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Description
Historians have recognized Alexander Campbell as the leading figure in an important American Christian reform movement, an advocate of Christian unity, and an educator, but his role as an apologist has been forgotten. This book focuses on Campbell's career as a defender of the faith, arguing that he was "the most significant Christian apologist of America's antebellum period." He contended with some of the most notable skeptics of his era, most famous among them Robert Owen, founder of New Harmony. Martin E. Marty says regarding Campbell, "No clergyman of his time exerted himself more vigorously in combat of the infidels of the period." This groundbreaking book supports this claim with in-depth treatment of these debates.
ISBN
978-0-89112-531-0
Publication Date
2008
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Restoration movement (Christianity)
Publisher
Abilene Christian University Press
City
Abilene, TX
Disciplines
Christian Denominations and Sects | Christianity | History of Christianity | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Cherok, Richard J., "Debating for God: Alexander Campbell's Challenge to Skepticism in Antebellum America" (2008). ACU Brown Library Monograph Series. .
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/acu_library_books/5
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Comments
This open access ebook is made possible with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and as part of the National Endowment of the Humanities Open Book program.