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Arminian Books and Articles

Arminius and Arminianism:

Arminius, Arminianism, and Europe: Jacobus Arminius (1559/60-1609), eds. Th. Marius van Leeuwen, Keith D. Stanglin, and Marijke Tholsma
Arminius: A Study in the Dutch Reformation, Carl O. Bangs
Arminius on the Assurance of Salvation: The Context, Roots, and Shape of the Leiden Debate (1603-1609), Keith D. Stanglin
Arminius Speaks: Essential Writings on Predestination, Free Will, and the Nature of God, ed. John D. Wagner
God's Twofold Love: The Theology of Jacob Arminius (1559-1609), William den Boer
In the Footsteps of Arminius: A Delightsome Pilgrimage, William Fairfield Warren
Jacob Arminius: Theologian of Grace, Keith D. Stanglin (forthcoming, 2012)
Man's Faith and Freedom: The Theological Influence of Jacob Arminius, ed. Gerald O. McCulloh
Ordinum Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae Pietas (Studies in the History of Christian Thought), Hugo Grotius, Remonstrant
Ordinum Hollandiae ac Westfrisiae Pietas (Studies in the History of Christian Thought) (Read On-line), Hugo Grotius, Remonstrant
Recovering Arminius, W. Jackson Watts and William W. Birch, Helwys Society Forum
Socinianism and Arminianism: Antitrinitarians, Calvinists and Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century Europe, eds. Martin Mulsow and Jan Rohls
The Confession or Declaration of the Ministers or Pastors, which in the United Provinces are Called Remonstrants Concerning the Chief Points of Christian Religion (1676), Thomas Taylor
The Ground of Election: Jacobus Arminius' Doctrine of the Work and Person of Christ, F. Stuart Clarke
The Life of James Arminius, D. D., Kaspar Brandt
The Missing Public Disputations of Jacobus Arminius: Introduction, Text, and Notes, Keith D. Stanglin
The Works of Arminius (The London Edition), trans. James and William Nichols
Where Two Creeds Meet, Glenn McKinley

