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Chapter I. The sectarian spirit in American Christianity -- Our religious constituency -- The sectarian milieu -- The confusion of tongues -- Economic influence in the rise of sects -- What is a sect? -- Different types of sects -- Chapter II. Pessimistic or Adventist sects -- Adventism -- The Millerite movement -- Seventh Day Adventists -- Advent Christian church -- Church of God (Adventist) -- Church of God (Seventh day) -- Primitive advent Christian church -- Church of God (Oregon, Illinois) -- Life and advent union -- Jehovah's witnesses -- Fort Wayne gospel temple -- Chapter III. Perfectionist or subjectivist sects -- Methodist divisions -- United brethren divisions -- Negro Methodist sects -- National holiness movement -- The Quakers -- Church of the Nazarene -- Pilgrim holiness church -- Christian missionary alliance -- Evangelistic associations -- Peniel missions -- Churches of God -- Other holiness groups -- Oxford group movement -- Chapter IV. Charismatic or Pentecostal sects -- Primitive charismata -- The great awakening -- The Kentucky revival -- American charismatic sects -- Latter rain movement -- Churches of God -- Assemblies of God, general council -- Pentecostal holiness church and related bodies -- Catholic apostolic church -- Holiness church -- International church of the foursquare gospel -- Negro charismatic sects -- Pentecostal assemblies of the world -- Negro churches of God -- Apostolic overcoming holy church of God -- House of prayer -- Father divine's peace mission and similar groups -- Chapter V. Communistic sects -- Underlying ideas -- Early communistic experiments -- Some early American colonies -- Oneida perfectionists -- Shakers -- Amana society -- Church triumphant -- Llano colonies -- Church of God and saints of Christ -- House of David -- Christian catholic church -- Chapter VI. Legalistic or objectivist sects -- part one -- Judaism -- The "black Jews" -- Eastern orthodox churches -- Assyrian Jacobite apostolic church -- Christ's mission, Inc. -- Reformed episcopal church -- Old catholic churches -- American catholic church -- Polish old Catholics -- African orthodox church -- North American old Roman Catholic church -- American episcopal church -- Liberal catholic church -- Presbyterian bodies -- Plymouth brethren -- Cooneyites or go-preachers -- Mennonites -- Chapter VII. Legalistic or objectivist sects -- part two -- Anti-mission Baptists -- "Hard-shell" Baptist sects -- Freewill Baptists -- General Baptists -- General six-principle Baptists -- Seventh Day Baptists -- Separate Baptists -- Regular Baptists -- United Baptists -- Duck river and kindred association -- Independent Baptist -- Dunkers -- River brethren -- Churches of Christ -- Christadelphians -- Chapter VIII. Characteristics of the small sects -- Refuges of the poor -- Puritan morality -- Refuges of the emotionally starved -- Craving for objectivity -- Sectarian conservatism -- Distinctive principles lost with growth -- The bizarre and fantastic -- The great I Am -- Temple of Yahweh -- Religious education and the sects -- Growth of the small sects

Clark, Elmer T. (Elmer Talmage), 1886-1966

2023-06-28