Reflections On My Life [Hardcover]

Description: Thomas H. Olbricht grew up in Churches of Christ, has taught in several of their universities, and has given religious lectures on six continents and in most states in the United States. He has met most leaders in Churches of Christ globally. He has been active in several religious and rhetoric societies and has worked with leaders in all these organizations to bring about changes over the past sixty years. C. Clifton Black and Duane F. Watson wrote about Olbricht, Tom Olbricht possesses a memory of elephantine proportions. Not only does he have at his fingertips the names and places and dates; better than most he understands how the study of rhetoric has flourished among, while cross-pollinating, multiple disciplines in the humanities, classics, English, speech communication, and religion. Endorsements: Tom Olbricht has mentored thousands through his long career as a teacher, writer, and church leader and continues to do so powerfully through this volume. In this frank and unassuming account, Olbricht provides rich insights not only into his own formation and life in Churches of Christ, but also into the complex development of that body in the twentieth century. Olbricht's immense influence on theological education in Churches of Christ makes his story a vital resource for understanding the development of this significant American, and now global, religious movement. --Douglas A. Foster Professor of Church History and Director, Center for Restoration Studies Abilene Christian University Olbricht travels a path from his childhood to the present. His personal reflections with incredible detail weave together his dedication to scholarship and the church. Along the path one hears about his meetings, personal and intellectual, with leading twentieth-century New Testament scholars and leaders in his religious tradition. His thoughts exemplify the kind, energetic, and focused gentleman all of us have come to appreciate. His autobiography is not an el'