The Stone-Campbell Movement: A Global History
A great deal of historical effort is required if religious traditions want to make inclusion, global, anddiversity concretely meaningful instead of just aspirational. This well-researched, carefully organized,and consistently insightful history of the Stone-Campbell Movement represents a very positive step inthat direction. This major study is particularly welcome for how it integrates the history of better-knownRestorationist groups in the United States and Britain with innovative treatments of the movementthroughout the whole world.- Mark A. Noll, University of Notre DameThis book is a triumphant achievement. Here, fourteen historians speak in one voice to tell one of the mostinspiring stories in the history of Christianity. For all who wish to understand how what began as smallgroups of faithful Americans gained a global presence, they need only turn these pages. The Stone-Campbellstory unfolds here in all its grandeur.- Glenn Thomas Carson, Disciples of Christ Historical SocietyThis is a work of great importance, showing how religious history gathers the great spheres of humanendeavor to widen horizons through the struggles and achievements of individuals and groups. The ideasand movements that fashioned these new communities of faith had a lively sense of justice and a globaloutlook. The book combines meticulous scholarship and clarity of style to offer an engagingly comprehensiveaccount of the Stone-Campbell Movement.- Lamin Sanneh, Yale Divinity SchoolThis new global history is at once both impressive and unprecedented. The volume is a breathtaking effort tochronicle developments in a significant worldwide movement. Not only are churches around the globe underpurview, but insights are set out in regard to race, gender, mission strategy, social climate, and theologicalpredilections. The reader is rewarded with rich and fascinating details in respect to the topics presented. Adigesting of this book is imperative for all those who wish an enriched appreciation of their own legacy.- Thomas H. Olbricht, Pepperdine UniversityThe Stone-Campbell Movement: A Global Historyis a monumental achievement. Collaborative style andinternational reach make it pace-setting for church histories of the future. Editors Williams, Foster, andBlowers marshal a team of experts in fashioning a sweeping narrative of the three worldwide churchesoriginating from the Stone-Campbell early nineteenth-century movements for Christian unity. This history isnow essential reading for anyone claiming to know anything or care at all about these churches. More, it is acase study of Christian cross-cultural encounters and an appealing read. --- James Duke, Brite Divinity School