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Baptists form one of the largest Christian
communities in the world, and while they hold the historic faith
in common with other mainstream Christian traditions, they nevertheless
have important insights which they can offer to the worldwide
church. Studies in Baptist History and Thought will be one means
towards this end. It is an international series of academic studies
which includes original monographs, revised dissertations, collections
of essays and conference papers, and aims to cover any aspect
of Baptist history and thought. While not all the authors are
themselves Baptists, they nevertheless share an interest in relating
Baptist history and thought to the other branches of the Christian
church and to the wider life of the world.
The series includes studies in various aspects of Baptist history
from the seventeenth century down to the present day, including
biographical works, and Baptist thought is understood as covering
the subject-matter of theology (including interdisciplinary studies
embracing biblical studies, philosophy, sociology, practical theology,
liturgy and women's studies). The diverse streams of Baptist life
throughout the world are all within the scope of these volumes.
The series editors and consultants believe that the academic disciplines of history and theology are of vital importance to the spiritual vitality of the churches of the Baptist faith and order. The series sets out to discuss, examine and explore the many dimensions of their tradition and so to contribute to their on-going intellectual vigour.
A brief word of explanation is due for the
series identifier on the front cover. The fountains, taken from
heraldry, represent the Baptist distinctive of believer's baptism
and, at the same time, the source of the water of life. There
are three of them because they symbolize the Trinitarian basis
of Baptist life and faith. Those who are redeemed by the Lamb,
the book of Revelation reminds us, will be led to 'fountains of
living waters' (Rev. 7.17).
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Cynthia Y. Aalders
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Anne Steele (1717-1778) was one of the most well-known and best-loved hymn-writers of the eighteenth century, and her hymns remained exceedingly popular until late in the nineteenth century, being reprinted regularly in hymnbooks throughout Britain and North America. She was the first major woman hymn-writer as well as the most popular Baptist hymn-writer in the history of the church. Despite this, she has not yet been the subject of any substantial academic enquiry. This book aims to elucidate Steele's spirituality and to clarify her unique contribution to eighteenth-century hymnody. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, setting Steele's devotional expression in its theological, literary, and historical contexts, and providing comparison to other eighteenth-century figures. It uses archival sources to reconstruct her life and work, offers a close reading of her verse, and concludes that Steele made a significant and as yet underrated contribution to eighteenth-century devotional expression. Cynthia Y. Aalders is Director of Admissions at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
'Some of the leading Baptist historians from around the globe offer perspectives on four centuries of Baptist history and thought' |
David Bebbington (ed.) The Gospel in the World International Baptist Studies (SBHT vol. 1) |
This volume of essays from the First International Conference
on Baptist Studies deals with a range of subjects spanning Britain,
North America, Europe, Asia and the Antipodes. Topics include
studies on religious tolerance, the communion controversy and
the development of the international Baptist community, and concludes
with two important essays on the future of Baptist life that
pay special attention to the United States. David Bebbington is Professor of History, University of Stirling, UK |
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John H.Y. Briggs (ed.) Pulpit and People (SBHT vol. 28) 2009 / 978-1-84227-403-3 / xvi + 208pp |
The eighteenth century was a crucial time in Baptist history. The denomination had its roots in seventeenth-century English Puritanism and Separatism and the persecution of the Stuart kings with only a limited measure of freedom after 1689. Worse, however, was to follow for with toleration came doctrinal conflict, a move away from central Christian understandings and a loss of evangelistic urgency. Both spiritual and numerical decline ensued, to the extent that the denomination was virtually reborn as rather belatedly it came to benefit from the Evangelical Revival which brought new life to both Arminian and Calvinistic Baptists. The papers in this volume study a denomination in transition, and relate to theology, their views of the church and its mission, Baptist spirituality, and engagements with radical politics. John H.Y. Briggs is Senior Research Fellow in Ecclesiastical History, and Director of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK. |
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John H.Y. Briggs (Gen Ed.) A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought (SBHT vol. 33) 2009 / 978-1-84227-535-1 / xxiv + 542pp |
This dictionary provides from European resources and from a European perspective an account of both contemporary Baptist life and thought and of the heritage that stands behind it. It is an invaluable reference work for non-Baptists wanting to ascertain Baptist attitudes-however divided-on particular issues, and provides European Baptists, especially in Eastern Europe where bibliographic resources are limited, with an authoritative reference work to assist them to nourish their own constituencies in Baptist identity. John H.Y. Briggs is Senior Research Fellow in Ecclesiastical History, and Director of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK. |
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Hanserd Knollys, Particular Baptist Pioneer in Seventeenth-Century England |
The seventeenth century was a significant period in English history during which the people of England experienced unprecedented change and tumult in all spheres of life. At the same time, the importance of order and the traditional institutions of society were being reinforced. Hanserd Knollys, born during this pivotal period, personified in his life the ambiguity, tension and paradox of it, openly seeking change while at the same time cautiously embracing order. As a founder and leader of the Particular Baptists in London and, despite persecution and personal hardship, he played a pivotal role in helping shape their identity externally in society and, internally, as they moved toward becoming more formalised by the end of the century. Dennis C. Bustin is Assistant Professor of History, Atlantic Baptist University, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. |
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'This work will be illuminating for all who read it' G.R. Beasley-Murray. |
