Douglas A. Foster
Douglas A. Foster serves as Scholar in Residence in the Graduate School of Theology at Abilene Christian University. He served as a General Editor for The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement and The Stone-Campbell Movement: A Global History. He is also the author of A Life of Alexander Campbell (Eerdmans, 2020). His current research focuses on the history of race and racism in universities affiliated with Churches of Christ.
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Tom Olbricht as Historian
Volume 1 | June 6, 2022
Theme: In Memoriam
Discipline: American Religious History
I am grateful and humbled to pay tribute to the significance of the life and work of Tom Olbricht for Churches of Christ, the Stone-Campbell Movement, and Christ’s universal Church, through his multifaceted scholarship and leadership. In preparation, I read many of Tom’s articles and essays, surveyed his autobiographies, and listened to recordings in which…