Wesley, John. John Wesley. Edited by Albert C. Outler. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1964. The best single-volume selection from Wesley’s
writings, including “The Scripture Way of Salvation” and “Thoughts on
Christian Perfection” and a very illuminating conversation with Zinzendorf.
Williams, Daniel H. Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism:
A Primer for Suspicious Protestants. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999.
How Protestantism might bene¿ t from taking the Christian tradition more
seriously, as suggested in Lecture Thirty-Two.
Williams, George Huntston. The Radical Reformation. 3rd ed. Kirksville,
MO: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc., 1992. A big, informative
book, including not only the best history of the Anabaptist movement
available but also a lucid account of the social unrest of 16th-century Europe.
Wills, Garry. Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit. New York: Doubleday, 2000.
A progressive American Catholic’s diagnosis of the ills of his church by
pointing to its inability to admit past errors.
Wright, N. T. The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and
Is. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1999. A leading scholar gives an
illuminating and readable summary of his research on the historical Jesus.
Wright, an Anglican bishop who sometimes publishes popular work under
the name “Tom Wright,” is the most eminent scholar on the conservative end
of the spectrum of historical Jesus scholarship.
———. Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and
the Mission of the Church. New York: HarperCollins, 2008. In a popular
summary of the massive scholarship of his The Resurrection of the Son of
God (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2003), Wright explains the difference between
New Testament eschatology and the notion of immortal souls going to heaven.
———. What Saint Paul Really Said. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1997. A
brief and accessible presentation of the theology of Paul, in line with the
“New Perspective” inaugurated by E. P. Sanders (above).