Being Baptist
Subtitle: exploring Christian identity then and now
By: Bill J. Leonard.
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Waco, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 993
ISBN-13: 9781602582989
Subjects: Baptists -- Doctrines -- History
Description: "A primary-source reader in early Stuart Christianity, reflecting the varieties of religious expression, theological conviction, and spiritual experience; the volume includes annotated and modernized (often for the first time) texts of sermons preached at court and in conventicles, bestsellers of practical divinity and private devotion, sacred lyrics, and ecclesio-political satires, doctrinal controversy and spiritual dialogues"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : what's in a name?; title: Being Baptist : scandalous past, uncertain future; title: Historical consciousness among Baptists : owning and disowning a tradition; title: Baptist polity : a people's church; title: Biblicist but not Bible? : revisiting Baptist hermeneutics; title: Once saved, almost saved : revisiting Baptists and conversion; title: A congregational sacramentalism : revisiting Baptist ecclesiology; title: Toward a Baptist future : the challenge ahead.