Gary Land's Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventism
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I'm still recovering from a busy Easter weekend here - extra long church, SF anarchist book fair, watching the countrified Lafayette Flag Brigade team up with bikers to loudly proclaim their patriotism, out-of-town guests, ultimate Frisbee. But I did want to h/t Oregon Adventist Pastor who points out the fact that the Historical Dictionary of Seventh-day Adventism is available for perusal thanks to the do-gooding of Google.
Of course, if one wants to enjoy the tome in the truly historical sense, you could order it through Amazon here which helps to support Spectrum. If you don't feel like forking over the money, I still recommend the Introduction, which does a nice job of capturing the difficult task of defining Adventism.
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Of all the religious movements that emerged from the Second Awakening. Seventh-day Adventists kept their feet on the ground while their heads were in the clouds. While adding nothing to the Gospel, they added a great deal to education, health, and rational piety. Now we want to be progressive and accept every human foible as normative. the church has got it almost right (except for the full ordination of women) That is a pretty good record, given the history of some other Christian denominations. I personally think its greatest error is in its rejection of other Christians and its compulsion to proselytize out of other Christian fellowships. If the Church thinks God gave E.G. White, the final "Truth", it had better rethink some fundamental Biblical passages. Every attempt to Christianize Adventism has been met with ungodly ostracism. I stand amazed at the charity of those so labelled. That is the real story. It certainly is a smudge--let us clean that up before we "try" to "help" God "clean out the Holy of Holies. Tom
I was kinda surprised that Eric B. Hare wasn't listed - though Robert Hare was. Alphabetically I wasn't missing any pages there...so...I dunno. Maybe he wasn't as influential overall as I found him to be. His stories always grabbed my attention - and held it.
jen*
It would be really great if we could digitize the whole thing, convert it to wiki software and edit it as an Adventist community project. Not only could we add in a needed Eric B. Hare section, but we could link to the audio performances of his stories by Tom Dwyer, an annual tradition at Adventist Forum/Spectrum conferences.
Says Tom -- "the church has got it almost right (except for the full ordination of women)"
Where's the proof? Here is proof to the contrary -- http://www.adventistsaffirm.org/article.php?id=157
My Friend
Only a smattering knowledge of American history--from Cotton Mather on would tell one that American religion has been of Peter not Paul.
E.G. White, greatly disappointed on Oct. 23, 1844, spent her life trying to "get it right" so the Lord could come. Instead of evangelism America has been Peterized, none more so than that of SDA behaviorism.
There are great Seventh-day Adventists. I know and love many. There is nothing that came out of the Investigative Judgment Doctrine but Peterizing the Gospel. If you have any Red Books throw them away and get Romans, Ephesians, and Galations by John R. W. Stott and rejoice in the Lord. Tom
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