The Quest for Holiness in American Protestantism

Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 53 (4):365-379 (1999)
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Three images of holiness have, at different times, enjoyed wide currency among American Protestants: holiness as pilgrimage, holiness as perfection, and holiness as pentecostal outpouring. Since the colonial era, confidence in the attainment of holiness has grown dramatically. Yet such assurance has not been matched by equal agreement on the content of the holy life

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