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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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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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, #8: Unpublished Books

In my scanning of our periodical literature I found a few references to books which for one reason or another have never been published.  Some are proposed and evidently the author never carried through, or sometimes a call is issued for a study on topic X or Y but no one takes up the challenge, or [...]

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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, #7: High-End Stone-Campbell Books on ABE

Inspired by last week’s posting of their most expensive books for 2008, I spent a few minutes searching for the most expensive Discipliana on ABE.
My list isn’t exhaustive–I searched only for the usual suspects–and some of it probably is a bit misleading and inflated (except for the Campbell stuff, it probably really is worth what they’re asking and [...]

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Unusual Bindings

I’m putting together another installment of Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography.  To get in the mood for it, check out abebooks.com’s recent Unusual Bindings e-newsletter.
To my knowledge, the first Stone-Campbell book bound in snakeskin, steel or fireproof asbestos has yet to appear.*  But as my post will point out, our books more or less kept pace with American [...]

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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, #6: Elders

Several weeks ago someone came to this blog looking for a bibliography on elders.  Here is a very brief list of the major books on the subject as it has been discussed among Churches of Christ, primarily in the 20th century.   No doubt I’ve left off something important; if you think I have, I’d appreciate [...]

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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, #5, Periodicals

REFORMATION PERIODICALS
THE CHRISTIAN MESSENGER, by Barton W. Stone, Jacksonville, Illinois.
EVANGELIST, by Walter Scott, Carthage, Ohio.
APOSTOLIC ADVOCATE, by John Thomas, M.D. Richmond, Virginia.
GOSPEL ADVOCATE, by J. T. Johnson, Esq. and Dr. Hall, Georgetown, Kentucky.
PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN, by Silas E. Shepherd, Auburn, New York.
CHRISTIAN INVESTIGATOR, by Wm. Hunter, Eastport, Maine.
MILLENNIAL HARBINGER, by A. Campbell, Bethany, Va.
For the next [...]

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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, # 4, Rare Relics of An Atlanta Book Lover

I had planned for this installment to highlight some of the finer material aspects of printing and binding from our Restoration heritage, but the camera refuses to function.  So, this month we have another verbose installment about BC Goodpasture.  Speaking of pictures…I’d love to see a picture of BCG in his library/study/book shed.
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Foy E. Wallace, Jr. [...]

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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, #3, Devotional Literature

In my last installment, I reproduced a ca. 1963 list of books B. C. Goodpasture recommended for church libraries.  My working hypothesis is that his list of books both reflects the concerns of mainline Churches of Christ in the mid-20th century at the same time it functions as a sort of script for what the agenda should be.  In [...]

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Explorations in Stone-Campbell Bibliography, #2, The Church Library, by B. C. Goodpasture

This installment brings us a 1963 item from the pen of B. C. Goodpasture.  “The Church Library” is his contribution to a book of essays edited by Stafford and Ira North.  Titled At Work for the Master, a Handbook on How to Build the Local Congregation and published by the Gospel Advocate Company in 1963, the book [...]

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