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A history of the churches of Christ in America with emphasis on who they are and why. Fourteen chapters with pictures of Restoration leaders from both the 19th and 20th centuries.

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ISBN-13:	9780891125259
Publisher:	Abilene Christian University Press
Publication date:	12/26/2007
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	429,329
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Dr. Richard T. Hughes is a Distinguished Professor of Religion and the Director of the Center for Faith and Learning at Pepperdine University. Having earned his B.A. in Bible from Harding University ('65), he went on to earn his M.A. in History of Christianity from ACU in 1967. He holds a Ph.D. in History of Christianity from the University of Iowa (1972).

Dr. Hughes was selected by the student body of Pepperdine University as the 'Faculty Person of the Year' for the 1992-1993 school term. He has published over a dozen books on history and the Church. He and his wife Jan live in Malibu, California and are members of the University Church of Christ.

Introduction: The Character of Churches of Christ

PART ONE

Churches of Christ: The Making of a Sect

The Enduring Influence of Alexander Campbell's Christian Baptist
The True Church and the Hard Style: Radicalizing Alexander Campbell (Part I)
The True Church and the Hard Style: Radicalizing Alexander Campbell (Part II)
The Apocalyptic Outlook of Barton W. Stone
The Apocalyptic Tradition of Churches of Christ

PART TWO

Churches of Christ: The Making of a Denomination

A Shifting Worldview: The Premillennial Controversy
Grace, Law, and the Fighting Style
Resisting the Fighting Style: From Primitivism to Modernization
The Fight over Modernization
Understanding the 1960s: The Fundamentalist Connection and the Defense of Christian (Protestant) America
Blacks and Whites: The Struggle for Social Justice in the 1960s
Fragmentation: Left and Right
Conclusion: Renewal and Reform

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Editorial Reviews

The publication of Reviving the Ancient Faith is a major event in the historiography of churches of Christ. Hughes' historical insights, coupled with his intimate knowledge of and love for churches of Christ, make this illuminating, entertaining and sometimes even gripping reading.

Christian Chronicle

No American religious historian can deal with the history of any aspect of the restoration movement without serious engagement with the ground-breaking and critical theological and sociological arguments Hughes presents in this very provocative book.

Church History

"With the sympathy and sensitivity of an insider, coupled with the perspective and objectivity of the historian, Hughes sets out to "explain the character of Churches of Christ," And explanation, not mere narration, is the signal contribution of this important work."

Catholic The Historical Review

Hughes is the foremost interpreter today of the Churches of Christ, as this book illustrates.... Well written and meticulously documented, this book could serve as the definitive history of this movement for a generation. Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate courses, essential for college and seminary libraries.

Religious Studies Review

An excellent denominational history of Churches of Christ.... Richard T. Hughes, who admirably balances an empathy born of his lifelong membership in the denomination with the standards of a professional historian, labored on this book for a decade and a half, and the result is a study both thoroughly researched and clearly written.

American Historical Review

Hughes provides a clear, balanced account of an American religious movement that has heretofore received insufficient scholarly attention.

Journal of American History

Because of Hughes's elegant writing and his awareness of the social history surrounding the developing denomination, this study transcends mere denominational history and should be read as cultural history. It should remain the standard volume on the subject for years to come.

Publishers Weekly

But Hughes...here provides the definitive history of the Churches of Christ from their beginnings in the Stone-Campbell movement of the early 19th century through the split with the Disciples of Christ at the turn of the century and all the way into the 1990s. Central to this richly detailed and highly readable narrative is Hughes's assertion that this religious movement has evolved from a 19th-century sect into a 20th-century denomination.

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