| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages). |
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data file rda |
| Series |
A social history of the Disciples of Christ ; v. 1 |
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Harrell, David Edwin, Jr., 1930-2021.
Social history of the Disciples of Christ ; 1.
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| Contents |
I. The setting -- religion and American society, 1800-1865 -- The disciples of Christ, 1800-1865 -- Religion and society -- Disciples social thought, 1800-1865 -- II. The mind of a movement -- Half law -- Half love -- Half prophet -- Half peacemaker -- The millennial order -- The American millennium -- The Anglo-Saxon millennium -- The church and the world -- The mind of a movement -- III. An American economic gospel -- The principles of Christian capitalism -- The tribunal of business ethics -- Humanitarian impulse -- The gospel of community -- Rumblings of the future -- The economic pattern -- IV. Slavery and sectionalism -- an entering wedge -- American slavery -- Black disciples -- Humanitarian impulse, 1800-1845 -- Campbell and common sense, 1800-1845 -- Abolitionism and controversy, 1845-1861 -- James Shannon -- Fire-eating preacher -- The moderate mold -- The sectional pattern -- V. Pacifism and patriotism -- the cleavage deepens -- Prelude -- Crisis -- Pacifism and neutrals -- Christians go to war -- The church goes to war -- Evil omens -- Can we divide? -- VI. The Christian and the world -- Demon rum -- The noxious weed -- Worldly allurements -- The Lord's day -- Marriage and divorce -- The business of Moral regeneration -- Diverging views -- VII. The residue of reform -- Capital punishment -- The rights of woman -- Indians -- Secret societies -- "The mother of harlots" -- VIII. The quest. |
| Summary |
Discusses the social history of the Disciples of Christ to 1866. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Disciples of Christ -- History.
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Disciples of Christ. (OCoLC)fst00549610
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Restoration movement (Christianity) -- History -- 19th century.
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Christian sociology -- 19th century.
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United States -- Church history -- 19th century.
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RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harrell, David Edwin, Jr. 1930- Quest for a Christian America. Nashville : Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1966 (OCoLC)4014560 |
| ISBN |
9781684265176 (electronic book) |
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1684265177 (electronic book) |
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