Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Among the early Evangelicals

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

James L. Gorman

Sub title

the transatlantic origins of the Stone-Campbell movement

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

Target audience

adult

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