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The story of a large yet little-known Protestant denomination

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Prologue

Introduction: Public Images
Part 1. Adventist Theology
1. Authority
2. Identity
3. The End of the World
4. The Divine Realm
5. The Human Condition
6. The Development of Adventist Theology
Part 2. The Adventist Experience and the American Dream
7. The Structure of Society
8. The Patterns of Growth
9. The Science of Happiness
10. The Politics of Liberty
11. The Ethics of Schism
12. The Art of Expression
13. Adventism and America
Part 3. Adventist Subculture
14. Gender
15. Race
16. Ministry
17. Medicine
18. Education
19. The Self-Supporting Movement
Conclusion: The Revolving Door
Epilogue

List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliographical Note
Web Guide
Index

About the Author

Malcolm Bull teaches at Oxford University.

Keith Lockhart is a London-based journalist

Reviews

Praise for the first edition: "A masterpiece. It is by far the best book on Adventism that has ever appeared." Ronald L. Numbers "The most comprehensive review and insightful analysis in print of the sociology, history, and culture of the Seventh-day Adventist church." Church History