Douglas P Foster

When the author John Douglas Foster was wounded while serving in Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive, he received more than a piece of metal in his body-- haunting memories of comrades opened his soul in a quest to learn more about those who didn’t return. Sketching a fascinating portrait of the l...

With roots in British and American endeavors to restore apostolic Christianity, the Stone-Campbell Movement drew its inspiration from the independent efforts of nineteenth-century religious reformers Barton W. Stone and the father-son team of Thomas and Alexander Campbell. The union of these...

In RENEWING CHRISTIAN UNITY, scholars Mark G. Toulouse, Gary Holloway, and Douglas A. Foster collaborate to provide an overview of the history of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) that will serve all readers by giving a brief, authoritative introduction to this important American denominati...

To know one's history is to be freed to imagine a future and to live into that future thoughtfully and confidently. That's true for any individual or family, but it's also true for religious traditions. The Churches of Christ today did not emerge out of a vacuum but came from somewhere. These church...

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From the Preface: 'Did Churches of Christ really begin as a unity movement? Why didn't I know that?' 'You mean we used to be called Disciples of Christ? I thought that was just another denomination.' 'Churches of Christ today believe and practice the same things we have from the beginning, d...

The Stone-Campbell Movement: A Global History tells the story of Christians from around the globe and across time who have sought to witness faithfully to the gospel of reconciliation. Transcending theological differences by drawing from all the major streams of the movement, this foundational book ...

The most important historical and journalistic portrait to date of a nation whose destiny will determine the fate of a continent.A brutally honest exposé, After Mandela provides a sobering portrait of a country caught between a democratic future and a political meltdown. Recent works have focus...