List of Methodist Theologians - 20th Century

20th Century

  • Edgar S. Brightman - Christian pacifist, associated with process philosophy and liberal theology of the school known as Boston personalism.
  • Justo Gonzalez
  • José Miguez Bonino
  • Robert Newton Flew
  • E. Stanley Jones
  • Albert C. Knudson
  • Edwin Lewis
  • H. Orton Wiley
  • Georgia Harkness
  • William Edwin Sangster (1900-1960) - Renowned preacher and theologian of the Wesleyan understanding of sanctification and perfection
  • Albert C. Outler - Major influence on modern Methodist theology. Did groundbreaking work in recognizing John Wesley's stature as a theologian. Identified the "Wesleyan Quadrilateral" as Wesley's distinctive methodology. Important in Ecumenical movement. Writings influence the paleo-orthodox movement.
  • Ralph Earle - Nazarene theologian and former president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
  • J. Kenneth Grider - scholar of the Wesleyan holiness tradition, served on the translation committee for the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible.
  • William M. Greathouse - a Nazarene theologian
  • John B. Cobb
  • Young-Ho Chun
  • Richard S. Taylor - a prolific theologian affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene.
  • Vincent Taylor
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