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The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.(Book review)
The Christian Century
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August 21, 2007|
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The Man Everybody Knew: Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America. By Richard M. Fried. Ivan R. Dee, 304 pp., $27.50.
MOST PEOPLE know Bruce Fairchild Barton as the author of the 1925 best seller The Man Nobody Knows, which portrays Jesus as a first-rate executive who knew he was destined for greatness. H. L. Mencken once quipped that such popular entrepreneurial religion turned John the Baptist into the first Kiwanian.
But Barton was far more important and influential than his status as a one-hit wonder would suggest. Richard M. Fried, professor of ...
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Otterbein College Inaugurates 20th and First Female President Kathy A. Krendl.
Newspaper article from: Education Letter
; ...Finally, she called on members of the Otterbein family to act to bring about a better Otterbein and a better world. At the inauguration...treasures of the College, including Philip William Otterbein's Bible, the original key to Towers...
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Concert series launches Otterbein UM centennial; The city church that bears the name "Otterbein'' in honor of a United Methodist forefather will fill its anniversary year calendar with another beloved Methodist tradition - plenty of music.
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...massive Gothic stone Otterbein United Methodist Church...remind you of a castle. Otterbein has been an anchor...Stoltzfus on Nov. 21. William Rhoads, Otterbein organist and director...In 1767 the Rev. Philip W. Otterbein, a pastor...
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Long's Barn becomes Methodist landmark in Pentecost service
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...the denomination's Otterbein District, will take...authority; the Rev. William Cherry, Gerald Bruce...Boehm and the Rev. Philip W. Otterbein, co-founders of the...at the barn in 1767. Otterbein, a pastor of the German...
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Church discovers new hopeMaking space for kids
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
; ...arrival, New Hope had been called Otterbein United Methodist Church. It was named after Philip William Otterbein, a 1700s German-American minister...than its name, he also realized "Otterbein" wasn't going to attract prospective...
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Why Doesn't Route 340 Church Put Best Side Forward? ; Landmark Barn Is Still A Barn
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...mystery. Long's Barn, where Martin Boehm and Philip William Otterbein first met on Pentecost Sunday, 1767, recently was...importance of the 1767 meeting in that barn was that Otterbein, a German Reformed pastor, and Boehm, a Mennonite...
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Willow Street Chapel Offers Glimpse Of History
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; ...weddings." Built on land purchased in 1710 from William Penn by Swiss Mennonite immigrants attempting to escape...religious revival meeting where he met another preacher, Philip William Otterbein, a German- born evangelist who claimed to have been...
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Ida Osborn Ida E. Osborn, 92, Topeka, died Friday, Nov. 26, 1999, at a Topeka hospital. Services will be announced by the Penwell-Gabel Highland Chapel. Burial will be in Topeka Cemetery.
Newspaper article from: The Topeka
; ...University. She married William E. Davis Jr. on Dec...contributions may be made to the Otterbein United Methodist Church...charge of arrangements. William Hess William Gene Hess, 69, Topeka...No. 226 in Topeka, Philip Billard Post No. 1650...
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BUSINESS DATA; NEW LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News
; ...Dayton, 45402; members: Philip H. Wagner SYAKA, LLC, by...Intercontinental Mortgage Group LLC, by William L. Burress III, 5608 Shagbark...Mason, 45040; members: William L. BURRESS III We Clean 4...Curp, property at 3659-3665 Otterbein Ave, $35,000, apartment...
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Advent 4; WORSHIP SERVICES
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
; ...under the direction of William Kepner, in John Purifoy...Funderwhite will present a duet. Otterbein UMC, 20 E. Clay St...senior choir, directed by William Rhoads, and soloists Julie Lochow and Philip Enterline will present the...
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PULPIT, LOFT & PEW
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
; ...E. Orange St., will hear the Rev. William P. Worley preach on "A Perfect Faith...imposition of ashes will be observed. 'OTTERBEIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 20 E. Clay...on "The Jesus I Never Knew," by Philip Yancey.
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