Wednesday, January 31, 2007
New Resource: History of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ by Daniel Berger
This classic work of United Brethren history is now available online. All 682 pages have been digitized and reformatted in html. Daniel Berger's work is the third in a line of general survey's written on the history of the denomination after Spayth and Lawrence. The work is an extensive overview of the history of the church from the birth of Otterbein until 1896. Daniel Berger, being a member of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (New Constitution), includes much material on the division of the denomination as seen from the Liberal standpoint, including explanations of the Liberal changes in the UB Constituion and Confession of Faith. Much of the work though concerns the development of the denomination with an emphasis on individuals and general conference sessions. The URL for the work is http://www.huntington.edu/ubhc/publications/ebooks/berger/title.htm