The Churches of Christ in the 20th Century

by Harrell, David Edwin, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780817312800
• ISBN10: 0817312803
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Summary

Harrell (humanities, Auburn U. and a member of the noninstitutional wing within the movement) offers an institutional history of the Church of Christ in the 20th century by way of a biography of Homer Haley (b. 1904), one of the religious movement's most prominent spokesmen.

Author Biography

David Edwin Harrell, Jr., is Breeden Eminent Scholar in the Humanities at Auburn University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Homer Hailey and the Churches of Christ: Origins
Homer Hailey and the Churches of Christ: An Institutional History and a Personal Saga	p. 3
The Mainstream Churches of Christ: 1920-1999
The Churches of Christ, 1920-1950: A Heritage of Controversy	p. 39
Consummating the Institutional Division	p. 115
The Mainstream Becomes a Divided Stream	p. 176
Homer Hailey and the Noninstitutional Churches of Christ: 1925-1999
Texas Preacher and Professor	p. 221
Hailey in the Eye of the Storm: The Florida Years	p. 274
Arizona Retirement, Reluctant Notoriety: 1973-1999	p. 328
Homer Hailey: Persona and Legacy	p. 370
Notes	p. 389
Bibliographical Essay on the Churches of Christ	p. 453
Index	p. 457
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