An American Religious Movement A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ
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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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