Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography: 2009 Year-In-Review

As we turn the page next week, I think it appropriate to review the year’s literature in the broad field of Stone-Campbell studies.  Though the publishers seem to have scaled back the volume of new titles, several significant studies came our way this year.  I make no claims for thoroughness here; no doubt I’m overlooking something.  [...]

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Book Review: George Zepp’s Hidden History of Nashville

George R. ZEPP. Hidden History of Nashville. Charleston: The History Press, 2009. 160 pp.
George Zepp has compiled here over four dozen of his weekly “Learn Nashville” columns from Nashville’s paper, The Tennessean.  The success of the column—not only is it a local favorite, many out-of-towners regularly read it online—evinces Nashville’s locals, natives and friends [...]

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The Posthumous Works of James M’Gready

Not long ago I posted to this blog a short extract of a sermon by James McGready entitled “A Sinner’s Guide to Hell.”  McGready (I’ve seen variations in the spelling of his name… McGreedy, MacGready, MacGreedy, M’Gready, M’Greedy and so forth) is one of those characters whose influence on the Stone-Campbell movement has not yet been fully [...]

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1895 Yearbook of the Disciples of Christ on Google Books

Available here on Google Books.

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Lands of the Bible reviewed in American Church Review

Review of J. W. McGarvey, Lands of the Bible, unsigned, in American Church Review, April 1882, pp. 273-274.

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Lands of the Bible reviewed in Bibliotheca Sacra

Review of J. W. McGarvey, Lands of the Bible, unsigned, in Bibliotheca Sacra, April 1882, p. 400.
 

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I’ll tell you mine…(a post, with questions, for bibliophiles)

I nurture a few interests in my reading and book-collecting…in generally this order
–Books published by Gospel Advocate Publishing Company, McQuiddy Printing Company (both of Nashville), and F. L. Rowe (out of Cincinnati).
–Festschriften for Restorationist scholars (Restorationist broadly construed here; I have a particular interest in Churches of Christ scholars publishing in and being honored by [...]

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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, #8: The Art of the Books

The first few Explorations installments were so verbose, I thought it appropriate to hold my comments to a minimum this time and let the pictures speak for themselves.
First, a quote:
With a binding like you’ve got, people are going to want [...]

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What Have You?

What Have You?
For editorial purposes I am very anxious to secure any book, paper, or pamphlet, that I do not already have, by or concerning the “pioneers” of what is commonly called the “Restoration Movement.”  Here are some items that I need to complete my collection: Sweeney-Munnell Debate; Millennial Harbinger 1833, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1867, [...]

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Christian Baptist on Google Books

Here is the D. S. Burnet 1835 7-in-1 edition.
Volume 1 (second edition, 1824) is here.
Volume 5 (1827-1828) is here.
Volume 6 (1828) is here.

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