Description: Now and then through the history of the church a great
light appears, a prophet who calls the church back to its missional
vocation. These reformers are lovers of God, mystics whose lives
are utterly given to the divine vision. Yet as Jesus noted, a
prophet is often without honor among her own people. In the case of
Phoebe Palmer (1807-1874), honor was lost posthumously, for within
a few decades after her death her name all but disappeared.
Palmer's sanctification theology was separated from its apophatic
spiritual moorings, even as her memory was lost. Throughout most of
the twentieth century her name was virtually unknown among
Methodists. To this day the Mother of the Holiness Movement still
awaits her place of recognition as a Christian mystic equal to
Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, or Therese of Lisieux. This
book locates Palmer's life and thought within the great Christian
mystical traditions, identifying her importance within Methodism
and the church universal. It also presents a Wesleyan theological
framework for understanding and valuing Christian mysticism, while
connecting it with the larger mystical traditions in Catholic,
Anglican, and Orthodox communions. While Palmer was a powerful
revivalist in her own day, in many ways she could be the patron
saint for contemporary Methodists who are drawn to the new
monasticism and who long for the renewal of the church. Saint
Phoebe is precisely the one who can help Methodists envision new
forms of Christian community, mission, and witness in a postmodern
world. Endorsements: ""Through her perceptive and balanced
retrieval of the Christian mystical tradition, Elaine Heath
challenges us all with a superbly argued and persuasive
presentation of Phoebe Palmer as a major mystical theologian within
the Methodist and Wesleyan traditions, one who is a rich gift to
the church catholic as a whole."" --William Thompson-Uberuaga,
Duquesne University ""Heath's giftedness as a scholar and teacher
of Christian faith and practice are clear in this work. The
recovery of Phoebe Palmer as mystic and prophet within a Wesleyan
theological frame offers an important contribution to both scholars
within theological education and the church. This text is
remarkably multi-faceted in the accessible way it complicates
previous categories allowing the past to inform faithful Christian
witness in the twenty-first century."" --Laceye Warner, Duke
University Divinity School ""Elaine Heath herself says it best:
'Saint Phoebe is precisely the one who can help Methodists envision
new forms of Christian community, mission, and witness in a
postmodern world.' Indeed, Phoebe Palmer can also help Methodists
recover ancient forms of Christian community, mission, and witness.
This book is about more than Phoebe Palmer. Heath restores to us
our apophatic and mystical theological foundations, carried by
Palmer's theology, as the fertile soil for growing new faith-forms
that can bear much fruit."" --Amy G. Oden, Wesley Theological
Seminary About the Contributor(s): Elaine A. Heath is Assistant
Professor of Evangelism in the Perkins School of Theology at
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She is the author
of The Mystic Way of Evangelism (2008).
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