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In his essay for Rochester Retrospect,* Dr. David Greer, professor of history, examines a foundational but neglected countercultural tradition within the American Restoration Movement from which Churches of Christ and Rochester University emerged. This “apocalyptic tradition,” he argues, retains value for grounding and guiding the mission of RU today.     The pursuit of truth and freedom Greer begins by identifying two primary aims of RU’s founders in 1959: first, to provide an environment for the encouragement of Christian faith, devotion and leadership; and second, to offer a high-quality regionally-accessible education rooted in the liberal arts.  Both missions, Greer notes,

In his second essay for Rochester Retrospect*, Dr. Keith Huey, professor of religion, looks at Alexander Campbell’s philosophy of education. If you missed Huey’s first essay about Campbell and Barton Stone, founders of the Stone-Campbell movement, click here to read it before you delve deeper into Campbell’s educational outlook.  Although Campbell never attended a full collegiate program, he was “extremely well-educated and possessed a prodigious intellect,” Huey writes.  Campbell lived from 1788-1866 and he was critical of the educational status quo for that time period. He wrote about several important issues, including the “inadequacy of all the present systems

In his Rochester Retrospect* essay, Dr. Mark Love, RCU professor of theology and ministry and founder of 1528 Collaborative, explores how the Churches of Christ have approached the reading of scripture throughout the decades. From their inception until the present day, Churches of Christ have been a “people of the book,” who rely on the sole authority of the Bible in matters of faith and doctrine, Love writes.  The church has changed the way it interprets the Bible, but it still gives priority to scripture.    The Golden Thread: No Creed but the Bible By rejecting creeds, as established