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Readings in Baptist history : four centuries of selected documents / [compiled by] Joseph Early.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nashville : B & H Academic, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: vi, 281 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805446745
  • 9780805446746
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 286.09 22
LOC classification:
  • BX6231 .R43 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The character of the beast, 1609 -- 2. Letter to Sir William Hammerton, 1609 -- 3. A declaration of faith of English people remaining in Amsterdam in Holland, 1611 -- 4. A short declaration of the mystery of iniquity, 1612 -- 5. The beginnings of the particular Baptists and the birth of immersion, 1633 -- 6. the bloudy tennent of persecution, 1644 -- 7. The whipping of Obadiah Holmes, 1651 -- 8. The power of the Association, 1749 -- 9. The birth of the Charleston Association, 1751 -- 10. Birth of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association, 1758 -- 11. A body of doctrinal and practical divinity, 1769 -- 12. An appeal to the public for religious liberty, 1773 -- 13. Black Baptists -- 14. The rights of conscience inalienable, 1791 -- 15. An enquiry, 1792 -- 16. The "wall of separation" -- 17. Formation of the English Baptist Union, 1813 -- 18. Address at the formation of the Triennial Convention, 1814 -- 19. Treatise on slavery, 1822 -- 20. Primitivism and the antimission movement -- 21. Report and warning about Campbellism -- 22. The Georgia test case and the Alabama resolutions -- 23. Southern and Northern perspectives on the 1845 schism -- 24. Address explaining why the Southern Baptist Convention was organized, 1845 -- 25. Old landmarkism: what is it? -- 26. A letter from China -- 27. Another word concerning the down-grade -- 28. The Baptist World Alliance -- 29. The Kingdom of God, 1817 -- 30. Baptists and religious liberty, 1920 -- 31. The impact of J. Frank Norris on Baptist life -- 32. The cooperative program, 1924 -- 33. The trail of blood, 1931 -- 34. The Baptist way, 1945 -- 35. Russian Baptist history from 1929 to 1963, 1967 -- 36. Origins of the conservative resurgence -- 37. The resurgence of Calvinism -- 38. Peace committee report, 1987 -- 39. Doctrinal statement of the Baptist Missionary Association of America, 1989 -- 40. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship -- 41. The Baptist faith and message, 1925, 1963, 2000
Summary: This book compiles four centuries of the most notable religious documents from the Baptist tradition in a single setting. It contains key information concerning the theology, origins, conflicts, denominational organization, and historical events of early English Baptists, American Colonial Baptists, Southern Baptists, American Baptists, the Baptist Missionary Association, European Baptists, Baptist Bible Fellowship, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship plus profiles of influential pastors, theologians, missionaries, Baptist leaders, and more. - Back cover.
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Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BX6231 .R43 2008 Available 35898001568951

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

1. The character of the beast, 1609 -- 2. Letter to Sir William Hammerton, 1609 -- 3. A declaration of faith of English people remaining in Amsterdam in Holland, 1611 -- 4. A short declaration of the mystery of iniquity, 1612 -- 5. The beginnings of the particular Baptists and the birth of immersion, 1633 -- 6. the bloudy tennent of persecution, 1644 -- 7. The whipping of Obadiah Holmes, 1651 -- 8. The power of the Association, 1749 -- 9. The birth of the Charleston Association, 1751 -- 10. Birth of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association, 1758 -- 11. A body of doctrinal and practical divinity, 1769 -- 12. An appeal to the public for religious liberty, 1773 -- 13. Black Baptists -- 14. The rights of conscience inalienable, 1791 -- 15. An enquiry, 1792 -- 16. The "wall of separation" -- 17. Formation of the English Baptist Union, 1813 -- 18. Address at the formation of the Triennial Convention, 1814 -- 19. Treatise on slavery, 1822 -- 20. Primitivism and the antimission movement -- 21. Report and warning about Campbellism -- 22. The Georgia test case and the Alabama resolutions -- 23. Southern and Northern perspectives on the 1845 schism -- 24. Address explaining why the Southern Baptist Convention was organized, 1845 -- 25. Old landmarkism: what is it? -- 26. A letter from China -- 27. Another word concerning the down-grade -- 28. The Baptist World Alliance -- 29. The Kingdom of God, 1817 -- 30. Baptists and religious liberty, 1920 -- 31. The impact of J. Frank Norris on Baptist life -- 32. The cooperative program, 1924 -- 33. The trail of blood, 1931 -- 34. The Baptist way, 1945 -- 35. Russian Baptist history from 1929 to 1963, 1967 -- 36. Origins of the conservative resurgence -- 37. The resurgence of Calvinism -- 38. Peace committee report, 1987 -- 39. Doctrinal statement of the Baptist Missionary Association of America, 1989 -- 40. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship -- 41. The Baptist faith and message, 1925, 1963, 2000

This book compiles four centuries of the most notable religious documents from the Baptist tradition in a single setting. It contains key information concerning the theology, origins, conflicts, denominational organization, and historical events of early English Baptists, American Colonial Baptists, Southern Baptists, American Baptists, the Baptist Missionary Association, European Baptists, Baptist Bible Fellowship, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship plus profiles of influential pastors, theologians, missionaries, Baptist leaders, and more. - Back cover.

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