Elizabeth C. (Hrsg.) Parsons

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Education as a Mission of Early Twentieth-Century Churches of Christ: Letters of Lloyd Cline Sears and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong

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This volume of correspondence contains exchanges written between Lloyd Cline Sears (1895-1986) and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong (1899-1977), two influential leaders in early educational efforts of the Churches of Christ. Spanning the years 1915 to 1921, the letters document their writers' romance, but they are more than simply love letters. They also express an educational philosophy and an understanding of Christian purpose as inspired by the Stone-Campbell Movement and held in tension with the intellectual and social ferment of the times. Posts from family members J. N. and Ida Woodson (Harding) Armstrong as well as from Pattie Cobb Harding, w… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-1-4982-0277-0
EAN: 9781498202770
Produktnummer: 30239213
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 280 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 9'407 KB

Über den Autor

Elizabeth C. Parsons is Lecturer in Religion, Culture, and Development at Boston University School of Theology. A direct descendant of the letter writers, she is also author of What Price for Privatization? Cultural Encounter with Development Policy on the Zambian Copperbelt (2010).