The Renewal of the Heart is the Mission of the Church
Subtitle: Wesley's heart religion in the twenty-first century
Publisher: Cascade Books, a division of Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781606085424
Description: To make clear what Wesley meant when he emphasized the renewal of the heart, Gregory S. Clapper summarizes some recent paradigm-changing accounts of the nature of "emotion" produced by contemporary philosophers and theologians, and then applies them to Wesley's conception of the heart and its affections. These accounts of emotion throw new light on Wesley's vision of Christianity as a renewal of the heart and make it possible to reclaim the language of the heart, not as a pandering or manipulative rhetoric, but as the framework for a comprehensive theological vision of Christian life and thought. --from publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Not "What is Christianity?" but "Who is a Christian?"; title: Wesley and scripture on the heart and its renewal; title: Overcoming the obstacles to hearing Wesley's voice today; title: Why depth of emotion is not the same as intensity of feeling; title: Wesley's Orthokardia: the genesis and telos of the affections; title: Teaching for the renewal of the heart; title: Renewing the heart through preaching, counseling, and evangelism