237 |
The documents of the Wesleys | 244 |
The Anglican tradition | 144 |
Closing observations | 160 |
The centrality of Christs presence | 166 |
Christian perfection as the goal | 173 |
F The Wesleys use of the five senses in the hymns | 251 |
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