William J. Abraham
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William J. Abraham is a United Methodist pastor, theologian, and philosopher known for his contributions in the areas of evangelism, religious epistemology, and church renewal. A native of Ireland, he is currently the Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.[1] Abraham is associated with the Confessing Movement[2] in The United Methodist Church and is a proponent of "Canonical Theism" that looks to the canons of the ancient ecumenical Church as a source for renewing Mainline Protestant Churches.
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[edit] Education
D.D. (h.c.), Asbury Theological Seminary, 2008; D.Phil., Regent's Park College, Oxford University, 1977; M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary, 1973; B.A., The Queen's University of Belfast, 1970
[edit] Teaching Specialties
Religious epistemology, John Wesley, doctrine of revelation, systematic theology, philosophy of religion, evangelism.
[edit] Research Interests
Wesleyan and Methodist theology, Cardinal Newman, renewal movements in Christianity, ecclesiology, divine revelation, theological education
[edit] Selected Publications
Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007);
Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998);
The Logic of Evangelism (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989);
The Rationality of Religious Belief, edited with Steven W. Holtzer (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987);
Divine Revelation and the Limits of Historical Criticism (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000);
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985)
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