Upon his death, Dr. Dennis Kinlaw's family donated his personal book collection of over 5,000 volumes (along with vast amounts of his personal correspondence and sermon notes) to Kinlaw Library at Asbury University.
The reading room outside Archives, on the 1st floor of Kinlaw Library, was turned into the Kinlaw Study Center, which houses memorabilia and mementos from Dr. Kinlaw's life and career. Students and others can come study in the space and make use of Dr. Kinlaw's personal notes and books.
The bookshelves in the Kinlaw Study Center house 1000+ items which were hand-picked from Dr. Kinlaw's personal library by Asbury University faculty for their significance to our Wesleyan-Holiness tradition.
Dr. Kinlaw was a student of human culture, both religious and secular. He had a special interest in the moral, ethical, philosophical, and theological ideas that shape human destinies. Other titles included on these bookshelves represent the vast variety of Dr. Kinlaw's interests.
Here you will also find many of the books Dr. Kinlaw wrote during his lifetime, translated into several languages, such as Chinese and Korean.
The books that belonged to Dr. Kinlaw that are not located on the Books of Distinction bookshelves can be found within the regular Kinlaw Library Collection. All books from Dr. Dennis Kinlaw's personal library contain a nameplate inside.
These bibliographies represent the entirety of the book collection donated by the Kinlaw family of Dr. Dennis Kinlaw's personal library. Each list is in alphabetical order by author and in APA citation format, but there is no rationale behind which books are on which list. You may need to search every list in order to locate a specific title. To view of list of the books house in the Kinlaw Study Center as Books of Distinction, please see the next section on this page.
It would bring great joy to Dr. Kinlaw to know that his personal book collection was helping future Biblical scholars, pastors, and evangelists. Feel free to stop by the Kinlaw Study Center, during regular library hours, to use the resources available on the Books of Distinction shelves. Here are some resources to get you started.
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E-book access is only available to current Asbury University students, faculty, and staff. Please visit Kinlaw Library or your local library to find a copy of a book written by Dr. Dennis Kinlaw.
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Lectures in Old Testament Theology by
This series of lectures presented at the Asbury Theological Seminary explores the depth of meaning behind the divine name, Yahweh. Drawing upon his insight into Semitic languages, Dr. Kinlaw reveals many dimensions to the nature of God and the divine-human relationship.
Let's Start with Jesus by
"If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." (John 14:7)Jesus is the great stumbling block of faith. It is in him that Christianity finds its uniqueness among the religions of the world. He is the Incarnate Son of God, the unique revelation of the Father. Yet so often, we begin the process of theological formulation not with the person of Jesus, but rather, with philosophical arguments about God's existence and logical constructions to determine God's nature.How would our understanding be affected if we instead took Jesus as our starting point for doing theology? In Let's Start with Jesus, respected biblical scholar Dennis Kinlaw explores this question, revealing answers that are profound. In seeking to describe the nature of the relationship God desires with us, he explores three metaphors--royal/legal, familial, and nuptial--which serve as motifs for his reflection. Taking familiar theological categories, Kinlaw views them through the primary lens of the person and work of Jesus, and finds that Jesus reveals rich pictures of the nature of God, the nature of personhood, the problem of sin, the way of salvation, and finally, the means of sanctification via perfect love. The distilled wisdom of one of this generation's greatest thinkers. Dr. Kinlaw leads you deep into the inner sanctuary of the Holy Trinity and shows you three distinct persons relating to each other in pure reciprocal love.--Robert E. Coleman, Distinguished Professor of Evangelism and Discipleship, Gordon-Conwell Theological SeminaryEvery time I read something written by Dennis Kinlaw my mind is stimulated and my heart strangely warmed. Let's Start with Jesus is another important book from a truly gifted man.--Lyle W. Dorsett, Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism, Beeson Divinity School, Samford UniversityKinlaw's revolutionary approach to doing theology is much more than that--it's a revolutionary approach to life. Kinlaw locates ultimate purpose in a place the church has almost totally neglected, and he does so graciously, with powerful, tightly reasoned biblical argumentation.