Seeking a Sanctuary, Second Edition

Keith Lockhart, Malcolm Bull

Description

The story of a large yet little-known Protestant denomination

The completely revised second edition further explores one of the most successful of America's indigenous religious groups. Despite this, the Adventist church has remained largely invisible. Seeking a Sanctuary casts light on this marginal religion through its socio-historical context and discusses several Adventist figures that shaped the perception of this Christian sect.

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

Sujets

• Religion
• Christianisme
• Seventh-Day Adventist
• Philosophie et théologie
• Religión
• New religious movement
• Seventh-day Adventist Church
• History of religions
• Christianity
• United States
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 20 décembre 2006
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253023964
• Langue: English

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S EEKING A S ANCTUARY
S EEKING A S ANCTUARY
Seventh-day Adventism and the American Dream
SECOND EDITION
Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart
Originally published as Seeking a Sanctuary 1989 Harper Row
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bull, Malcolm. Seeking a sanctuary : Seventh-day Adventism and the American dream / Malcolm Bull and Keith Lockhart. - 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-253-34764-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-253-34764-5 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-253-21868-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-253-21868-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Seventh-Day Adventists-United States. 2. Adventists-United States. 3. Seventh-Day Adventists-Doctrines. 4. Adventists-Doctrines. I. Lockhart, Keith. II. Title. BX6153.2.B85 2006 286.7 73-dc22
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For Simon and Esther and In memory of Ernest Merchant
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction: Public Images
PART 1. A DVENTIST T HEOLOGY
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. T HE A DVENTIST E XPERIENCE AND THE A MERICAN D REAM
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. A DVENTIST S UBCULTURE
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
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I NASMUCH AS IT BUILDS on the first edition, this new edition of Seeking a Sanctuary still owes a great debt to those who initially encouraged the project twenty years ago. We would thus like once more to record our gratitude to Jonathan Butler, Roy Branson, Harry Leonard, Michael Pearson, Gilberto Abella, William Schomburg, to the late Hugh Dunton, and, in particular, to the late Bryan Wilson, whose guidance was perhaps of more importance to us than we realized at the time. We also remain enormously grateful to Kenneth Newport, Jill Foulston, Robin Helps, Julian Lethbridge, and Sarah Womack, without whose friendship and accommodation nothing would ever have been written. And we thank again Davis Bitton, who introduced us to Mormonism, America s other great indigenous faith.
The extensive notes at the end of the book and picture credits throughout reveal the names of the hundreds of people and organizations on whom we relied to produce this edition. But we single out from the start, Monte Sahlin, who placed his entire statistical research at our disposal, an act of generosity that we will never be able fully to repay. We are also especially thankful to Roger Dudley, who gave of his time and expertise and who, with Monte Sahlin, carried out some analyses at our request. For similar reasons, we will always be indebted to Kenneth Newport, who selflessly made available to us materials he was gathering for his own truly remarkable book on the Branch Davidians and who sometimes even located sources specifically for us.
Much of the research for this edition was conducted at Adventist research centers in America and Europe, where we found staff to be unfailingly helpful in retrieving documents, in alerting us to new discoveries, and in talking through various issues. At the Adventist archives and Ellen G. White Estate in Washington, D.C., we unreservedly thank Bert Haloviak, James Nix, and Tim Poirier; at the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University in Michigan, Carlota Brown, Jim Ford, Marcus Frey, Fausto Edgar Nunes, and Kenaope Kenaope; at the Heritage Room at Loma Linda University in California, Marilyn Crane and Petre Cimpoeru; and at the library at Newbold College in the United Kingdom, Per Lisle, Roland Karlman, Lynda Baildam, Jonquil Hole, Anne Turner, Janet Schlunt, Radisa Antic, and Narisa Currow.
