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A Heritage in Crisis: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going in the Churches of Christ

A Heritage in Crisis: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going in the Churches of Christ

by Ralph K. Hawkins
A Heritage in Crisis: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going in the Churches of Christ

A Heritage in Crisis: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We're Going in the Churches of Christ

by Ralph K. Hawkins

Overview

The Churches in Christ are in growing disagreement about the direction that the Restoration Movement should take. A Heritage in Crisis introduces the background of this "identity crisis," evaluates nine specific issues that threaten to divide the Churches of Christ today—such as worship styles and women's roles—and suggests changes Churches in Christ can make in order to facilitate the change back to God's original intent for the church. More than simply an academic examination of doctrinal issues, A Heritage in Crisis seeks to identify a path by which the Churches of Christ might move into a future illuminated by the light of God's Word.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780761840800
Publisher: University Press of America
Publication date: 05/21/2008
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Ralph K. Hawkins (Ph.D., Andrews University) is adjunct professor of Bible at Bethel College in Mishawaka, Indiana. He is editor of Simul Iustus e Peccator: Essays in Honor of Donald S. Armentrout, author of While I Was Praying: Finding Insights about God in Old Testament Prayers, and contributor to the New Interpreters Dictionary of the Bible.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 1. The Identity Crisis Facing Churches of Christ
Chapter 4 2. The Generation Gap in the Church of Christ
Chapter 5 3. Where We are in the Discussion or "Desecularizing the Church of Christ in the 21st Century"
Chapter 6 4. The Holy Spirit and Christian Union
Chapter 7 5. Baptism and Our View of Other Denominations
Chapter 8 6. Hermeneutics
Chapter 9 7. Instrumental Music
Chapter 10 8. Purpose and Style in Worship
Chapter 11 9. Women's Roles
Chapter 12 10. The Qualification and Selection of Elders
Chapter 13 11. Missionary Societies and Denominational Structures
Chapter 14 12. Theological Trends From 1960 to the Present
Chapter 15 Afterward
Chapter 16 Bibliography
Chapter 17 Index
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