An American Religious Movement: A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ
by Winfred Ernest Garrison
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About this eBook
- Author
- Garrison, Winfred Ernest, 1874-1969
- Title
- An American Religious Movement : A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ
- Credits
- Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BX: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Churches, Church movements
- Subject
- Disciples of Christ -- History
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 48241
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48241
- Release Date
- February 11, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.An American Religious Movement
- 2.PREFACE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.CHAPTER I PRELUDE — A Preview — Three Sources, Two Streams
- 5.CHAPTER II IDEAS WITH A HISTORY: UNION AND RESTORATION — The Idea of Union — The Idea of Restoration — Eighteenth Century Restorationists — Restoration and Division
- 6.CHAPTER III THE AMERICAN SCENE — America in 1800 — American Churches in 1800 — Land of the Free
- 7.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
- 8.CHAPTER V THE COMING OF THE CAMPBELLS — Seceding from the Seceders — Alexander Campbell at Glasgow — The “Declaration and Address” — The Brush Run Church
- 9.CHAPTER VI WITH THE BAPTISTS, 1813-30 — Debates on Baptism — “ Reforming Baptists ” — Walter Scott, the “Gospel Restored” — Separation from the Baptists
- 10.CHAPTER VII FIRST YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, 1830-49 — Disciples and Christians — Likenesses and Differences — Union and Growth — Campbell at His Zenith
- 11.CHAPTER VIII ORGANIZATION AND TENSIONS, 1849-74 — National Organization — Growth, Journalism, Education — “ We Can Never Divide ” — The Period of Controversy — Not Divided—Yet
- 12.CHAPTER IX RENAISSANCE, 1874-1909 — Journalism and Missions — Renaissance in Education — Higher Criticism — Rethinking Baptism — Federation
- 13.CHAPTER X GROWING INTO MATURITY, 1909-45 — Improving the Machinery — Widening Educational Horizons — Liberal Tendencies — Conservative Reaction — An Ecumenical Outlook — Rethinking the Disciples
- 14.INDEX
- 15.Transcriber’s Notes
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