Pragmatic Holiness in the Early Salvation Army: A Theology of Holiness as Action

The notion of holiness and sanctification are central to most Protestant understandings and expressions of religious life. This thesis explores whether a pragmatic understanding of holiness, particularly in the Wesleyan-Arminian stream, can have a meaningful place in the postmodern world. This thesis endeavours to establish a theological argument for a non-linear pragmatic understanding of holiness in the Wesleyan tradition. The theological argument is supplemented by a substantial case study of the early Salvation Army, focusing on its missiology and theology. The argument presented is that a pragmatic understanding of sanctification, as seen in the theology and practice of the early Salvation Army, speaks to three major possibilities for the present day Church. The final chapter explores these three topics: 1) covenantal living; 2) militant peacemaking; and 3) community.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Theology

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Western Ontario

Year dc:date.issued

2018

Author dc:creator

• Hale, Terence

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Badcock, Gary D.

• Holiness
• The Salvation Army
• Methodist
• William Booth
• Catherine Booth
• Pragmatic
• Sanctification

Language dc:language.iso

en_ca

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/28555

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/28555