And the Word Became Flesh: Studies in History, Communication, and Scripture in Memory of Michael W. Casey

by Olbricht, Thomas; Fleer, David

• ISBN13: 9781606085165
• ISBN10: 1606085166
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

In his fifty-three years, Michael W. Casey made an indelible impact upon all his academic friends in the United States, Great Britain, and elsewhere in the world. His thirty some years of research and publications were multinational. Mike was especially adept at looking into archival details on the numerous subjects that interested him in communication, Scripture, and history, especially as they focused upon Churches of Christ and the Stone-Campbell Movement. If a scholar ever believed that the grandest project depends on the accuracy of the smallest component, it was Mike Casey. He believed that words were enfleshed in concrete persons. All his studies recognized the persuasive powers of committed humans. The title for this volume, therefore, is And the Word Became Flesh. The essays in this volume are divided into three sections. Those in the first section are on Restoration History. The second section is on communication studies. And the final section contains essays on a specialty of Casey's, conscientious objection, just war, and Christian peacemaking.

Author Biography

Thomas H. Olbricht is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion at Pepperdine University. He is the author and editor of numerous works including Lifted Up: Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Community in John. David Fleer is Professor of Bible and Communication and Special Assistant to the President at Lipscomb University.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. viii
Introduction	p. ix
Michael W. Casey's Scholarship	p. xiv
Restoration History
R. W. Officer and the Indian Mission: The Foundational Years (1880-1886)	p. 3
From Facts to Feeling: The Rhetoric of Moral Formation in Alexander Campbell's Morning Lectures at Bethany College	p. 21
J. W. McGarvey's Authorship of Deuteronomy and the Rhetoric of Scholarship	p. 35
The Struggle for the Soul of Churches of Christ (1897-1907): Hoosiers, Volunteers, and Longhorns	p. 54
Recovery of Covenantal Narratival Biblical Theology in the Restoration Movement	p. 72
Clement Nance (1756-1828): Stoneite Pioneer in Southern Indiana	p. 89
Washington Territory's Klickitat County (1861-1893): Christian Beginnings in an Isolated Corner	p. 106
Lipscomb of Texas vs. Lipscomb of Nashville: R. L. Whiteside's Rejection of David Lipscomb's Pacifism	p. 124
Studies in Rhetoric and Homiletics
Conversation as a Resource for Character Formation in Proverbs	p. 143
Christology and Logology: Rethinking Burkean Frames for Interpersonal Consubstantiality and Guilt Purification through the Lens of Christian Theology	p. 160
Garrison Keillor's Chiasmus: A Study for Homiletic Form	p. 179
Ronald Reagan, the Disciples of Christ, and Restoring America	p. 196
Rhetorical Education and the Christian University: A Nationwide Survey of Major Catholic Institutions	p. 213
Solzhenitsyn's Christian Civilization Rhetoric: The Other "Dream" Speech Thirty Years Later	p. 231
Preaching as Mimesis: The Rhetoric of the African American Sermon	p. 247
Pacifism, Just War, and Areas of Related Inquiry
Keeping Alive the Narratives of War and Peace	p. 269
A Contemporary Case for Selective Conscientious Objection	p. 284
Why the World Needs Christian Leaders Committed to Peacemaking	p. 300
Index of Names	p. 311
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