H. Ray Dunning

Hubert Ray Dunning[1] (born October 26, 1926, in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA) is a religious scholar in the Church of the Nazarene and retired professor of theology at Trevecca Nazarene University.[2] He earned a PhD from Vanderbilt University in 1969.[3] Dunning is the author of many books, including Grace, Faith and Holiness.[4]

He is a past president (1985) of the Wesleyan Theological Society,[5] and received that society's lifetime achievement award in 2004.[6]

Books authored by him are widely available in libraries around the world.[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Bibliography

• Grace, Faith, and Holiness: A Wesleyan Systematic Theology. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1988. ISBN 978-0834112193.[16]
• A Layman's Guide to Sanctification. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. 1991. ISBN 978-0834113879
• The Second Coming: A Wesleyan Approach to the Doctrine of Last Things (editor). Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. 1995. ISBN 978-0834115255
• Reflecting the Divine Image: Christian Ethics in Wesleyan Perspective. InterVarsity Press, 1998. ISBN 0830815457[17]
• The Whole Christ for the Whole World: A Wesleyan Perspective on the Work of Christ. Wipf and Stock, 2008. ISBN 9781556352676
• Abraham: The Test of Faith. Beacon Hill Press, Kansas City, 2012. ISBN 9780834128804
• Grace, Faith, and Holiness: 30th Anniversary Annotations. The Foundry Publishing, Kansas City, 2018. ISBN 9780834137554
• A community of faith: celebrating the church of Jesus Christ and its mission to the world. Kansas City, Mo. : Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1997. ISBN 0834116650 9780834116658.[18]
• Becoming Christlike disciples. Bloomington, IN : WestBow Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4497-0013-3.[19]
• Partakers of the divine nature: Holiness in the epistles of Peter. Salem, OH : Schmul Pub. Co., 2006. ISBN 0880195169 9780880195164.[20]
• The fruit of the Spirit. Kansas City, MO : Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 1982. ISBN 0834108062 9780834108066.[21]
• The quest for happiness: a Wesleyan view of the good life. Charleston, SC : [publisher not identified], 2016. ISBN 9781522876984 1522876987.[22]
• Our standard of conduct. Kansas City, Mo. : Beacon Hill Press, 1963. OCLC Number 21964654.[23]

References

1. Garrett, James Leo (14 September 2014). Systematic Theology, Volume 1, Fourth Edition. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 37. ISBN 9781725234291. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
2. "Professor: War is not Armaggeddon". The Associated Press. January 26, 1991. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
3. Dunning, H. Ray (1969). Nazarene Ethics As Seen In A Theological, Historical And Sociological Context (PhD thesis). Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
4. Dunning, H. Ray (1988). Grace, Faith and Holiness: A Wesleyan Systematic Theology. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 978-0834112193.
5. "Wesleyan Theological Society: Past Officers and Award Recipients". Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
6. Keen, Craig (2004). "A tribute to H. Ray Dunning" (PDF). Wesleyan Theological Journal. 39 (2): 246–252.
7. Dunning, H. Ray (1988). Grace, faith, and holiness: a Wesleyan systematic theology. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 978-0-8341-2643-5. OCLC 837855981.
8. Dunning, H. Ray (1991). A laymanʼs guide to sanctification. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 978-0-8341-2642-8. OCLC 847724940.
9. Dunning, H. Ray (2012). Abraham: the tests of faith. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 978-0-8341-2969-6. OCLC 836873290.
10. H. Ray, Dunning (2010). Becoming Christlike Disciples. Bertrams Print On Demand. ISBN 978-1-4497-0013-3. OCLC 1147840630.
11. Dunning, H. Ray (1997). A community of faith: celebrating the church of Jesus Christ and its mission to the world. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 978-0-8341-1665-8. OCLC 36379735.
12. Dunning, H. Ray (2018). Grace, faith, & holiness: 30th anniversary annotations. Foundry. ISBN 978-0-8341-3755-4. OCLC 1059453123.
13. Dunning, H. Ray (1982). The fruit of the Spirit. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 978-0-8341-0806-6. OCLC 8860732.
14. Dunning, H. Ray (2006). Partakers of the divine nature: Holiness in the epistles of Peter. Salem, OH: Schmul Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-88019-516-4. OCLC 76820631.
15. Dunning, H. Ray (1963). Our standard of conduct. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press. OCLC 21964654.
16. Lodahl, Michael (1990). "Anti-Judaism in Christian Theology: A Critical Response to H. Ray Dunning's Grace, Faith, and Holiness". The Asbury Theological Journal. 45 (2): 5–18.
17. Reviews of Reflecting the Divine Image:
    • Christian, Charles W. (2016). "Reflecting the Divine Image: Christian Ethics in Wesleyan Perspective; By H. Ray Dunning; Downers Grove, InterVarsity, 1998. (book review)". Theology Today. 55 (4): 611–612. doi:10.1177/004057369905500425. ISSN 0040-5736. S2CID 170466417.
    • Leupp, Roderick T. (1999). "H. Ray Dunning, Reflecting the Divine Image: Christian Ethics in Wesleyan Perspective". Methodist History. 37 (4).
18. A community of faith : celebrating the church of Jesus Christ and its mission to the world. Dunning, H. Ray, 1926-. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. 1997. ISBN 0-8341-1665-0. OCLC 36379735.
19. Dunning, H. Ray, 1926- (2010). Becoming Christlike disciples. Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press. ISBN 978-1-4497-0013-3. OCLC 746799956.
20. Dunning, H. Ray, 1926- (2006). Partakers of the divine nature : Holiness in the epistles of Peter. Salem, OH: Schmul Pub. Co. ISBN 0-88019-516-9. OCLC 76820631.
21. Dunning, H. Ray, 1926- (1982). The fruit of the Spirit. Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. ISBN 0-8341-0806-2. OCLC 8860732.
22. Dunning, H. Ray, 1926- (2016). The quest for happiness : a Wesleyan view of the good life. Charleston, SC. ISBN 978-1-5228-7698-4. OCLC 949858177.
23. Dunning, H. Ray (1963). Our standard of conduct. Kansas City, Mo.: Beacon Hill Press. OCLC 21964654.