/Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love: Wesleyan and Process Theologies in Dialogue/ – a 25th Anniversary Roundtable

2026 marks the 25th anniversary of Bryan Stone and Tom Oord’s Thy Nature and Thy Name is Love: Wesleyan and Process Theologies in Dialogue (Kingswood, 2001). Stone and Oord noted in introducing the essays from over a dozen leading scholars, “At the center of this dialogue is the passionate interest on the part of both traditions to communicate the message of God’s love” (20). As editors of, contributors to, and scholars from a generation impacted by the volume, invited participants address many themes: revisiting a particular chapter topic; strategies for teaching the volume; changes in theological landscapes in Methodist and Wesleyan traditions and process, open, and relational theologies since publication; critiques of the volume and possible directions for further scholarship and activity. This roundtable offers a meaningful chance for reflection and scholarly conversation spanning approaches to theology and ethics, multinational experiences in Wesleyan and Methodist churches, and generations of scholarship.