Pilgrim Holiness
Pilgrim Holiness

Author: Joshua J. Whitfield

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1630874566

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As an explicitly christological witness, martyrdom offers a limited but vital description of the present within the various and unpredictable arenas of living, suffering, and dying. That is to say, martyrdom is not the tragic conclusion of some fatal ideological conflict but a momentary truthful glimpse of present circumstances. Martyrdom reveals, clarifies, and illumines what we take for the real. Martyrs are therefore significant for the church today because they exhibit the sort of truthful living that refuses the claims of history and power without Christ; they show the sort of living and dying that returns forgiveness upon murder, and patience beyond domination. Meditating primarily on the second-century martyrdoms in Lyons and Vienne, France, Pilgrim Holiness offers a view of Christian martyrdom that challenges prevalent misunderstandings about what martyrs are doing in sacrificing their lives. Joshua J. Whitfield argues that martyrdom is a moment of truthful disclosure and thus a moment of forgiveness and peace--gifts for which we are in desperate need.

A Short History of the Pilgrim Holiness Church
A Short History of the Pilgrim Holiness Church

Author: Keith Drury

Publisher:

Published: 2009-11-25

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781449919603

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Wesleyan author, Keith Drury writes a lively and interesting short history of the Pilgrim Holiness Church from 1897 to 1968 including fascinating glimpses of the trials and triumphs during the denomination's seventy-one year life span. Fun to read and includes questions ending each chapter for pondering and discussion from today's perspective.

The A to Z of the Holiness Movement
The A to Z of the Holiness Movement

Author: William Kostlevy

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2010-04

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 0810875918

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It is much harder to define a religious movement than it is to define a religion or denomination. That applies especially when that movement almost defies definition as the Holiness Movement does. The Holiness Movement is a Methodist religious renewal movement that has over 12 million adherents worldwide. Perhaps the most familiar public manifestation of the holiness movement has been its urban holiness missions, and the Salvation Army-noted for its service ministries among poor and people suffering the dislocations that accompany war and disaster-is the most notable example. The A to Z of the Holiness Movement relates important new developments in the Holiness Movement--such as the widely discussed "Holiness Manifesto"--are thoroughly discussed, and the content has also been expanded to include information on figures from Asia and Africa to reflect the continued growth of the Holiness Movement. With a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, this reference has information that cannot be found elsewhere.

The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition
The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition

Author: Vinson Synan

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1997-08-25

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780802841032

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Called "a pioneer contribution" by Church History when it was first published in 1971, this volume has now been revised and enlarged by Vinson Synan to account for the incredible changes that have occurred in the church world in the last 25 years.

Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement
Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement

Author: William Kostlevy

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2009-08-03

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0810863189

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It is much harder to define a religious movement than it is to define a religion or denomination. That applies especially when that movement almost defies definition as the Holiness Movement does. The Holiness Movement is a Methodist religious renewal movement that has over 12 million adherents worldwide. Perhaps the most familiar public manifestation of the holiness movement has been its urban holiness missions, and the Salvation Army_noted for its service ministries among poor and people suffering the dislocations that accompany war and disaster_is the most notable example. In the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement, important new developments in the Holiness Movement_such as the widely discussed 'Holiness Manifesto'_are thoroughly discussed, and the content has also been expanded to include information on figures from Asia and Africa to reflect the continued growth of the Holiness Movement. With a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, this reference has information that cannot be found elsewhere.