An American Religious Movement : A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ
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A brief history of the disciples of Christ
Chapters (57)
- An American Religious Movement
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I PRELUDE
- A Preview
- Three Sources, Two Streams
- CHAPTER II IDEAS WITH A HISTORY: UNION AND RESTORATION
- The Idea of Union
- The Idea of Restoration
- Eighteenth Century Restorationists
- Restoration and Division
- CHAPTER III THE AMERICAN SCENE
- America in 1800
- American Churches in 1800
- Land of the Free
- CHAPTER IV THE “CHRISTIANS”
- In Virginia and North Carolina, 1794
- In New England, 1801
- In Kentucky, 1804
- Cane Ridge Meeting
- The Springfield Presbytery
- The Christian Church
- CHAPTER V THE COMING OF THE CAMPBELLS
- Seceding from the Seceders
- Alexander Campbell at Glasgow
- The “Declaration and Address”
- The Brush Run Church
- CHAPTER VI WITH THE BAPTISTS, 1813-30
- Debates on Baptism
- “Reforming Baptists”
- Walter Scott, the “Gospel Restored”
- Separation from the Baptists
- CHAPTER VII FIRST YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, 1830-49
- Disciples and Christians
- Likenesses and Differences
- Union and Growth
- Campbell at His Zenith
- CHAPTER VIII ORGANIZATION AND TENSIONS, 1849-74
- National Organization
- Growth, Journalism, Education
- “We Can Never Divide”
- The Period of Controversy
- Not Divided—Yet
- CHAPTER IX RENAISSANCE, 1874-1909
- Journalism and Missions
- Renaissance in Education
- Higher Criticism
- Rethinking Baptism
- Federation
- CHAPTER X GROWING INTO MATURITY, 1909-45
- Improving the Machinery
- Widening Educational Horizons
- Liberal Tendencies
- Conservative Reaction
- An Ecumenical Outlook
- Rethinking the Disciples
- INDEX
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