Part I. Orthodox Scriptural Understanding and Practice; -- 1. Canon and authority of Scripture: an Orthodox hermeneutical perspective / Petros Vassiliadis -- 2. Patterns of biblical exegesis in the Cappadocian fathers: Basil the Great, Gregory the theologian, and Gregory of Nyssa / John A McGuckin -- 3. Holy Scripture, interpretation, and spiritual cognition in St. Simeon the new theologian / Theodore Stylianopoulos -- 4. Praying the Scriptures in Orthodox worship / Elizabeth Theokritoff -- Part II. Mutual Learning between Orthodox and Methodists: -- 6. Two similar spiritual paths: Methodism and Greek Orthodoxy / James H. Charlesworth -- 7. The authority of scriptural interpretation: an Orthodox perspective on the positions of John Wesley and modern Methodism / Tamra Grdzelidze -- 8. God's word proclaimed: the homiletics of grace and demand in John Chrysostom and John Wesley / Frances Young -- 9. Lancelot Andrewes: a bridge between Orthodoxy and the Wesley brothers in the realm of prayer / Nicholas Lossky -- Part III. Wesleyan Scriptural Understanding and Practice: -- 10. Scripture and tradition in the Wesleyan tradition / Ted A. Campbell -- 11. Charles Wesley's lyrical commentary on the Holy Scriptures / S.T. Kimbrough Jr. -- 12. The visitation of the word / Kenneth Carveley -- 13. The impact of the Psalms on worship within Methodism / George Mulrain / George Mulrain -- 14. At home in the body of Scripture / Maxine Walker -- 15. The use of Scripture in the lives of early Methodist preachers / Timothy L. Bryan -- Part IV. Liturgy and Scriptural Interpretation: -- 16. The poet as expositor in the golden age of Byzantine hymnography and in the experience of the church / Elizabeth Theokritoff -- 17. The recovery of the great eucharistic prayer in the Wesleyan tradition / Grant Sperry White -- 18. The liturgical functioning of Orthodox troparia and Wesleyan hymns / Karen B. Westerfield Tucker -- 19. The Transfiguration liturgy in the Orthodox Church / Thomas Hopko -- 20. The transfiguration of Jesus in Wesleyan exegesis and application / Geoffrey Wainwright.