The Oxford Handbook of Seventh-day Adventism

Seventh-day Adventism is the largest religious group to have emerged out of the Millerite revivals of the 1840s. When Christ's literal return to earth did not materialize in 1844, Adventists searched for biblical explanations. They wove together beliefs in the heavenly sanctuary, the seventh-day Sabbath, and Christian mortalism into a cohesive theology. Along with their premillennial eschatology, these beliefs served as the foundation of a new denomination under the leadership of James and Ellen White and abolitionist reformer Joseph Bates.

By the early twentieth century, the Adventist movement had spread around the globe, and had made cultural contributions to medical science, health foods, archaeology, and education.

This Oxford Handbook contains 39 original essays addressing many aspects of Adventism. Broad and comprehensive in scope, each chapter addresses the history, theology, and social aspects of Adventism, and maps the development of its most influential manifestation. Authors from around the world, and from both inside and outside the Adventist tradition, have come together to produce this authoritative work on Adventism.

Michael W. Campbell is director of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists department of Archives, Statistics, and Research.

Christie Chui-Shan received her doctorate in religion and society from Princeton Theological Seminary. She uses history and ethnography to investigate Seventh-day Adventism in contemporary China.

David Holland is the John A. Bartlett Chair in New England Church History at Harvard Divinity School.

Denis Kaiser is Associate Professor of Church History at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University.

Nicholas Miller is Professor of Church History at Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, Michigan, where he also directs the International Religious Liberty Institute.

Acknowledgements
List of Contributors

Introduction, Michael W. Campbell, Christie Chui-Shan Chow, David Holland, Denis Kaiser, and Nicholas P. Miller

Part I: History of Adventism
1. The Second Great Awakening Context, Thomas S. Kidd and Samuel L. Young
2. Theological Roots of Seventh-day Adventism, Nicholas P. Miller
3. Millerite Revivalism and Post-Millerite Adventist Churches, Michael W. Campbell
4. Backgrounds of Sabbatarian Adventism, Jeffrey Rosario

Part II: Scripture, Inspiration, and Ellen G. White
5. The Phenomenon of Continuing Revelation in the Nineteenth Century, David F. Holland
6. Adventist Views of Inspiration and the Biblical Canon, Denis Kaiser
7. Ellen G. White's Influence in the Development of Adventist Beliefs and Practices, Denis Fortin

Part III: Theology
8. Doctrine of God, John C. Peckham
9. Eschatology, Great Controversy, and Prophetic Interpretation, John K. McVay
10. Early Adventists and the Seventh-day Sabbath, Edward Allen
11. The Sabbath: Twentieth-Century Developments, Sigve Tonstad
12. Sanctuary, Atonement, and Judgment, Martin Pröbstle
13. Sin, Justification, and Sanctification, John Brunt
14. Creation, Timothy G. Standish
15. Adventist Anthropology: Conditionalism, Physicalism, and Perfection, Zane Yi
16. Adventist Lifestyle, George R. Knight

Part IV: Worship, Preaching, and Ordinances
17. Adventist Pastoral Ministry and Preaching, Jud Lake
18. Adventist Hymnody and Music, David A. Williams
19. Ordinances and Rituals, Darius Jankiewicz

Part V: Organization and Ministry
20. Church Organization, Wendy Jackson
21. Health and Medical Science, Anne Collier-Freed and Denis Kaiser
22. Adventist Education, Lisa Beardsley-Hardy and George R. Knight
23. Adventists and Archaeology, Lawrence T. Geraty
24. Youth, Women, and Family Ministry, Melanie Bockmann

Part VI: Global Church
25. The Development of Adventist Missiology, Chigemezi N. Wogu
26. Adventists in North America, Gilbert M. Valentine
27. Adventists in Europe, Daniel Heinz
28. Adventists in Australia and the Pacific, Wendy Jackson
29. Adventists in Africa, Boubakar Sanou
30. Adventists in Latin America, Floyd Greenleaf
31. Adventists in Asia and Global Themes, Christie Chui-Shan Chow

Part VII: Culture, Ethics, and Politics
32. Adventists and Racial Equality, Benjamin Baker
33. Women in Adventism, Heidi Olson Campbell
34. Adventists and Ethics, Zdravko Plantak
35. Adventists and the Military, Kevin M. Burton
36. Adventists and Politics, Douglas Morgan
37. Adventists, Popular Culture, and the Arts, Lisa Clark Diller
Epilogue: Adventism in the Larger Protestant World, Alec Ryrie

Index