A host of Adventist officials, academics, writers, musicians, artists, photographers, and others patiently answered our questions or helped us out with particular problems, including Ray Dabrowski, Kit Watts, Ron Knott, George Reid, Rosa Banks, Marialyse Gibson, Manuel and Nancy V squez, Robert Burnette, Richard Osborn, Maitland DiPinto, Jan Daffern, Calvin Moseley, Paulette Johnson, Debbe Millet, Bill Cleveland, Mark Copsey, Brooke Davey, Kevin Paulson, William Fagal, Gerald Wheeler, Tim Lale, Pat Spangler, Deborah Storkamp, Marilyn Morgan, Joe Olson, Georgine Olson, Joe Simpson, Robin Park, M rio Brito, Lucio Altin, Jeffrey Brown, Jim Huzzey, John Surridge, Charles Watson, Jack Mahon, John Baildam, Gerald Winslow, David Larson, Gary Land, Bill Hughes, Randall Younker, Richard Davidson, Jerome Thayer, John Matthews, Merikay McLeod, Dan Shultz, Max Mace, Deanna Scroggs, Del Delker, Patty Cabrera, Crystal Ceballos, Kathy Schallert, LoLo Harris, Andrea Judd, Paul Johnston, Danny Houghton, Connie Kline, Melynie Tooley, Clyde Provonsha, Greg Constantine, Nathan Greene, Alan Collins, Betty Martin, Duff Stoltz, and Madeline Johnston.
Rolf J. P hler carefully assessed the whole of part one of the book. Eileen Barker did the same for chapters 7 , 11 , and the conclusion, as did Edwin Hern ndez for chapters 8 , 15 , and also the conclusion. Leigh Johnsen graciously carried out the crucial task of reading the entire manuscript. In addition, Robert Lemon and Kermit Netteburg reviewed chapter 7 . Monte Sahlin critiqued chapter 8 , and Bert Beach and Mitchell Tyner offered forthright opinions on chapter 10 . Kenneth Newport appraised chapter 11 . Calvin Rock criticized chapter 15 . Allen Stump read chapter 4 , and Bonnie Dwyer chapter 18 . Needless to say, willingness to read and comment on the manuscript should in no case be taken as an endorsement of the views expressed in it.
The same applies to the other people who supported us in different ways. Jill Foulston contributed several literary references to the introduction. Giles Darkes was the cartographer who gave of his time to draw the maps in chapter 8 . We, like others who have worked on the Branch Davidians, are indebted to Mark Swett, whose personal archives have become the foundation of Waco research, and also to William Pitts and Eugene Gallagher, and to Ellen Brown of the library at Baylor University, Texas, which houses the most comprehensive collection of Davidian papers and artifacts. Don Adair of the General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists also supplied materials for chapter 11 , as did John Roller of the Advent Christian Church, LeRoy Dais of the Church of God (Seventh Day), and Paul Kroll of the Worldwide Church of God. Bob Edwards, who sadly died while this edition was in progress, along with Don Vollmer, and Reger Smith Jr., shared their knowledge of Adventist popular music, thereby making a vital contribution to chapter 12 . Robert Surridge and Hymers Wilson helpfully assisted with chapter 16 . Vernon Nye advised on the technical details of some of the Adventist art used as illustrations. Caleb Rosado provided guidance on Hispanic Adventism. Bill Bainbridge inspired us to investigate the untapped potential of the General Social Survey and directed us to one of its online homes. The staffs at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the British Library in London, helped us to locate almost all the general sources we have cited. They would no doubt barely be able to distinguish us from the thousands of researchers who use their facilities every day, but we were assisted hugely by their efficiency and expertise.
But the most rewarding part of revisiting Adventism was the opportunity it provided for meeting up with old friends, some of whom we had not seen since we worked on the book the first time around. We were taken aback, but should not really have been surprised, at their willingness to come to our aid as we traveled to various Adventist centers in the United States. So thanks again to Kevin and Vicki Ringering, John and Timna Hughes, Michael and Barbara Battle, Lyndon and Beth Taylor, Ken and Cheri Leffler, Rick and Robyn Kajiura, and Michael and Melanie Wixwat. They opened up their homes and introduced us to their growing children, who provided a welcome distraction from the pressures of interviews and library research. No one did more than Mike and Mich le Izzo and their two little girls, and John and Ann-Marie Reichert, and their son, Nic, who provided the abiding and happiest memories of our time in America.
Finally, to our sponsoring editor, Bob Sloan, we express our warmest appreciation. He gave us the opportunity to update our thinking, and along with his assistant at Indiana University Press, Jane Quinet, and our copyeditor, Elizabeth Yoder, worked patiently over several years to bring this book successfully to completion.
M ALCOLM B ULL K EITH L OCKHART London May 2006
PROLOGUE
S EVENTH-DAY A DVENTISM is one of the most subtly differentiated, systematically de