Debating for God
Subtitle: Alexander Campbell's challenge to skepticism in antebellum America
By: Richard J. Cherok.
Contributors: Owen, Robert, 1771-1858.; Underhill, Samuel, 1795-1872.
Publisher: Abilene Christian University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Abilene, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780891125303; 9780891125310
Subjects: Campbell, Alexander, -- 1788-1866; Owen, Robert, -- 1771-1858; Underhill, Samuel, -- 1795-1872; Disciples of Christ -- Controversial literature; Skepticism -- Controversial literature; United States -- Religion -- 19th century
Genres: Controversial literature
Other titles: Alexander Campbell's challenge to skepticism in antebellum America
Notes: Campbell refuted was originally published in Cincinnati as a pamphlet [1830?]. This transcription was reprinted from Underhill's newspaper, the Cleveland Liberalist.

With: Robert Owen's Twelve fundamental laws of human nature (Appendix A).

With: Campbell refuted: being a correspondence between the Rev. Alex. Campbell, of VA. and Dr. Sam'l Underhill, of Ohio; on the subject of the debate held in Cincinnati between the celebrated Robert Owen, and Mr. Campbell, in April 1829 (Appendix B).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-224).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Alexander Campbell and the mass religious culture of antebellum America; title: Alexander Campbell and nineteenth-century Christian rationalism; title: Drawing the battle lines: Campbell's early opposition to skepticism; title: The great debate: Campbell, Owen, and the evidences of Christianity; title: A letter from a "private student": Humphrey Marshall's response to the Campbell-Owen debate; title: "Whet your sword anew": an Owenite challenge from Doctor Samuel Underhill; title: Charles Cassedy: alcoholic, writer, and inquisitive skeptic; title: Combating the new skeptics: universalism, unitarianism, and spiritualism; title: Conclusion: "Defender of the faith once delivered to the saints"; title: Appendix A. Owen's "Twelve fundamentals laws of human nature"; title: Appendix B. Underhill's "Campbell refuted."