United Methodist Doctrine

Throughout this book Scott J. Jones insists that for United Methodists the ultimate goal of doctrine is holiness. Importantly he clarifies the nature and the specific claims of official United Methodist doctrine in a way that moves beyond the current tendency to assume the only alternatives are a rigid dogmatism or an unfettered theological pluralism. In classic Wesleyan form Jones'' driving concern is with recovering the vital role of forming believers in the mind of Christ so that they might live more faithfully in their many settings in our world.