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Index to Discipliana Articles Compiled by the Restoration Serials Index
Get PDFThis index of Discipliana articles includes items published after David McWhirter compiled his Index to Discipliana covering through 1997.https://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/all_periodical_indexes/1016/thumbnail.jp
LGBTQ+ Inclusion: An Appeal to Stone-Campbell Movement Ideals
Get PDFTo name exclusion as religiously-motivated violence requires us to confront the ways in which spiritual communities contribute to the marginalization of others, both by-design or as collateral damage. While violence against a minority group can be motivated by various factors, religious belief has been historically and continues to be a significant influence toward violence against the LGBTQ+ community. This presents a paradox for Christians whose sense of who they believe themselves to be (rational) and what they believe about the early and persisting Christian witness (loving) creates a religious tradition that is not fixated on violent expressions of divine commands
Review of Robert W. Steffer\u27s Saving Cane Ridge
Get PDFA review of Robert W. Steffer, Saving Cane Ridge, published at Cane Ridge, KY, by Cane Ridge Shrine, Inc, 2015
The Whole Trouble Lies in Religion: Dwight Lyman Pendleton and the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the First World War
Get PDFWhile the founders of the Stone-Campbell Movement rejected Christian participation in warfare, by World War I, the majority of Disciples of Christ supported participation in the conflict. However, a small pocket of Disciples, such as D.L. Pendleton—the grandson of Alexander Campbell—continued to oppose Christian participation in warfare. Pendleton, a prosperous and powerful attorney and a quintessential community insider, spoke out against the war. Pendleton’s outspokenness about war transgressed community norms, transforming him from an insider to an outsider, and therefore, susceptible to both harassment by the FBI and to the vigilante justice of his community
Index to Discipliana 1941 - 1997
Get PDFIndex to Discipliana 1941 - 1997 by David I. McWhirter, with Introduction by James L. McMillanhttps://digitalcommons.discipleshistory.org/discipliana/1063/thumbnail.jp
Review of Answered by Fire
Get PDFIn August of 1801, a Presbyterian pastor in rural Kentucky hosted an annual communion event that would turn into a massive camp meeting and revival that crossed denominational, ethnic/racial, and gender boundaries. That event is known as the Cane Ridge Revival and it helped launch the Second Great Awakening, which swept across the frontier before it turned back toward the east. The Great Western Revival, of which Cane Ridge was one of the most important contributors, has its origins in the late eighteenth century and continued well into the nineteenth century. The name of that Presbyterian pastor was Barton W. Stone, who would go on to become a central figure in the history of the Stone-Campbell Movement. While Stone has lent his name to the movement, he has always seemed to live in Alexander Campbell’s shadow. While that may be true, there has always been an undercurrent to the movement that traces its lineage back to Stone. Perhaps it is time to reconsider and reclaim that legacy for our time. That especially includes looking closely at Cane Ridge
Review of At the Blue Hole: Elegy for a Church on the Edge by Jack Reese
Get PDFReview, by Bob Turner, Senior Minister, White Station Church of Christ-Iglesia de Cristo, Memphis, Tennessee, of At the Blue Hole: Elegy for a Church on the Edge by Jack Reese
Review of James L. Gorman, Among the Early Evangelicals
Get PDFNearly all American religious historians among Disciples have noted, I think, the influences of Rowland Hill, Greville Ewing, the Haldane brothers, and both Glas and Sandeman. What they have not done is show the development of the broader transatlantic evangelical missions movement, and how the four themes of “mission, unity, primitivism, and millennialism” repeatedly showed up through the various missionary societies in London, and in Scotland and Ireland. I think this is Jamey’s main contribution – relating this story, and its connection to the Campbells, in such an organized and compelling way
From News-sheet to Scholarly Quarterly: A Brief History of Discipliana
Get PDFDuring the 80th year of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society’s existence, January 2021 marked the rebirth of the Society’s scholarly publication Discipliana under a new name, with a broader scope, the Journal of Discipliana. This essay will help new subscribers to the Journal of Discipliana understand, and past subscribers to Discipliana recall, the birth, growth and significance of Discipliana in its eight decades
Disciples of Christ: Confessing Faith as a Non-Creedal Community
Get PDFThe Stone-Campbell Movement, of which the Disciples of Christ is one branch, takes pride in being a non-creedal faith community, but that status is more complicated than our claim would suggest. There is a tendency among Disciples to discount theology and confessions of faith, with some saying one can be a Disciple and believe anything one wishes. However, Disciples have deep Christological roots. While Disciples have historically turned to the Bible, and especially the New Testament, for confessional guidance the center of Disciples identity is the confession Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. This essay, which is meant to provoke discussion, calls for a stronger confessional commitment, especially in light of Disciple ecumenical commitments, to more deeply root our identity as a faith community in the historic Christian tradition