Kenneth G. C. Newport

A Man Of One Book?

Theology

Foreword

“This is an important contribution to two disciplines--biblical scholarship and Wesley studies--and I am delighted to see it published.”

Babylon and the Brethren

History & Biography

“The complex relationship between biblical texts, individual readers and 'interpretative communities' is often explored in ways disconnected from the realities of historical and social context. In this book, by contrast, Harding shows by precise and well-documented example how one particular image from the book of Revelation was used by one particular historical community to vilify the other and in the process define the self. The archival work is a particularly strong feature of this study as it roots theory in documented evidence.”

Prisoners of Hope?

History & Biography

“This is a well-written, well-edited and important book. At a time when--enflamed by the events of 9/11 and its aftermath--an apocalyptic fever is running high in some parts of the Christian tradition, it is important that we all understand something of the enduring persistance of the millennial dream. This book is a significant contribution to that task.”

The Scarlet Woman and the Red Hand

History & Biography

“This study of the way in which apocalyptic texts and the communities which read them interact is set to become one of the most important in the field. . . . As Searle shows, to understand how a text is read is to understand something of the community that reads it, and thereby, perhaps, to be better informed of the deep underlying tensions, hopes, and fears that drive some to acts of violence.”

W. E. Sangster: Herald of Holiness

Theology

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)