TY - BOOK AU - Gladson,Jerry A. TI - Out of Adventism: a theologian's journey SN - 9781532631252 AV - BX6154 U1 - 286.732 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Eugene, Oregon PB - WIPF & Stock KW - Seventh-Day Adventists KW - Adventistes du septième jour KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Baptist KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Machine generated contents note: pt. One Beginnings -- 1. The Lure of Adventism -- 2. Reluctant Convert -- 3. Parish Parson -- pt. Two Crisis -- 4. Unsettling Questions -- 5. Grace not Perfection -- 6. The Shaking of Adventism -- 7. When Prophecy Failed -- 8. Heresy Hunters -- 9. Ellen White in the Dock -- 10. The Interrogation of Ellen White -- 11. The Legend of Ellen White -- 12. Death of a Legend -- 13. Purge -- 14. Inquisition -- 15. Final Confrontation -- 16.A House Divided -- 17. Adventist in Exile -- 18. Preacher without a Pulpit -- pt. Three Aftermath -- 19. Discovering the United Church of Christ -- 20. Winter of Discontent -- 21. Yearning for a Home -- 22. Enter the Disciples -- 23. The New Beginning Falters -- 24. Recovery and Redemption -- 25. God-Thing N2 - From its humble beginnings in the nineteenth century, Seventh-day Adventism has remarkably grown to become one of America's largest, home-grown faiths, numbering nearly nineteen million members worldwide. Yet Adventism harbors dark secrets within its history. This is the true story of how one Adventist pastor, and university and seminary professor discovered these dark secrets and learned through painful, personal experience that neither the denomination nor its doctrine could be trusted. As his odyssey takes him from pastoral assignments in rural and urban congregations and finally into teach UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1628343 ER -