BOOK NOTES

 

The new book edited by Cecil Hook and titled Our Heritage in Unity and Fellowship, is a collection of some of the writings of Carl Ketcherside and Leroy Garrett, taken from several sources and going back for many years. It treats three subjects: our history, unity, fellowship. Many of the articles are now out of print and not available anywhere else. Ketcherside’s articles on “The Sand Creek Declaration”, ‘The Authority Totem”, and “A Boy Learns the Meaning of Brotherhood,” all previously out-of-print and eminently delightful and informative, are alone worth the price of the book, which is $9.95 postpaid. There are 51 such articles by the two of us. The editor writes an interesting introduction. Only 2,000 copies printed and 300 are already gone.

While we have only a few left of some of them, we still have available seven bound volumes of this journal, adding up to 12 years, 2400 pages, for only $70 postpaid. Loose copies are 14 for $5 postpaid, selected at random by us. If you specify the issues, 50 cents each plus postage.

Until my own book on our history is republished, I am recommending Captives of the Word, subtitled “A Narrative History of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the Christian Churches (Independent) and the Churches of Christ.” It is a delightfully-told story, rich in detail, by Louis and Bess Cochran. $13 .50 postpaid.

Endangered Heritage by Walt Yancey is subtitled “An Examination of Church of Christ Doctrine.” On such doctrines as instrumental music, exclusivism, and “the Church of Christ is not a denomination,” Yancey shows by extensive quotes from our pioneers that we have been misinformed on what our heritage is all about. A fearless book by a member of the Church of Christ. $9.95 postpaid.

Stephen Sandifer’s Deacons: Male and Female? is subtitled “A Study for Churches of Christ,” and takes the position that it is biblically and historically sound for the church to have women deacons. Persuasively and resourcefully argued by a Church of Christ scholar. $12.50 postpaid.

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