Posts tagged G.L. Young
Recollecting an Advent Christian Political Theology: A Retrieval of Advent Christian Thought on the Relationship Between Church and State
Recollecting an Advent Christian Political Theology: A Retrieval of Advent Christian Thought on the Relationship Between Church and State

When studying the Advent Christian tradition, one is hard-pressed to find any self-conscious attempts at political theology. In larger treatments found in pamphlets and books, implicit political theologies might emerge in the midst of discourses on world events, the Kingdom of God, and of course pacifism, but there are very few (and by my count no) books consciously dedicated to the subject. In smaller treatments found in various Advent Christian periodicals, one does find some forthright consideration of the relation between the church and politics, but as is the case with most of the books above, it is difficult to measure the influence of these writings. The lone exception when it comes to measuring influence may be I.C. Wellcome’s popularly received pamphlet Should Christians Fight?

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Tom Loghry, Ethics & Society, Church HistoryThomas LoghryI.C. Wellcome, Political Theology, Pacifism, Church, State, Government, John Couch, Henry J. Goudey, A.C. Johnson, G.L. Young, J.A. Nichols, C.H. Hewitt, Herbert H. Holland, Robert J. Mayer, C.V. Tenney, Advent Christian, abolition, slavery, Civil War Comment
Hope After Disappointment: an Impression of the late-19th Century Advent Christian Message
Hope After Disappointment: an Impression of the late-19th Century Advent Christian Message

Throughout the 1830s and early 1840s, a frenetic movement raged across the American landscape spawned by William Miller’s conclusions regarding the time and manner of Christ’s return. His study of the Bible led him to believe in the personal return of Christ in 1843, a belief that quickly won wide approbation among those who would come to make up the Second-Advent/Millerite movement. Despite the earnest expectation of these Millerites, Christ was not to appear in 1843, nor was he to appear in the eagerly embraced subsequent year of 1844. The accumulation of these failed expectations became known as “The Great Disappointment.” The Second Advent movement was in ruins.

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Tom Loghry, Church HistoryThomas LoghryThe Great Disappointment, Adventism, D.T. Taylor, E.A. Stockman, John Cargile, William Sheldon, G.L. Young, new heavens and new earth, atonement, date-setting Comments