Description:
Through the remarkable life and ministry of Homer Hailey, acclaimed historian David Edwin Harrell Jr. chronicles the growth, conflicts, and transformation of the Churches of Christ during the twentieth century. Combining biography with institutional history, the book explores doctrinal debates, congregational divisions, and the enduring quest for biblical faithfulness that shaped one of America's most influential religious movements. The Churches of Christ in the 20th Century offers valuable insight into the intersection of personal conviction and collective religious identity. This book will appeal to scholars of American religion, members of the Churches of Christ, ministers, historians, and readers interested in the Restoration Movement and twentieth-century Christianity.
Review Quotes:
"Hands down, this is the best treatment of the 20th-century Churches of Christ in print. Broadly thematic and brilliantly told, this book weaves together the story of the mainstream of Churches of Christ along with the substories of various dissenting movements that round out the picture of Churches of Christ in the 20th century. "--Richard Hughes, Pepperdine University