Joerg Rieger Methodist Publications
Rieger has published and edited 27 books and over 200 academic articles. His publications focusing on Methodist Theology and Wesleyan Studies include:
Books authored
- No Religion but Social Religion: Liberating Wesleyan Theology. With additional contributions by Paulo Ayres Mattos, Helmut Renders, and José Carlos de Souza. Nashville: Wesley’s Foundery Books, 2018.
- Portuguese Version (earlier text): Graça libertadora: como o metodismo pode se envolver no século vinte e um. With contributions by Helmut Renders, José Carlos de Souza, and Paulo Ayres Mattos. São Bernardo do Campo, SP: Editeo, 2015.
- Grace under Pressure: Negotiating the Heart of the Methodist Traditions. Nashville: United Methodist General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 2011.
- Portuguese translation: Graça sob Pressão: Negociando o Coração das Tradições Metodistas (transl. by Filipe Maia). São Bernardo do Campo: Editeo, 2012.
- Spanish translation: Gracia bajo presión (transl. by Alejandro Alfaro-Santi). Buenos Aires: Ediciones La Aurora, 2016.
Books edited
- Methodist Revolutions: Evangelical Engagements of Church and World. Co-editor with Upolu Luma Vaai. Nashville: Wesley’s Foundery Books, 2021.
- Methodist and Radical: Rejuvenating a Tradition. Coeditor with John Vincent. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2003.
Academic articles
- “Exploring the Fullness of Grace: Wesleyan Moves from Charity, Service, and Advocacy to Deep Solidarity.” Holiness 9:2 (October 2024). Pp. 89-99. https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/holiness-2024-0015;
- “Preface.” In: Methodism and American Empire: Reflections on Decolonizing the Church. Edited by David W. Scott and Filipe Maia. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2023. Pp. vii-xi.
- “Postkoloniale Annäherungen an Imperium und Theologie aus methodistischer Perspektive.” Ökumenische Rundschau 72:3 (Juli-September 2023). Pp. 345-357.
- “Revival, Reform, and Revolution: The Differences Matter.” With Upolu Luma Vaai. In: Methodist Revolutions: Evangelical Engagements of Church and World, ed. Upolu Vaai and Joerg Rieger. Nashville: Wesley’s Foundery Books, 2021. Pp. v-xv.
- “Grace under Pressure: Wesleyan Moves from Charity and Advocacy to Deep Solidarity.” In: Methodist Revolutions: Evangelical Engagements of Church and World, ed. Upolu Vaai and Joerg Rieger. Nashville: Wesley’s Foundery Books, 2021. Pp. 97-113.
- “The Ill-Fated Impasse of United Methodist Theology: A Constructive Proposal beyond the Middle Road.” United Methodist Insight (March 1, 2021), https://um-insight.net/in-the-church/umc-future/the-ill-fated-impasse-of-united-methodist-theology/.
- “Keine Religion außer sozialer Religion: Zum befreienden Charakter wesleyanischer Theologie.“ Theologie für die Praxis 45 (2019). Pp. 4-14.
- “Methodism and Liberation Theology.” In: Ashgate Research Companion to World Methodism, Ashgate Methodist Studies, ed. William Gibson, Peter Forsaith, and Martin Wellings (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013). Pp. 175-198.
- “Grace under Pressure: On What Really Matters in the Church.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 47:1 (Spring 2012). Pp. 37-44.
- “Sanctification.” In: The Cambridge Dictionary of Christian Theology. Edited by Ian McFarland, David A.S. Fergusson, Karen Kilby, Iain R. Torrance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. 458-460.
- “Methodism and Empire: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.” In: Revista Caminhando 14:1 (January-June 2009). Pp. 93-104.
- “Original Sin.” In: The Wesley Study Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2009. P. 11.
“Law Established through Faith.” In: The Wesley Study Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2009. P. 1371. - “Liberty.” In: The Wesley Study Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2009. P. 1412.
- “Methodism and Empire: The Beginnings.” In: Revista Caminhando 13:2 (July-December 2008). Pp. 124-130.
- “Globalization, Empire, and Beyond: The Pitfalls and Promises of a Global Church.” General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church, Occasional Papers 101 (December 2008). Pp. 1-12.
- “Libertando o discurso sobre Deus: Pós-colonialismo e o desafio das margens.” In: Estudos de Religião 34 (June 2008). Pp. 84-104.
- “Methodism.” In: Encyclopedia of Christianity. Edited by John Bowden. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Pp. 736-739.
- “Ausgebrannte Christen? Die neue Schöpfung und die Ökonomie der Gnade im globalen Kaptalismus.” In: Lass deines Geistes Wirken sehen: Beiträge zur Erneuerung der Kirche aus wesleyanischer Sicht. Edited by Christoph Raedel. Stuttgart: Christliches Verlagshaus, 2004. Pp. 115-131.
“Beyond Burnout: New Creation and the Economics of Grace in Late Capitalism.” Quarterly Review (Spring 2004). Pp. 67-79. - “What do Margins and Center Have to Do With Each Other? The Future of Methodist Traditions and Theology.” In: Methodist and Radical: Rejuvenating a Tradition. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2003. Pp. 15-29.
- “Freedom and Service to Neighbor.” In: The Quality of the Resurrection Faith. Edited by Helmut Nausner. Vienna: Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche in Österreich, 2003. Pp. 45-60.
- “Between God and the Poor: Rethinking the Means of Grace in the Wesleyan Tradition.” In: The Poor and the People Called Methodists. Edited by Richard P. Heitzenrater. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2002. Pp. 83-99.
- “Contemporary Issues and Models of Ministry with the Poor, the Underrepresented, and the Ignored: Introductory Comments.” In: The Poor and the People Called Methodists. Edited by Richard P. Heitzenrater. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2002. Pp. 195-197.
- “Inclusiveness in The United Methodist Church in the New Century.” Quarterly Review (Winter 2001). Pp. 409 and 413-415.
- “Is Homosexuality a Sin?” In: Finishing the Journey: Questions and Answers from United Methodists of Conviction. Edited by John Thornburg and Alicia Dean. Dallas: Northaven United Methodist Church, 2000. Pp. 11-13.
- “The Means of Grace, John Wesley, and the Theological Dilemma of the Church Today.” Quarterly Review (Winter 1997-98). Pp. 377-393.
- “Spiritualität der Befreiung? John Wesleys Sorge für die Armen und die Gnadenmittel.” Theologie für die Praxis 21:1 (1995). Pp. 17-35.