Reviving the ancient faith : the story of Churches of Christ in America / Richard T. Hughes and James L. Gorman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Richard T. (Richard Thomas), 1943- author.

Gorman, James L., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churches of Christ--United States--History.

Churches of Christ.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

xviii, 462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2024.

Summary:

"The third edition of a history of the Churches of Christ in America, updated to the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : The Character of Churches of Christ

Part One : the Making of a Sect

The Rise and Radicalization of Alexander Campbell

The Apocalyptic Outlook of Churches of Christ

Part Two : the Making of a Denomination

Decline of Apocalypticism and Rise of Christian America

Grace, Law, and Competing Journalism Styles

The Fight over Modernization

Segregation and Independence of Black Churches of Christ

Part Three : the Fragmentation of a Denomination

Fragmentation Left and Right in the 1960s and 1970s

Renewal, Reform, and Resistance from the 1970s to the 1990s

Identity Crisis amid Decline in the Twenty-First Century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9780802877291

080287729X

OCLC:

1405905809

Publisher Number:

99996099691