The background of the Calvinistic-Arminian controversy centered on free grace, predestination, and unconditional security.
Mildred Bangs Wynkoop was a theologian in the Wesleyan-holiness tradition and an important contributor to its body of writings for decades. She also served as a professor at Nazarene Theological Seminary for several years. Her most well-known work, A Theology of Love: The Dynamic of Wesleyanism continues to play an important part in the Wesleyan-holiness tradition. She also wrote Foundations of Wesleyan-Arminian Theology.