Scholarly Publications

• The Heart of Charles Wesley’s Theology: Being Restored in the Image of God, Asbury Theological Seminary Series: The Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements in Pietist/Wesleyan Studies. Lexington, KY: Emeth Press. (2017).
• “God’s presence in a season of pain- Charles Wesley’s poetry on loss.” Proceedings of the Charles Wesley Society Vol. 20, (2016).
• Wesley’s Use of Biblical Narrative in Addressing the Battle Against Sin.” Proceedings of the Charles Wesley Society Vol. 16, (2012), pp. 61-73.
• Wright, David, Rebecca Whitesel, Christin Taylor, Patrick Eby, and Keith Reeves. How God Makes the World a Better Place: A Wesleyan Primer on Faith, Work, and Economic Transformation. Grand Rapids: Christian’s Library Press, 2012.
• “Images of Perfection in Charles Wesley’s Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762).” Wesleyan Theological Journal Vol. 46, No. 1, (Spring 2011).
• “Singularity in Early Methodism.” Proceedings of the Charles Wesley Society Vol. 12, (2008), pp. 17-33.
• “Reforming the Church: Charles Wesley’s Ecclesiology and the Role of Lay Preachers.” Proceedings of the Charles Wesley Society Vol. 11, (2006-2007), pp. 59-68.
• “John and Charles Wesley’s Reading of John Milton: Trinity and Heresy.” Methodist History Vol. 44, No. 2., (January 2006), pp. 115-124.
• “Perronet, Vincent.” Historical Dictionary of Methodism, edited by Jennifer Woodruff Tait and Chris Anderson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming.
• “Osborn, George.” Historical Dictionary of Methodism, edited by Jennifer Woodruff Tait and Chris Anderson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming.
• “Beckerlegge, Oliver Aveyard.” Historical Dictionary of Methodism, edited by Jennifer Woodruff Tait and Chris Anderson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming.
• “Waiting for God.” Wesleyan Life Spring 2022.
• “ Jesu, lover of my soul” in Amazing Love! How can it Be: Studies on Hymns by Charles Wesley, Eugene, OR: Resource Publications. (2020) *Written with Christopher McFadden

Scholarly Presentations

• “Pietist Conversion Narratives and Charles Wesley’s Pentecost.” Annual Meeting of the Charles Wesley Society, Washington, DC (March 2019).
• “Abolition in Grant County, Indiana: Black Settlements, Quakers, and the Wesleyan Methodist Connection.” Midwest American Academy of Religion Regional Conference, Muncie, IN (March 2019).
• “The Worth of the Slave: Arguments for the Freedom of the Slave in Early Wesleyan Methodist Connection Poetry and Hymns.” Annual Meeting of the American Society of Church History, Washington DC (January 2018)
• “Charles Wesley’s Response to the Cries of the Oppressed.” Annual Meeting of the Charles Wesley Society, Philadelphia, PA (September 2017).
• “Early British Methodism and Community Formation.” Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA (November 2014)
• “Work and the Restoration of the Image of God in Creation.” Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Baltimore, MD (November 2013)
• “The Role of Singularity in Early Methodist Theology.” Annual Meeting of the Charles Wesley Society, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ. (October 2008)
• “Charles Wesley on Suffering: An Experiential Theology.” Wesleyan Theological Society, Bourbonnais, IL. (March 2007)
• “Poetry, Passion, and Spiritual Transformation in Charles Wesley.” See, the Prints of Love: Writers’ and Artists’ Portrayal of the Christian Way, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA. (February 2007) (with Tom Albin)
• “Charles Wesley at Bristol: Marriage and the Shape of Ministry (1749-1756).” Annual Meeting of American Academy of Religion. (November 2021)

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