All Things Are Possible: The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America

Examines the nature and significance of healing and charismatic revivalism in the United States between 1947 and 1974, portraying individual evangelists and their styles, ministries, organizations, and audience

Religion & Spirituality

Harrell, David Edwin

Christian Books & Bibles

Indiana University Press

Book by Harrell Jr., Professor David Edwin

The Churches of Christ in the 20th Century: Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith (Religion and American Culture)

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

University Alabama Press

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. Throughout the movement's history, church leaders debated issues ranging from missionary societies to the use of instrumental music in worship. Although some disagreements affected only the ties between congregations, others led to the creation of three distinct groups calling themselves Churches of Christ identified by their sociological and theological positions. 
This book shows how the story of the Churches of Christ is reflected by Homer Hailey, a preacher, educator, and author whose life puts in perspective the personal journeys traveled by members in this century. Writing from the perspective of the non-institutional wing within the movement, Harrell avoids mainstream biases to describe the various dissenting views as fully and fairly as possible.
Combining institutional history and biography, Harrell's book is the first to bring the story of the Churches of Christ to century's end. It provides new insight into how this movement realigned itself and shows how one man's career reflected a century of spiritual growth and change for the church as a whole.

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 (Christian Church), Independent Christian Churches, and Churches of Christ, among others—trace their religious heritage to this "Restoration Movement."

Quest for a Christian America, 1800–1865: A Social History of the Disciples of Christ, Volume 1 (Volume 1) (Religion and American Culture)

History

World

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.

Sources of Division in the Disciples of Christ, 1865-1900: A Social History of the Disciples of Christ, Volume 2 (Volume 2) (Religion and American Culture)

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All Things Are Possible: The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America

The Churches of Christ in the 20th Century: Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith (Religion and American Culture)

The Churches of Christ in the 20th Century: Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith (Religion and American Culture)

Quest for a Christian America, 1800–1865: A Social History of the Disciples of Christ, Volume 1 (Volume 1) (Religion and American Culture)

Sources of Division in the Disciples of Christ, 1865-1900: A Social History of the Disciples of Christ, Volume 2 (Volume 2) (Religion and American Culture)