“Be holy because I am holy.” “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

 The Christian life includes many demands, but perhaps none is as challenging or as misunderstood as the biblical command to “be holy” (Leviticus 11:44 and 1 Peter 1:16) or to “be perfect” (Matthew 5:48). How should we understand these charges?

 In this volume, three scholars from the Wesleyan tradition offer a collective treatment of the theme of holiness that includes:

• exegesis of key biblical passages

• a survey across church history

• theological reflections on the relationship between entire sanctification and other doctrines