William J. Abraham teaches philosophy and theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, where he is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies

This is an unusually ambitious book ... a considerable achievement. It raises important issues, and affords many valuable insights in the course of its historical reflections.

• 1. Orientation:Authority, Canon, and Criterion ; 2. The Emergence of the Canonical Heritage of the Church ; 3. Canonical Division between East and West ; 4. Canon and Scientia ; 5. Theological Foundationalism ; 6. the Epistemic Fortunes of Sola Scriptura ; 7. Initiation into the Rule of Truth ; 8. Canonical Synthesis: The Anglican Via Media ; 9. The Rule of Reason ; 10. Theology within the Limits of Experience Alone ; 11. The Canons of Common Sense ; 12. The Rough Intellectualist Road of a Sound Epistemology ; 13. More Light Amid the Encircling Gloom ; 14. Ending the Great Misery of Protestantism ; 15. Digging Still Deeper for Firm Ground ; 16. Feminism and the Transgressing of Canonical Boundaries ; 17. The Canonical Heritage and the Epistemology of Theology

William J. Abraham teaches philosophy and theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, where he is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies

This is an unusually ambitious book ... a considerable achievement. It raises important issues, and affords many valuable insights in the course of its historical reflections.

• 1. Orientation:Authority, Canon, and Criterion ; 2. The Emergence of the Canonical Heritage of the Church ; 3. Canonical Division between East and West ; 4. Canon and Scientia ; 5. Theological Foundationalism ; 6. the Epistemic Fortunes of Sola Scriptura ; 7. Initiation into the Rule of Truth ; 8. Canonical Synthesis: The Anglican Via Media ; 9. The Rule of Reason ; 10. Theology within the Limits of Experience Alone ; 11. The Canons of Common Sense ; 12. The Rough Intellectualist Road of a Sound Epistemology ; 13. More Light Amid the Encircling Gloom ; 14. Ending the Great Misery of Protestantism ; 15. Digging Still Deeper for Firm Ground ; 16. Feminism and the Transgressing of Canonical Boundaries ; 17. The Canonical Heritage and the Epistemology of Theology

William J. Abraham teaches philosophy and theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, where he is Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies

This is an unusually ambitious book ... a considerable achievement. It raises important issues, and affords many valuable insights in the course of its historical reflections.

• 1. Orientation:Authority, Canon, and Criterion ; 2. The Emergence of the Canonical Heritage of the Church ; 3. Canonical Division between East and West ; 4. Canon and Scientia ; 5. Theological Foundationalism ; 6. the Epistemic Fortunes of Sola Scriptura ; 7. Initiation into the Rule of Truth ; 8. Canonical Synthesis: The Anglican Via Media ; 9. The Rule of Reason ; 10. Theology within the Limits of Experience Alone ; 11. The Canons of Common Sense ; 12. The Rough Intellectualist Road of a Sound Epistemology ; 13. More Light Amid the Encircling Gloom ; 14. Ending the Great Misery of Protestantism ; 15. Digging Still Deeper for Firm Ground ; 16. Feminism and the Transgressing of Canonical Boundaries ; 17. The Canonical Heritage and the Epistemology of Theology