Among the early Evangelicals : the transatlantic origins of the Stone-Campbell movement / James L. Gorman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gorman, James L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--Societies, etc--History.

Missions.

Restoration movement (Christianity)--History.

Restoration movement (Christianity).

Church history--18th century.

Church history.

Church history--19th century.

Interdenominational cooperation--History.

Interdenominational cooperation.

Church--Unity--History.

Church.

Evangelicalism--History.

Evangelicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Place of Publication:

Abilene, Texas : Abilene Christian University Press, [2017]

Summary:

Though many of its early leaders were immigrants, most histories of the Stone-Campbell Movement have focused on the unique, American-only message of the Movement. Typically, the story tells the efforts of Christians seeking to restore New Testament Christianity or to promote unity and cooperation among believers. Among the Early Evangelicals charts a new path showing convincingly that the earliest leaders of this Movement cannot be understood apart from a robust evangelical and missionary culture that traces its roots back to the eighteenth century. Leaders, including such luminaries as Thomas and Alexander Campbell, borrowed freely from the outlook, strategies, and methodologies of this transatlantic culture. More than simple Christians with a unique message shaped by frontier democratization, the adherents in the Stone-Campbell Movement were active participants in a broadly networked, uniquely evangelical enterprise.

Contents:

Reframing the religious and historical context of the Campbell movement

The rise of transatlantic Evangelical missions in the eighteenth century

The explosion of transatlantic Evangelical missions in the 1790s

Thomas Campbell's formative background in Irish Evangelical missions

The influence of Scottish Evangelical missions on Alexander Campbell

From the British Isles to the United States: the Christian Association Of Washington, 1809-1812

A Baptist and anti-missionary viewpoint, 1812-1830

The Campbell movement's roots in transatlantic Evangelical missions

Viewing Campbell movement churches through a new lens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781684269907

1684269903