..". a book about healing revivalists that takes them seriously and treats them fairly." --Journal of Southern History
..". will be a definitive work for some years to come." --Reviews in American History
"Harrell has obviously attended countless rallies, read sheafs of literature, and personally interviewed many of the principals. He... tell s] the story in a largely biographical format. This makes for lively reading." --Harvey G. Cox, New York Times Book Review
..". will attract readers interested in the reasons behind the various fat and lean periods among...
..". a book about healing revivalists that takes them seriously and treats them fairly." --Journal of Southern History
This collection of provocative and timely essays addresses the ways in which religious and educational institutions have come to define one another and American culture and identity.
Education in America-public and private, from the elementary to the university level-is the subject of urgent, ongoing debates. School vouchers, home schooling, prayer in the classrooms, sex education in the schools, and evolution versus creationism are just a few of the touchstones and flashpoints that have ignited a national dialogue concerning the role of religion in U.S. educational...
This collection of provocative and timely essays addresses the ways in which religious and educational institutions have come to define one anot...
The story of one of this country's major religious movements is told through the spiritual odyssey of one of its prominent spokesmen.
When Homer Hailey sparked controversy within Churches of Christ congregations over his stand on divorce and remarriage, he spoke to a movement already sundered. Historian David Edwin Harrell tells Hailey's story as a means of presenting the larger drama of faith and feuding within those churches.
A nondenominational movement of autonomous congregations, Churches of Christ have been among the fastest-growing religious bodies in the 20th century....
The story of one of this country's major religious movements is told through the spiritual odyssey of one of its prominent spokesmen.
The definitive social history of the Disciples of Christ in the 19th century.
The Disciples of Christ, led by reformers such as Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone, was one of a number of early-19th-century primitivist religious movements seeking to "restore the ancient order of things." The Disciples movement was little more than a loose collection of independent congregations until the middle of the 19th century, but by 1900 three clear groupings of churches had appeared. Today, more than 5 million Americans members of the modern-day Disciples of Christ...
The definitive social history of the Disciples of Christ in the 19th century.
The Disciples of Christ, led by reformers such as Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone, was one of a number of early 19th-century primitivist religious groups seeking to restore the ancient order of things. This text looks at the history of the movement.
The Disciples of Christ, led by reformers such as Alexander Campbell and Barton W. Stone, was one of a number of early 19th-century primitivist religi...
A spirit of religious revival blazed across the United States just after 1900. With a focus on Holy Spirit power, early adherents stirred an enthusiastic response, first at a Bible school in Topeka and then in a small mission on Asuza Street in Los Angeles. Almost immediately, the movement spread to Houston, Chicago, and then northeastern urban centers. By the early 1910s the fervor had reached most parts of the United States, Canada, and northern Mexico, and eventually the converts called themselves pentecostals. Today there are pentecostals all over the world. From the beginning the...
A spirit of religious revival blazed across the United States just after 1900. With a focus on Holy Spirit power, early adherents stirred an enthusias...
