William J. Abraham

William James Abraham (19 December 1947 – 7 October 2021) was a Northern Irish theologian, analytic philosopher, and Methodist pastor known for his contributions to the philosophy of religion, religious epistemology, evangelism, and church renewal.^[2][3] Abraham spent most of his career in the United States and was the Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University.^[4] He previously taught at Seattle Pacific University and was a visiting professor at Harvard Divinity School.^[5] Abraham was associated with the Confessing Movement in the United Methodist Church and was a proponent of canonical theism, a church renewal movement that looks to the canons of the ancient ecumenical church as a source for renewing mainline Protestant churches.^[6][7][8][9]