John Wesley and Apologetics for the 21st Century
Wesley Forum 2012
Monday, March 26 • 8:30 am to 2:30 pm
in Dech Memorial Chapel
SPONSORED BY BOEHM'S CHAPEL SOCIETY
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Schedule
8:30 AM Registration
9:00 Welcome and Worship
9:10 Lecture 1
10:15 Break
10:45 Lecture 2
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 Lecture 3
2:00 Q & A
2:30 Closing Prayer
DR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM
Born in Northern Ireland in 1947, Abraham is currently teaching at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Educated at Portora Royal School, Enniskillen and Queen's University, Belfast, Abraham went on to receive a Master of Divinity Degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky and a doctorate in Philosophy of Religion from the University of Oxford, England. He received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2008.
He has held the post of Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington. From 1985 to 1995 he was the McCreless Professor of Evangelism and Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Perkins School of Theology, S.M.U. In 1995 he was appointed to the
Albert Cook Outler Professor of Theology and Wesley Studies at Perkins, working as a philosophical and systematic theologian in the Wesleyan tradition. In the spring of 2000 Professor Abraham was The McDonald visiting professor of Evangelical theology at Harvard Divinity School. In 2003 Professor
Abraham was appointed as an Altshuler Distinguished University Teacher at Southern Methodist University; this is a lifetime appointment in the university.
Professor Abraham has authored numerous articles in philosophy and theology. His books include: The Divine Inspiration of Holy Scripture (Oxford, 1981), Divine Revelation and the Limits of Historical Criticism (Oxford, 1992), The Coming Great Revival: Recovering the Full Evangelical Tradition (Harper and Row, 1984), An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (Prentice-Hall, 1985), The Logic of Evangelism (Eerdmans, 1989); The Logic of Renewal [Eerdmans, 2004]; John Wesley for Armchair Theologians (Westminster/John Knox, 2005]; Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation (Eerdmans, 2006]. His work
on mission is widely recognized as igniting a new era of scholarship devoted to critical reflection on this vital ministry of the church.
Currently Professor Abraham is involved in research that focuses on the relation between theology and terrorism (a book on this is ready for press), on the nature and history of Methodism (he has co-edited with Professor James Kirby The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies), on the epistemology of theology (he plans to edit a major volume in this new field), and on the comprehensive content of systematic
theology (a book on this is also in the early stages of production).
Over several summers he has traveled to Karaganda, Kazakhastan, Romania, and to San Jose in Costa Rica. In 2005 he was visiting lecturer in Singapore, and in 2006 in Katmandu, Nepal, and in Sibu, Malaysia.