Exegetical/Systematic-Historical-Theological

1 Peter (The NIV Application Commentary), Scot McKnight
4 Maccabees: Introduction and Commentary on the Greek Text in Codex Sinaiticus, David A. deSilva
A Collection of Tracts concerning Predestination and Providence, John Plaifere, Christopher Potter, Laurence Womock, Thomas Goad, Louis Chéron
A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Joseph Agar Beet
An Exposition of the Ninth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans with the Banner of Justification Displayed, John Goodwin
An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods, and Ministry Formation, David A. deSilva
Arminian Confession of 1621, ed. Mark A. Ellis, written by Simon Episcopius, Remonstrant
Bearing Christ's Reproach: The Challenge of Hebrews in an Honor Culture, David A. deSilva
Calvinism and Arminianism Compared in Their Principles and Tendency, James Nichols and Laurence Womock
Calvinism and Arminianism: The Doctrines of General Redemption, James Nichols
Calvinistic Controversy, Wilbur Fisk
Christian Theology, Adam Clarke
Christian Theology, John Goodwin
Classical Arminianism: A Theology of Salvation, F. Leroy Forlines, ed. J. Matthew Pinson
Commentary on Romans, Frédéric Louis Godet
Commentary on the Gospel of John (Vol. I), Frédéric Louis Godet
Commentary on the Gospel of John (Vol. II), Frédéric Louis Godet
Commentary on the Whole Bible, Adam Clarke
Cornerstone Bible Commentary: James, 1 & 2 Peter, Jude, Revelation, Grant R. Osborne
Discourse, Daniel Whitby
Elect in the Son, Robert Shank
Election and Predestination: Keys to a Clearer Understanding, Samuel Fisk
Elements of Divinity, Thomas N. Ralston
Embracing Grace: A Gospel for All of Us, Scot McKnight
Ephesians - Philemon (The Expositor's Bible Commentary), William W. Klein
Fate and Destiny, Inconsistent with Christianity: or The Horrid Decree of Absolute and Unconditional Election and Reprobation Fully Detected, Edward Bird
Finding Faith, Losing Faith: Stories of Conversion and Apostasy, Scot McKnight
Finney's Systematic Theology, The Complete and Newly Expanded 1878 Edition from America's Greatest Revivalist, Charles G. Finney
Galatians (The NIV Application Commentary), Scot McKnight
God's Strategy in Human History, Paul Marston and Roger Forster
Grace, Faith, Free Will: Contrasting Views of Salvation: Calvinism and Arminianism, Robert E. Picirilli
Grace in Galatia: A Commentary on Paul's Letter to the Galatians, Ben Witherington III
Grace Unlimited, ed. Clark Pinnock
Interpreting the Synoptic Gospels, Scot McKnight
In the Footsteps of Judas and Other Defectors: Apostasy in the New Testament Communities, Volume 1: The Gospels, Acts and Johannine Letters, B. J. Oropeza
Introducing New Testament Interpretation: Guides to New Testament Exegesis, Scot McKnight
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation (Revised and Updated) (Second Edition), William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, Robert L. Hubbard, Jr.
Joshua (The NIV Application Commentary), Robert L. Hubbard, Jr.
Justification Reader, Thomas C. Oden
Kept by the Power of God: A Study of Perseverance and Falling Away, I. Howard Marshall
Life in the Son, Robert Shank
Matthew (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament), Grant R. Osborne
Memoirs of Simon Episcopius, Frederick Calder
New Beacon Commentary
New Testament Exegesis: A Handbook for Students and Pastors, Gordon D. Fee
New Testament History: A Narrative Account, Ben Witherington III
New Testament Themes, David A. deSilva
New Testament Theology: Many Witnesses, One Gospel, I. Howard Marshall
Objections to Calvinism as It is, Randolph S. Foster
Once Saved, Always Saved? A New Testament Study of Apostasy, Frederick W. Claybrook, Jr.
Paul and the Macedonians: The Life and Letters of Paul, David A. deSilva
Paul's Letter to the Romans: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary, Ben Witherington III
Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:1-9: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis, Brian J. Abasciano
Paul's Use of the Old Testament in Romans 9:10-18: An Intertextual and Theological Exegesis, Brian J. Abasciano
Paul the Apostle, Robert E. Picirilli
Perseverance and Apostasy: Being an Argument in Proof of the Arminian Doctrine on that Subject (1871), Albert Nash
Perseverance in Gratitude: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on the Epistle "To the Hebrews," David A. deSilva
Redemption Redeemed: A Puritan Defense of Unlimited Atonement [An Answer to John Owen's The Death of Death in the Death of Christ], John Goodwin, ed. John D. Wagner
Revelation (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament), Grant R. Osborne
Revelation (New Cambridge Bible Commentary), Ben Witherington III
Romans, Jack W. Cottrell
Romans: A New Covenant Commentary, Craig S. Keener
Simon Episcopius' Doctrine of Original Sin, Mark A. Ellis
Systematic Theology (Vol. I), Miner Raymond
Systematic Theology (Vol. II), Miner Raymond
Systematic Theology (Vol. III), Miner Raymond
Systematic Theology (Three Volumes), Thomas C. Oden
Systematic Theology (Vol. I), William Burt Pope
Systematic Theology (Vol. II), William Burt Pope
Systematic Theology (Vol. III), William Burt Pope
The Book of Romans, Robert E. Picirilli
The Book of Ruth (New International Commentary on the Old Testament), Robert L. Hubbard, Jr.
The Confessions or Declaration of the Ministers or Pastors, which in the United Provinces are Called Remonstrants concerning the Chief Points of Christian Religion (1676), Thomas Taylor
The Credentials of an Apostle: Paul's Gospel in 2 Corinthians 1-7, David A. deSilva
The Errors of Hopkinsianism Detected and Refuted, Nathan Bangs
The Examination of Tilenus, Laurence Womock
The Extent of the Atonement, in its Relation to God and the Universe, Thomas William Jenkyn
The Faith Once for All: Bible Doctrine for Today, Jack W. Cottrell
The Foundations of Christian Doctrine: A Practical Guide to Christian Belief, Kevin J. Conner
The Gospel of John: A Commentary (2 Volumes), Craig S. Keener
The Grace of God and the Will of Man, ed. Clark Pinnock
The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, Grant R. Osborne
The Historical Jesus of the Gospels, Craig S. Keener
The Hope of Glory: Honor Discourse and New Testament Interpretation, David A. deSilva
The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament, Craig S. Keener
The Letter of James (New International Commentary on the New Testament), Scot McKnight
The Living Word of God: Rethinking the Theology of the Bible, Ben Witherington III
The New Chosen People, William Klein
The New Interpreter's Bible: Hebrews, Fred B. Craddock
The New Interpreter's Bible: 2 Peter and Jude, Duane F. Watson
Theological Institutes, Richard Watson
The Preacher's Commentary: Romans Vol. 29, Grant R. Osborne
The Quest for Truth, F. Leroy Forlines
The Randall House Bible Commentary: 1 Thessalonians through Philemon, Robert E. Picirilli
The Randall House Bible Commentary: Galatians through Colossians, Thomas Merberry
The Randall House Bible Commentary: James, 1, 2 Peter, and Jude, Paul V. Harrison
The Randall House Bible Commentary: Romans, F. Leroy Forlines
The Randall House Bible Commentary: The Gospel of John, Jack Wilson Stallings
The Reformer Reformed: or, A Second Part of The Errors of Hopkinsianism Detected and Refuted, Nathan Bangs
The Resurrection Narratives: A Redactional Study, Grant R. Osborne
The Student's Handbook of Christian Theology, Benjamin Field
The Transforming Power of Grace, Thomas C. Oden
The Truth of the Christian Religion, Hugo Grotius, Remonstrant
The Word of Truth: A Summary of Christian Doctrine Based on Biblical Revelation, Dale Moody
The Works and Sermons of Charles G. Finney (8 Volumes)
The Works of John Fletcher (Vol. I)
The Works of John Fletcher (Vol. II)
The Works of John Fletcher (Vol. III)
The Works of John Fletcher (Vol. IV)
Timothy, Titus and Hebrews: A Bible Commentary for Every Day, R. T. France
Turning to Jesus: The Sociology of Conversion in the Gospels, Scot McKnight
Understanding Assurance of Salvation, Robert E. Picirilli
What the Bible Says about God the Ruler, Jack W. Cottrell
Who do My Opponents Say that I am?: An Investigation of the Accusations against the Historical Jesus, Scot McKnight
Word Meanings in the New Testament, Ralph Earle

