RT Article
T1 John Wesley’s Moral Pneumatology: The Fruits of the Spirit as Theological Virtues
JF Studies in Christian ethics
VO 24
IS 3
SP 275
OP 293
A1 Cunningham, Joseph William
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1776584074
AB This essay examines the significance of John Wesley’s moral pneumatology in relation to virtue. Although recent scholars have identified this connection, the present work offers a more integrated exploration of righteousness, peace, joy, and love—gifts/virtues inseparable from the Holy Spirit’s work in the economy of salvation according to Wesley’s practical theology. We will see that, for Wesley, believers become participants in God’s nature as the conjoined τέλος of happiness and holiness shapes the soul with respect to outward moral expression. Righteousness, peace and joy tempered by love are core spiritual fruits in Wesley’s pneumatology and collectively an elemental feature of his theological ethics.
K1 Virtue
K1 Pneumatology
K1 John Wesley
K1 Happiness
K1 fruits of the spirit
DO 10.1177/0953946811405909