List of Methodist Theologians - 19th Century

19th Century

• Adam Clarke - Biblical theologian uncomfortable with systematic approaches to Christian theology, argued that Christ's Sonship began with the Incarnation. Wrote a single volume theoogy.
• Richard Watson - outspoken British abolitionist, wrote against Clarke in defense of the eternal Sonship of Christ, one of the first theologians to systematize Wesley's theology.
• Phoebe Palmer
• Jabez Bunting - bishop and author of numerous articles and published sermons.
• Timothy Merritt
• Wilbur Fisk - religious educator, favored ending slavery progressively (rather than in the revolutionary way proposed by other notable abolitionists, so as to avoid a split in the Church), early influence on the temperance movement.
• Nathan Bangs - Arminian apologist, first editor of the Methodist magazine Christian Advocate, opposed the antinomianism of the New Light Baptist community. Wrote six significant theological letters to a Presbyterian pastor, Rev. S. Williston.
• Hugh Price Hughes - Welsh social reformer, first editor of the Methodist Times and first superintendent of the West London Methodist Mission.
• William Burt Pope - wrote a 3-volume systematic theology.
• Minor Raymond - wrote a 3-volume systematic theology
• Thomas N. Ralston - wrote a large one volume theology
• Amos Binney
• Daniel D. Whedon -
• John Miley - wrote a two-volume systematic theology (1893). Rejected the penal substitution theory of the atonement and advocated a moral government theory.
• James Strong
• Borden Parker Bowne - wrote numerous books on various theological themes; renowned as a philosopher and theologian.
• Thomas O. Summers - A significant editor and publisher. Published his own 2-volume systematic theology (out of print and not available online)
• Martin Ruter
• Henry Clay Dean
• Henry Clay Morrison
• Daniel Parish Kidder