A unique blending of historical analysis and bibliographic data, this volume examines the course of the voluntary association for religious purposes and analyze

What is Ecumenism? How and when did it start? What are its goals and how will they affect the future of the Christian churches? This book answers these question

Christian Voluntarism: Theology and Praxis seeks to better understand the place and nature of voluntarism throughout the history of the church.

There are several eras in the history of Christianity radical forms of the tradition are obvious: the early church of the first five centuries, the medieval era

For the better part of two centuries, Wesley scholars have been given a picture of the family of John Wesley that focuses positively upon the relationships of J