The story of Baptists in the United States

A commitment to believer's baptism : Baptist beginnings in the seventeenth century -- A new denomination for a new world : Baptist beginnings in America -- Revival fires: the Great Awakening and Separate Baptists -- Taxation without representation : Baptists and the struggle for religious and p...

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Authors: Durso, Pamela R. (Author) ; Durso, Keith E. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Brentwood, Tenn. Baptist History and Heritage Society c2006
In:Year: 2006
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Baptists / History
Further subjects:B United States Church history
B Baptists History United States
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Summary:A commitment to believer's baptism : Baptist beginnings in the seventeenth century -- A new denomination for a new world : Baptist beginnings in America -- Revival fires: the Great Awakening and Separate Baptists -- Taxation without representation : Baptists and the struggle for religious and political liberty -- The westward movement : Baptist expansion on the frontier -- Spreading the Gospel : the Baptist missionary movement and the Triennial Convention -- Uncivil wars : the founding of the Southern Baptist Convention and the war between the states -- Reorganization and growth : Baptists restructure after 1845 -- Southern Baptist conflicts in the nineteenth century -- New endeavors and reorganizations : twentieth-century Baptists in the North -- Explosive growth and theological controversy : twentieth-century Baptists in the South -- A frustrated fellowship : the story of African American Baptists -- Baptist diversity : denominational varieties in the twentieth century -- Reflections on Baptists in the United States
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-224) and index
ISBN:1578430348