https://www.methodistreview.org:443/index.php/mr <p><em>Methodist Review</em>, ISSN: 1946-5254 (online), is an open access, peer-reviewed electronic journal which publishes scholarly articles in all areas and eras of Wesleyan and Methodist studies.</p> The Methodist Review, Inc. en-US Methodist Review 1946-5254 <p>Authors who publish with <em>Methodist Review</em> agree to the following terms:</p> <ul> <li>Authors retain copyright ownership and all intellectual property rights to their work, and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a <em><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution License</a></em> that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal but prohibits modification or commercial use of the work without the permission of the author.<br /><br /></li> <li>Authors are free to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), in whole or in part, on the condition that its initial publication in this journal is clearly acknowledged.<br /><br /></li> <li>Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.</li> </ul> https://www.methodistreview.org:443/index.php/mr/article/view/252 <p>This article is a critical analysis of John Wesley’s use of the witness of the Spirit as a “non-inferential” solution to the problem of spiritual knowledge. Specifically, it explores the foundational role that non-inferential knowledge plays for Wesley’s broader epistemological theology and the relevance that it has for contemporary discussions. Wesley refined his understanding of the witness of the Spirit around the concept of a direct, non-inferential spiritual knowledge as seen in the 1767 discourse “The Witness of the Spirit, II.” This knowledge was understood as prior to any knowledge founded upon rational discourse and antecedent to any operations of the intellect. In some important ways Wesley was able to use the terminology and epistemological frameworks of his day while also departing from them by allowing not just sense data of the material world but also of the immaterial, divine world to be immediately and directly perceived and given without utilizing the process of reason and reflection.</p> Kenny Johnston Copyright (c) 2021 Methodist Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2021-02-12 2021-02-12 13 https://www.methodistreview.org:443/index.php/mr/article/view/253 <p><em>The Methodist Review Newsletter</em>&nbsp;is a free quarterly electronic newsletter intended for all those who are interested in the world of Wesleyan and Methodist scholarship. The newsletter is a supplemental service of Methodist Review, and will be available free of charge four times a year (January, April, July, and October) to all subscribers to the journal.</p> Rex Matthews Copyright (c) 2021 Methodist Review https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 2021-01-22 2021-01-22 13