The Baptists: Key People Involved in Forming A Baptist Identity: Beginnings in America

by Nettles, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781845500733
• ISBN10: 1845500733
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-05
• Publisher: Stl Distribution North Amer

Summary

What Exactly Constitutes a Baptist? In Volume I, Professor Nettles sought to answer this question through examining the lives of some of the most high profile Baptists, looking at the origins of the Baptist Church in Britain. Here, Volume 2 tells the story of Baptist beginnings and development in America, and looks at the inspirational contributions of those such as Lottie Moon and Ann Judson in the growth of the Baptist Church. They shared the views of their English brethren, but were able to be instrumental in the new world in the achievement of separation of church and state. The pioneer spirit combined with the movement of God's Spirit in the first Great Awakening to produce massive growth of Baptists in New England, the Middle Colonies particularly the South and indeed around the world. In this delightful second volume Nettles has picked up where he left of, with another hugely informative and authoritative work, which cements his standing as a groundbreaking pioneer in Baptist history. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Tom Nettles is Professor of Historical Theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Timeline	p. 10
Foreword	p. 15
Let Freedom Roll Down: Baptists Develop a Theology of Religious Liberty
Introduction to Section 1	p. 19
Religious Liberty and the Baptists of England	p. 25
Roger Williams and John Clarke	p. 37
Isaac Backus and John Leland	p. 51
The Influence of Associations: Philadelphia, Charleston, Sandy Creek
Introduction to Section 2	p. 75
Oliver Hart	p. 77
John Gano	p. 101
Richard Furman	p. 125
Shubal Stearns and the Separate Baptist Tradition	p. 153
The Challenge of Denominationalism and a World-Wide Mission
Introduction to Section 3	p. 177
Introduction to Division 1: Mission Provokes Unity and Division	p. 185
Ann Judson	p. 187
Anti-Mission Society Movement	p. 221
Introduction to Division 2: The South Divides and Unites	p. 249
Basil Manly: Fire from Light	p. 253
John Albert Broadus	p. 285
E. T. Winkler	p. 323
Lottie Moon	p. 363
Introduction to Division 3: The International Impact	p. 395
Robert and James Haldane	p. 397
Gerhard Oncken	p. 419
Retrospect and Prospect	p. 443
References	p. 447
Subject Index	p. 495
Persons Index	p. 506
Scripture Index	p. 511
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