Wesleyan Communities and the World Beyond Christianity

The thirteenth Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies met at Christ Church, Oxford, in 2013, to consider “Wesleyan Communities and the World Beyond Christianity.” The leaders of the Institute were clear from the beginning that by “the world beyond Christianity” we did not mean only our engagement with non-Christian peoples but also our engagement with governments, with nongovernmental organizations, and other ways in which Wesleyan communities have interacted with individuals and communities who do not explicitly profess Christian faith. The plenary papers from the Institute included in this volume illustrate this range of Wesleyan and Methodist interaction with worlds beyond Christianity.