One group I
have studied is that of the Christadelphian movement (I have about 120 books in
my personal library by Christadelphians from the 19th century to the present, and have written a number of articles interacting with their theology). One of the best biographies of their founder, John Thomas
(1805-1871) is that of Peter Hemingray, John
Thomas: His Friends and His Faith (2003). Sadly, the book, until recently,
was out of print, and any copy one could track down is super expensive (I
lucked out when I purchased my copy a few years ago and got one decently-priced [about $20!]). Fortunately, the book is
now available on Lulu.com, and it is available in both print and ebook formats:
Not only is
this a good biography of John Thomas, it also discusses many of the key figures
of the American Restorationist movement (e.g., Alexander and Thomas Campbell;
Benjamin Wilson; Thomas Marsh), and, as a result, would be a book LDS should
read, too, to understand the religious worldview of America in the 1830s and
1840s.