Arminian Articles

Arguments against Calvinism and Predestination, Ben Perry ("non-Calvinist")
Does God have an Eraser? (Pt. One), Vic Reasoner
Does God have an Eraser? (Pt. Two), Vic Reasoner
Calvinists Cabinet Unlocked, Laurence Womock
Clearing Up Misconceptions about Corporate Election, Brian J. Abasciano
Corporate Election in Romans 9: A Reply to Thomas Schreiner, Brian J. Abasciano
Critique of Bruce A. Ware: "Divine Election to Salvation: Unconditional, Individual, and Infralapsarian," Jack W. Cottrell
Critique of Robert Reymond: "Consistent Supralapsarianism," Jack W. Cottrell
Early Christian Writers on Apostasy and Perseverance, Steve Witzki
Individual and Corporate Perspectives in Romans 9-11, Brian J. Abasciano
Opinions of the Remonstrants (1618)
Remonstrance (1610)
The Diversity of Arminian Soteriology: Thomas Grantham, John Goodwin, and Jacobus Arminius, J. Matthew Pinson
The Order of Faith and Election in John's Gospel: You Do not Believe Because You are not My Sheep, Robert L. Hamilton

Philosophical

An Examination of President Edwards' "Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will", Albert Taylor Bledsoe
A Solemn Caution against the Ten Horns of Calvinism (PDF), Thomas Taylor
Contending with Christianity's Critics: Answering New Atheists and Other Objectors, Paul Copan
Freedom of the Will: A Wesleyan Response to Jonathan Edwards, Daniel D. Whedon, ed. John D. Wagner
Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God, Paul Copan
That's Just Your Interpretation: Responding to Skeptics Who Challenge Your Faith, Paul Copan
The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted (PDF), Francis Hodgson
The Only Wise God: The Compatibility of Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom, William Lane Craig
Why I am not a Calvinist, Jerry Walls and Joseph Dongell

Wesleys and Wesleyanism:

A Community Called Atonement: Living Theology, Scot McKnight
Ancient & Postmodern Christianity: Paleo-Orthodoxy in the 21st Century (Essays In Honor of Thomas C. Oden), edited by Christopher Hall and Kenneth Tanner
Assist Me to Proclaim: The Life and Hymns of Charles Wesley, John R. Tyson
Classic Catechism, Russell Veldman
Doctrinal Standards in the Wesleyan Tradition
Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology, Mildred Bangs Wynkoop
John Wesley's Notes on the Entire Bible
John Wesley's Scriptural Christianity: A Plain Exposition of His Teaching on Christian Doctrine, Thomas C. Oden
John Wesley's Sermons: An Anthology, eds. Albert C. Outler and Richard P. Heitzenrater
Praying with John Wesley, David A. deSilva
Proclamation in Theology, William H. Willimon
Recapturing the Wesley's Vision, Paul Wesley Chilcote
Streams of Mercy: Prevenient Grace in the Theology of John Charles Wesley, J. Gregory Crofford
Sufficient Saving Grace: John Wesley's Evangelical Arminianism, Herbert Boyd McGonigle
The Collected Sermons of William H. Willimon, William H. Willimon
The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds on Prayer: Experience the Wonders of God through Prayer
The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others, Scot McKnight
The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited, Scot McKnight
The Theology of John Wesley: Holy Love and the Shape of Grace, Kenneth Collins
This We Believe: The Core of Wesleyan Faith and Practice, William H. Willimon
United Methodist Beliefs: A Brief Introduction, William H. Willimon
Wesley Study Bible (NRSV), ed. Joel B. Green and William H. Willimon
Who Will be Saved?, William H. Willimon
Why I am a United Methodist, William H. Willimon
Why Jesus?, William H. Willimon

