W. E. Sangster: Herald of Holiness
A Critical Analysis of the Doctrines of Sanctification and Perfection in the thought of W.E. Sangster
- Theology
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2010
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Publisher's Description
There can be few names in British Methodism that are as recognizable as that of W. E. Sangster. In W. E. Sangster: Herald of Holiness Andrew Cheatle explores this great Methodist preacher's understanding of what it means to live a holy life in the context of a world torn apart by two global wars and the looming threat of nuclear destruction. Sangster turned for inspiration to John Wesley's view of salvation that included a full restoration of the moral image of God in this life. Was Wesley scriptural? Was he too optimistic, or had he understood the heart of the gospel? Sangster approached these questions from the perspective of twentieth-century scientific and theological thought. His aim was to recover the meaning of holy living for a church in a world of crisis.
Endorsements (2)
“In this present book Andrew Cheatle brings the 'real' Sangster to life. What one meets in these pages is not a distant figure, nor yet a figure who is halo-clad. But the Sangster that is here presented is all the more real a figure for it and, dare I say, a more inspiring one. Not only does Sangster emerge as a man acquainted with sorrows (which surely he was during his war-time ministry) but one who knew that Christianity could claim nothing if unable to grapple with the realities of life, death, and suffering. Nor could it shirk the realities of the intellectual life . . . this book . . . sets something of a benchmark against which others will inevitably be set.”
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