H. Ray Dunning

{{Short description|American Wesleyan theologian (born 1926)}}

Hubert Ray Dunning{{cite book |last1=Garrett |first1=James Leo |title=Systematic Theology, Volume 1, Fourth Edition |date=14 September 2014 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |pages=37 |isbn=9781725234291 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=skj7DwAAQBAJ&dq=Hubert+Ray+Dunning+1926&pg=PA37 |access-date=6 December 2022}} (born October 26, 1926, in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA) is a religious scholar in the Church of the Nazarene and retired professor of theology at Trevecca Nazarene University.{{cite news|title=Professor: War is not Armaggeddon|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NEseAAAAIBAJ&pg=1211,3210018&dq=ray-dunning+nazarene&hl=en|accessdate=3 February 2011|newspaper=The Associated Press|date=January 26, 1991}} He earned a PhD from Vanderbilt University in 1969.{{cite thesis|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|year=1969|title=Nazarene Ethics As Seen In A Theological, Historical And Sociological Context|url=http://dissexpress.umi.com/dxweb/results.html?QryTxt=&By=dunning%2C++h+ray&Title=&pubno=|type=PhD thesis|publisher=Vanderbilt University|accessdate=6 December 2013}} Dunning is the author of many books, including Grace, Faith and Holiness.{{cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|title=Grace, Faith and Holiness: A Wesleyan Systematic Theology|year=1988|publisher=Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City|location=Kansas City, MO|isbn=978-0834112193}}

He is a past president (1985) of the Wesleyan Theological Society,{{cite web|title=Wesleyan Theological Society: Past Officers and Award Recipients|url=http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan-theological-society/past-officers-and-award-recipients/|access-date=6 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114234153/http://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyan-theological-society/past-officers-and-award-recipients/|archive-date=14 January 2011}} and received that society's lifetime achievement award in 2004.{{cite journal |last=Keen |first=Craig |year=2004 |title=A tribute to H. Ray Dunning |journal=Wesleyan Theological Journal |volume=39 |issue=2 |pages=246–252 |url=http://wesley.nnu.edu/fileadmin/imported_site/wesleyjournal/2004-wtj-39-2.pdf}}

Books authored by him are widely available in libraries around the world.{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|title=Grace, faith, and holiness: a Wesleyan systematic theology|date=1988|publisher=Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City|isbn=978-0-8341-2643-5|location=Kansas City, Mo.|oclc=837855981}}{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|title=A laymanʼs guide to sanctification|date=1991|publisher=Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City|isbn=978-0-8341-2642-8|location=Kansas City, Mo.|language=English|oclc=847724940}}{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|title=Abraham: the tests of faith|date=2012|publisher=Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City|isbn=978-0-8341-2969-6|location=Kansas City|language=English|oclc=836873290}}{{Cite book|last=H. Ray|first=Dunning|url=http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781449700133|title=Becoming Christlike Disciples.|date=2010|publisher=Bertrams Print On Demand|isbn=978-1-4497-0013-3|language=English|oclc=1147840630}}{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36379735|title=A community of faith: celebrating the church of Jesus Christ and its mission to the world|date=1997|publisher=Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City|isbn=978-0-8341-1665-8|location=Kansas City, Mo.|language=English|oclc=36379735}}{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1059453123|title=Grace, faith, & holiness: 30th anniversary annotations|date=2018|publisher=Foundry |isbn=978-0-8341-3755-4|language=English|oclc=1059453123}}{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8860732|title=The fruit of the Spirit|date=1982|publisher=Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City|isbn=978-0-8341-0806-6|location=Kansas City, MO|language=English|oclc=8860732}}{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76820631|title=Partakers of the divine nature: Holiness in the epistles of Peter|date=2006|publisher=Schmul Pub. Co.|isbn=978-0-88019-516-4|location=Salem, OH|language=English|oclc=76820631}}{{Cite book|last=Dunning|first=H. Ray|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/21964654|title=Our standard of conduct|date=1963|publisher=Beacon Hill Press|location=Kansas City, Mo.|language=English|oclc=21964654}}