Popular Authors

A Free Will Baptist Handbook: Heritage, Beliefs, and Ministries, J. Matthew Pinson
Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities, Roger E. Olson
Calvinism: Analyzed and Answered, Gene Taylor
Debating Calvinism: Five Points, Two Views, Dave Hunt and James White
Few are Chosen: Debating Free Will and Predestination, George Bryson and James White
Once Saved, Always Saved?: A Study in Perseverance and Inheritance, David Pawson
The Believer's Conditional Security: Eternal Security Refuted, Daniel D. Corner
The Dark Side of Calvinism: The Calvinism Caste System, George Bryson
The Five Points of Calvinism: Weighed and Found Wanting, George Bryson
The Free Will Baptist Doctrines, J.D. O'donnell
The Other Side of Calvinism, Laurence M. Vance
What Love is This? Calvinism's Misrepresentation of God, Dave Hunt

Other Resources

A Creation-Order Theodicy: God and Gratuitous Evil, Bruce A. Little
A History Sketch of Thomas Helwys, Matthew Bracey, Helwys Society Forum
A Manual of Church History, Vol. II, A.H. Newman
Declaration of Faith, Thomas Helwys (First Baptist Confession)
God, Creation, and Providence in the Thought of Jacob Arminius: Sources and Directions of Scholastic Protestantism in the Era of Early Orthodoxy, Richard A. Muller
Not One Little Child: A Biblical Critique of Calvinism, Michael A. Cox
The Innocence of God, Udo Middelmann
The Spiritual Condition of Infants: A Biblical-Historical Survey and Systematic Proposal, Adam Harwood
The Theology of John Smyth: Puritan, Separatist, Baptist, Mennonite, Jason K. Lee
Whosoever Will: A Biblical-Theological Critique of Five-Point Calvinism, eds. David L. Allen and Steve W. Lemke

For other resources, see Society of Evangelical Arminians: Links and Books.

A Sampling list of Classical Arminian and Wesleyan-Arminian writers and authors (not mentioned above) include the following (though some included are Southern Baptists* who would merely claim to be non-Calvinistic**):

Richard Foster**, Dallas Willard**, Christopher S. Webb, N.T. Wright**, William G. Witt, Terry L. Miethe, Steven M. Ashby, James Patrick Holding, James Leonard, Steve Witzki, Doug Stuart, David Baker, Bill T. Arnold, John Oswalt, C.S. Lewis**, James Luther Adams, Russell Henry Stafford, Geoffrey F. Nuttall, James D. G. Dunn, Donald M. Lake, A. Skevington Wood, Vernon C. Grounds, Terry L. Miethe, Richard Rice, Fritz Guy, Klyne Snodgrass, Chuck Smith, Billy Graham**, Adrian Rogers*, Johnny Hunt*, Jerry Vines*, Paige Patterson*, Richard Land*, Kevin Kennedy*, Malcolm B. Yarnell III*, R. Alan Streett*, Jeremy Evans*, A.T. Robertson*, A.W. Tozer**, D.L. Moody**.

Though Open Theists (e.g. John Sanders, David Basinger, Clark Pinnock, Gregory Boyd) hold to an Arminian soteriology, none were included in the above list.

Also, a host of Holiness/Pentecostal/Charismatic/Third Wave ministers (such as moderns James K.A. Smith, J.P. Moreland, Rick M. Nañez, Michael. L. Brown, Howard M. Ervin, John Rea, Jack Hayford, C. Peter Wagner, Jack Deere, and pre-moderns John G. Lake, Smith Wigglesworth, William J. Seymour, Aimee Semple McPherson, David du Plessis and others) could have been included in this list.

Often, Pentecostals feel left out of the theological dialogue. I wanted to at least mention their presence in the scope of the Calvinist-Arminian debate, since most Holiness/Pentecostal/Charismatic/Third Wave proponents have historically been and currently are Arminian soteriologically.

A Sampling list of Wesleyan-Arminians back to Arminius include:

Thomas Coke, Joseph Benson, Adam Clarke, Joseph Sutcliffe, Richard Watson, Samuel Wakefied, Amos Binney, Daniel Whedon, Miner Raymond, Thomas O. Summers, Albert Nash, John Miley, Randolph S. Foster, William Burt Pope, Daniel Steele, Benjamin Field, Joseph Beet, Aaron M. Hills, H. Orton Wiley, Charles Wesley, John Wesley, Philipp van Limborch, Hugo Grotius, Simon Episcopius, Johann Oldenbarneveldt, Jan Uytenbogaert, Jacob Arminius.

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