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Groundwork of Christian Spirituality is Gordon Wakefield's final work, completed shortly before he died. Like his notable Dictionary of Christian Spirituality (SCM Press, 1983), it covers a wide range of Christian traditions: Orthodox Roman Catholic, Anglican, Reformed, Free Church. He writes with his usual keen insight and broad ecumenical sympathy, and in a style which is readily accessible to the general reader. This study, like all his previous writings, is underpinned by careful scholarship. Yet he is never a mere theorist, but always concerned to relate his study to the life of faith and the challenge of contemporary discipleship. Those who have appreciated his earlier studies in Puritan, Wesleyan and Catholic spirituality will relish this final offering of a writer who, rooted in Methodist piety, was also a choice example of John Wesley's 'Catholic Spirit'.

Gordon S Wakefield served for over fifty years as a Methodist minister. He was successively Connexional Editor (1963-1972), responsible for the Epworth Press, Chairman of the Manchester and Stockport District (1971-1979) and Principal of the ecumenical Queen's College, Birmingham (1979-1987). He was the first Methodist to be awarded a Larnbeth DD. His previous works include: Puritan Devotion; Methodist Devotion; Kindly Light; The Liturgy of St John and Bunyan the Christian. He died on 11 September 2000.