The John Wesley Collection continues to languish at just over half of what is needed to go into production, which saddens me. The reason for the lack of interest is that most of us who would be interested in Wesley's Works already the Jackson Edition in Logos format. This Collection adds very little to that for a rather high price. I have ordered the collection myself, but understand why most others who already have Wesley's Works would not.
However, it would be an entirely different story were Logos to produce the only scholarly edition of Wesley's Works that Abingdon produced in the 1980's. Sometimes it is called the "Bicentennial Edition of Wesley's Works." This set is an invaluable addition to Wesleyan studies. The four volumes of Wesley's sermons were edited by Albert Outler, the foremost Wesleyan scholar of the 20th Century. The volumes of Wesley's Journal were edited by Richard Heitzenrater, who cracked John Wesley's secret code of his personal coded diaries. He, too, is a renown Wesleyan scholar. Again, this is the only serious study of Wesley's Works available.
If Abingdon's Bicentennial Edition of Wesley's Works were offered by Logos, I don't interest would languish as it has with these 19th Century editions, which add little to what Logos has already sold us. It would be an asset to both Logos and to Abingdon if this set were available in Logos format.
So once again I plead with Logos to consider offering The Bicentennial Edition of Wesley's Works, and I will also ask Abingdon to make this available through Logos. It would be a tremendous service to those of us interested in the study of Wesley and his theology.
