{"id":4706,"date":"2025-11-12T09:02:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=4706"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:53:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:53:49","slug":"restoration-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2025\/11\/12\/restoration-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoration Day 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4712 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-490x368.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/PXL_20250929_212323561-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Restoration Day was held at the ACU Library on September 29th in the Packer Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the Center for Restoration Studies (CRS), the featured speaker for 2025 was Dr. James Gorman, who was recently appointed as the new CRS Director following Dr. Wes Crawford. Dr. Gorman&#8217;s areas of research include the history of Christianity, Stone-Campbell Movement history, race and Christianity in American history, and the history of Bible interpretation. He has published three books including a third edition of <em>Reviving the Ancient Faith<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gorman gave two lectures titled, &#8220;The Hidden Origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Evangelical Influence in the Past for the Future&#8221; and &#8220;What Has Alexander Campbell to Do with Christian Nationalism?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1656\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-scaled.jpg 1656w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-317x490.jpg 317w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-994x1536.jpg 994w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/RestorationDayposter-smaller-1325x2048.jpg 1325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1656px) 100vw, 1656px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can watch the lectures below or go to our <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcommons.acu.edu\/crs_restoration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Restoration Day Lectures<\/a> collection to see videos from current and previous years.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-video-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t<video controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"562\"\n\t\t height=\"316\"\t><\/video>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/ACU_Restoration-Day-2025_Lecture-1.mp4'>The Hidden Origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Evangelical Influence in the Past for the Future<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2025\/11\/ACU_Restoration-Day-2025_Lecture-2.mp4'>What Has Alexander Campbell to Do with Christian Nationalism?<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"video\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.acu.edu\\\/specialcollections\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/ACU_Restoration-Day-2025_Lecture-1.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\\\/mp4\",\"title\":\"The Hidden Origins of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Evangelical Influence in the Past for the Future\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"1:01:11\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},\"resized\":{\"width\":562,\"height\":316}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.acu.edu\\\/specialcollections\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.acu.edu\\\/specialcollections\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}},{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.acu.edu\\\/specialcollections\\\/files\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/ACU_Restoration-Day-2025_Lecture-2.mp4\",\"type\":\"video\\\/mp4\",\"title\":\"What Has Alexander Campbell to Do with Christian Nationalism?\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"meta\":{\"length_formatted\":\"1:04:31\"},\"dimensions\":{\"original\":{\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},\"resized\":{\"width\":562,\"height\":316}},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.acu.edu\\\/specialcollections\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.acu.edu\\\/specialcollections\\\/wp-includes\\\/images\\\/media\\\/video.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Restoration Day was held at the ACU Library on September 29th in the Packer Forum. 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