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Disciples of Christ and Church of Christ

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 The break around 1900 between the Disciples of Christ and the [[Churches of Christ]] was due to much more than disagreements over the use of music in worship or over missionary societies; it was fundamentally a division between Stonite primitivism and Campbellian more modern approach to theology. [[Alexander Campbell]] believed in progress toward the Kingdom of God and was both optimistic and not hostile toward the secular world. Barton Stone, on the other hand, wanted a radical separation from the world, was pessimistic about the human nature and prospects for progress, and looked toward restoring the authentic primitive church. From the end of the Civil War to 1917, [[David Lipscomb]] dominated the Churches of Christ and managed to balance the views of Campbell and Stone. After his death, the Churches of Christ moved away from the Premillennialism of Stone and Lipscomb and embraced modernism. Foy Wallace, whose views prevailed among the Churches of Christ from the 1930s through the 1950s, led the movement away from the thought of Stone and Lipscomb.<ref>Richard T. Hughes, "The Apocalyptic Origins of Churches Of Christ and the Triumph of Modernism."  ''Religion and American Culture'' 1992 2(2): 181-214. 1052-1151</ref>
 ==See also==
 *[[Susan Pamerleau]]
 *[[Infant baptism]]
 *[[Essay: Water baptism cannot save, the Church cannot save, Born again by faith alone]]
 ==References==

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 ==See also==
 *[[Susan Pamerleau]]
 ==References==

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-The '''Disciples of Christ''' or formally, '''the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)''' is a [[Mainline Protestant churches|Mainline Protestant denomination]] in the United States.  With roots back to the Stone-Campbell Movement in the early 19th century, it was organized in present form after the [[Churches of Christ]] split off around 1900.  It is strongest in the lower Midwest and upper South. It is strongest in the lower Midwest and upper South. The most famous members were presidents [[James Garfield]], [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]. Garfield was a minister and college president and Reagan was a graduate of [[Eureka College]], a Disciples school in Illinois.
+The '''Disciples of Christ''' or formally, '''the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)''' is a [[Mainline Protestant churches|Mainline Protestant denomination]] in the United States.  With roots back to the Stone-Campbell Movement in the early 19th century, it was organized in present form after the [[Churches of Christ]] split off around 1900.  It is strongest in the lower Midwest and upper South. The most famous members were presidents [[James Garfield]], [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] and [[Ronald Reagan]]. Garfield was a minister and college president and Reagan was a graduate of [[Eureka College]], a Disciples school in Illinois.
 ==Reagan as Disciple==
 Ronald Reagan took his religious values into the presidency. He was strongly influenced by Ben Hill Cleaver, the minister of the First Christian Church in Dixon, Illinois, during the 1920s, and by Reagan's mother, Nelle, an active member of the church. At many points the positions taken by the First Christian Church of Reagan's youth coincided with the words, if not the beliefs of the latter-day Reagan. These positions included faith in Providence, the association of America's mission with God's will, belief in progress, trust in the work ethic and admiration for those who achieved wealth, an uncomfortableness with literature and art that questioned the family or challenged notions of proper sexual behavior, the presumption that poverty is an individual problem best left to charity rather than the state, sensitivity to problems involving alcohol and drugs, and reticence to use government to protect civil rights for minorities. Reagan's experiences in the church and with the Cleavers provided early training in public speaking and offered a way of learning in which acting played a central part. Reagan's use of the jeremiad and his fusing of Judeo-Christianity and patriotism into a civil religion also have their roots in this early period. For her part, Nelle was a pillar of the church and the one who provided stability to the shaky Reagan family when the head was drunkard and a poor provider. She helped spark her son's interest in acting and believed the stage could be a force for noble purposes.<ref>Stephen Vaughn, "The Moral Inheritance of a President: Reagan and the Dixon Disciples of Christ." ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 1995 25(1): 109-127. 0360-4918</ref>

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-[http://www.discipleshistory.org/history/brief-history-stone-campbell-tradition A Brief History of the Stone-Campbell Tradition (discipleshistory.org)]
+* [http://www.discipleshistory.org/history/brief-history-stone-campbell-tradition A Brief History of the Stone-Campbell Tradition (discipleshistory.org)]
 ==Further reading==

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 ==See also==
 *[[Susan Pamerleau]]
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 * Williams, D. Newell, ed. ''A Case Study of Mainstream Protestantism: The Disciples' Relation to American Culture, 1880-1989. (1991). 578 pp.
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 Ronald Reagan took his religious values into the presidency. He was strongly influenced by Ben Hill Cleaver, the minister of the First Christian Church in Dixon, Illinois, during the 1920s, and by Reagan's mother, Nelle, an active member of the church. At many points the positions taken by the First Christian Church of Reagan's youth coincided with the words, if not the beliefs of the latter-day Reagan. These positions included faith in Providence, the association of America's mission with God's will, belief in progress, trust in the work ethic and admiration for those who achieved wealth, an uncomfortableness with literature and art that questioned the family or challenged notions of proper sexual behavior, the presumption that poverty is an individual problem best left to charity rather than the state, sensitivity to problems involving alcohol and drugs, and reticence to use government to protect civil rights for minorities. Reagan's experiences in the church and with the Cleavers provided early training in public speaking and offered a way of learning in which acting played a central part. Reagan's use of the jeremiad and his fusing of Judeo-Christianity and patriotism into a civil religion also have their roots in this early period. For her part, Nelle was a pillar of the church and the one who provided stability to the shaky Reagan family when the head was drunkard and a poor provider. She helped spark her son's interest in acting and believed the stage could be a force for noble purposes.<ref> Stephen Vaughn, "The Moral Inheritance of a President: Reagan and the Dixon Disciples of Christ." ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 1995 25(1): 109-127. 0360-4918 </Ref>
 ==Disciples of Christ and Church of Christ==
 The break around 1900 between the Disciples of Christ and the [[Churches of Christ]] was due to much more than disagreements over the use of music in worship or over missionary societies; it was fundamentally a division between Stonite primitivism and Campbellian more modern approach to theology. [[Alexander Campbell]] believed in progress toward the Kingdom of God and was both optimistic and not hostile toward the secular world. Barton Stone, on the other hand, wanted a radical separation from the world, was pessimistic about the human nature and prospects for progress, and looked toward restoring the authentic primitive church. From the end of the Civil War to 1917, [[David Lipscomb]] dominated the Churches of Christ and managed to balance the views of Campbell and Stone. After his death, the Churches of Christ moved away from the Premillennialism of Stone and Lipscomb and embraced modernism. Foy Wallace, whose views prevailed among the Churches of Christ from the 1930s through the 1950s, led the movement away from the thought of Stone and Lipscomb.<ref> Richard T. Hughes, "The Apocalyptic Origins of Churches Of Christ and the Triumph of Modernism."  ''Religion and American Culture'' 1992 2(2): 181-214. 1052-1151 </Ref>
 ==Further reading==
 * Harrell, David Edwin, Jr. ''A Social History of the Disciples of Christ. Vol. 2, The Social Sources of Division in the Disciples of Christ, 1865-1900.'' (1973). 458 pp.  Scholarly history