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WrestlingwithGodisthetruestoryofAlexanderCampbell,amanwhoseconsciencecameintoconflictwiththeacceptedreligiouspreceptsofhistime,andthestruggleandresentmentheenduredasaresult.Campbellchallengedtheman-madedoctrinesofreligiousorganizationstofindhisownformofpersonalfaith.Asthefilmbegins,ThomasCampbell,anIrishminister,haslefthishomeandministrytosettleinAmerica,leavinghiseldestson,Alexandertobringtherestofthefamilyafterheestablisheshimselfinthenewland.During1808,thefamilywasshipwreckedandforcedtoregroupinGlasgow,Scotland.Alexanderspentthetimestudyingatuniversityandbecamedisenchantedwiththehypocrisyoftheclericalestablishment,severinghimselffromthechurch.ArrivinginEasternPennsylvania,thefamilyisreunitedwithThomas,butAlexanderdreadshavingtoexplainhisacttohisfather.Finallyforcedtoconfrontthesituation,Alexanderisamazedtofindhisfatherunderstands,havingbeenthroughasimilarexperiencewiththelocalclericswhobickerincessantlyoverdoctrinalminutiae.ThetworesolvetochampionthecauseofunitingallChristiansintoonepeaceful,ecumenicalbody.AlexandermeetsandmarriesMargaretBrown.Shebecomesastronginfluence,coaxingAlexandertoutilizehisgiftsandinvolvehimselfinpublicdebateswithothergroups.TheresultantdebateslaunchthemovementthatgrowswithAlexander'sreputationandinfluenceinmattersbothreligiousandpolitical.ThefamilysuffersthelossofachildandfindsAlexanderinawhirlwindofpubliccontroversyoverhispositions.Americaintheearlggiousthought.TheScottishSocialist,RobertOwen,lateramentortoKarlMarx,establishesexperimentalsocialisticcommunitiesinOhioandseeksadebateovertheexistenceofGod.Alexanderaccepts.Margaretistakenillanddiessuddenly,leavingAlexanderwiththeirfivesurvivingdaughtersandadmonishinghimtoalwaysbetruetothevoiceinhisheart.InCincinnati,beforeasanctuarypackedwithhumanityfrombothcamps,CampbellfacesRobertOweninadebatethatlastssevendays.Withoutadefinitiveresolution,Owenconcedesthatheisconvincedatleasttore-examinethesourceofCampbell'spassion.Alexanderrideshomealone,weary,butheartenedtomoveintohisfuture.ThesourceofAlexanderCampbell'spassionfiredwithinhimaheroicvisionofreligiousliberty.Thepowerofthatpassiondrovehimthrough37moreyearsoftirelessadvocacy.Campbellbecameeminentinmanyfieldsanenlightenedadvocateofeducationalreform,anexponentofpoliticalreform,achampionofhumanliberty,achallengerofinjusticeanduniversallyesteemedbythegreatfiguresofhisday,friendandfoealike,asamanofwisdom,integrity,andvision.Thevoiceinhisheartrippledthroughthenewcountryandbeyond.<br/> WrittenbyJourneyProductions
