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Reviving the Ancient Faith

A history of the churches of Christ in America with emphasis on who they are and why. Fourteen chapters with pictures of Restoration leaders from both the 19th and 20th centuries.

Richard T. Hughes

Richard T. Hughes is Senior Fellow in the Ernest L. Boyer Center and Distinguished Professor of Religion at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. He has written in a variety of fields, including the history of Churches of Christ ('Reclaiming a Heritage' [2002] and 'The American Origins of Churches of Christ' [2002]); Christian Faith and Higher Education ('The Vocation of a Christian Scholar' [2005] and 'Models for Christian Higher Education' [1997]); the restoration ideal ('Illusions of Innocence' [with Leonard Allen, 1988] and 'The American Quest for the Primitive Church' [1988]); and the religious dimensions of American nationalism ('Myths America Lives By' [2003] and 'The Myth of Christian America' [2008]). In addition to Messiah College, he has taught at Abilene Christian University, Pepperdine University, and Southwest Missouri State University.

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