The textbook for this class was Renewing God’s People: A Concise History of Churches of Christ. “Concise” is the key word. If you’ve been intrigued by the subject and want to learn more about some aspect, here are some recommended resources. As always, my recommendation of the book doesn’t mean a wholesale endorsement of the contents. In fact, some of the books are included because they give an alternate view from the Christian Church perspective.

All of these books should be available from Amazon.

Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement, edited by Douglas Foster, et al.; Eerdmans, 2005 —This is an 800+ page encyclopedia that covers all three branches of the Stone-Campbell Movement.

The Stone-Campbell Movement by Leroy Garrett, College Press, 1994.  This covers the same material as our textbook but goes into more detail from a Christian Church perspective.

Redigging the Wells: Seeking Undenominational Christianity by Monroe Hawley, Quality Publications, 1976.

The Search for the Ancient Order by Earl Irvin West, Gospel Advocate, 1986. This is four volume set that is very detailed in its coverage. It is written by an historian from the churches of Christ.

Show Us How You Do It: Marshall Keeble and the Rise of Black Churches of Christ in the United States, 1914-1968; Edward J. Robinson, University of Alabama Press, 2008. This is a new book that I haven’t read but it does give insight into Keeble’s role in black churches.

Kingdom Come: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of David Lipscomb and James Harding.  John Mark Hicks and Bobby Valentine, (Abilene: Leafwood Press, 2006).

Reviving the Ancient Faith. Richard T. Hughes, (Abilene: ACU Press, 1996). Hughes’ background is in churches of Christ but one sometimes has the feeling Hughes has an axe to grind. Nonetheless, he explores many issues in more depth than some of the other books do.

In our Restoration history class we talked about David Lipscomb’s view that Christians should not be involved in any way in government– should not vote, should note serve in the military, etc.

If you’re interested in learning more about Lipscomb’s position, you can read his book, Civil Government, in its entirety here: Civil Government by David Lipscomb.

Chapter 11: 1941-1967: A Church Enters the Mainstream. Here’s the audio.

Chapter 10: 1906-1941 A Distinctive Church Takes Shape. The audio is here.

Chapter 9: Issues and Editors. Here’s the audio for this class.

Here’s the audio for class #8: The Great Divide of the Civil War.

Here’s the audio for Chapter 7: Developing A Theology.

Chapter 6: The Growth of the Stone-Campbell Movement class audio is available here.

Here’s the audio for class #5: Chapter 5: The Stone and Campbell Movements Unite

 Chapter 4: The Coming of the Campbells.

Here’s the audio for the fourth class in this series, The Coming of the Campbells. Click here for the audio.