Anthony R. Cross Baptism and the Baptists (SBHT vol. 3) |
At a time of renewed interest in baptism, Baptism and the Baptists is a detailed study of twentieth-century baptismal theology and practice and the factors which have influenced its development. Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK |
'A reference point for all future discussion on the issues' Paul S. Fiddes. |
Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson (eds) Baptist Sacramentalism (SBHT vol. 5) |
This collection of essays includes biblical, historical and theological studies in the theology of the sacraments from a Baptist perspective. Subjects explored include the physical side of being spiritual, baptism, the Lord's supper, the church, ordination, preaching, worship, religious liberty and the issue of disestablishment. Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK Philip E. Thompson is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Heritage, North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA |
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Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson (eds) Baptist Sacramentalism 2 (SBHT vol. 25) 2008 / 978-1-84227-325-8 / xxiv + 284pp |
This second collection of essays exploring various dimensions of sacramental theology from a Baptist perspective includes biblical, historical and theological studies from scholars from around the world. Subjects covered are sacraments and sacramentality, sacrament and sacrifice in Hebrews, the sacrament of fearful intimacy, the church as sacrament, baptism and the Lord's supper for post-Christendom Baptists, Pauline baptism and Roman Insulae, open communion for the contemporary church, penance, sacred space, recovering a biblical understanding of baptismal regeneration, the Lord's supper and the spirituality of C.H. Spurgeon, Southern Baptist Eucharistic sacramentalism and soul competency, re-thinking ex opere operato sacramentalism, the sacramentality of the word in Gregory of Nyssa, and searching for a common theology of baptism between Baptists and the Churches of Christ. This volume does not speak the final word on the subject, but is a step along the way toward the recovery and reconstruction of a robust sacramentalism in a Baptist modality. Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK. Philip E. Thompson is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Heritage, Sioux Falls Seminary, South Dakota, USA. |
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Paul S. Fiddes Tracks and Traces (SBHT vol. 13) |
This is a comprehensive, yet unusual, book on the faith and life of Baptist Christians. It explores the understanding of the church, ministry, sacraments and mission from a thoroughly theological perspective. In a series of interlinked essays, the author relates Baptist identity consistently to a theology of covenant and to participation in the communion of God. Paul S. Fiddes is Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Oxford, and Principal, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK. |
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Stanley K. Fowler More Than a Symbol (SBHT vol. 2) 2002 / 978-1-84227-052-3 / xvi + 276pp |
Fowler surveys the entire scope of British Baptist literature from the seventeenth-century pioneers onwards. He shows that in the twentieth century leading British Baptist pastors and theologians recovered an understanding of baptism that connected experience with soteriology and that in doing so they were recovering what many of their forebears had taught. Stanley K. Fowler is Professor of Theology, Heritage Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. |
'A work of scholarly acumen and theological verve' Timothy George. |
Steven R. Harmon Towards Baptist Catholicity (SBHT vol. 27) |
Towards Baptist Catholicity contends that the reconstruction of the Baptist vision in the wake of modernity's dissolution requires a retrieval of the ancient ecumenical tradition that forms Christian identity through liturgical rehearsal and ecclesial practice. Themes explored include catholic identity as an emerging trend in Baptist theology, tradition as a theological category in Baptist perspective, the relationship between Baptist confessions of faith and the patristic tradition, the importance of Trinitarian catholicity for Baptist faith and practice, catholicity in biblical interpretation, Karl Barth as a paradigm for a Baptist and evangelical retrieval of the patristic theological tradition, worship as a principal bearer of tradition, and the role of Baptist higher education in shaping the Christian vision. This book submits that the proposed movement towards catholicity is neither a betrayal of cherished Baptist principles nor the introduction of alien elements into the Baptist tradition. Steven R. Harmon is Associate Professor of Christian Theology, Campbell University Divinity School, Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA |
'A stellar example of Baptist réssourcement' Timothy George. |
Michael A.G. Haykin (ed.) 'At the Pure Fountain of Thy Word' (SBHT vol. 6) 2004 / 978-1-84227-171-1 / xxii + 276pp |
One of the greatest Baptist theologians of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Andrew Fuller has not had justice done to him. There is little doubt that Fuller's theology lay behind the revitalization of the Baptists in the late eighteenth century and the first few decades of the nineteenth. This collection of essays fills a much needed gap by examining a major area of Fuller's thought, his work as an apologist. Michael A.G. Haykin is Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. |
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Brian Haymes, Ruth Gouldbourne and Anthony R. Cross On Being the Church (SBHT vol. 21) |
This book re-examines Baptist theology and practice in the light of contemporary biblical, theological, ecumenical and missiological perspectives. It is not a study in denominationalism, but rather attempts to revision historical insights from the believers' church tradition, essentially within a trinitarian emphasis. It is a re-expression of that tradition, seeking to re-appropriate forgotten emphases, bringing them together in a revised ecclesiology. Brian Haymes is former Principal of Northern and Bristol Baptist Colleges, President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and Minister of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, London, UK. Ruth Gouldbourne is Minister of Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, London, UK. Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK. |
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Keith G. Jones
2009 / 978-1-84227-639-6 / xviii + 320pp |
A criticism often levelled at Baptists is that they have no theology of ecclesial reality beyond the local. In this book Keith Jones describes the history and current reality of the European Baptist Federation (EBF), which brings together over fifty national Baptist groups in Europe and the Middle East and seeks to demonstrate that there is an ecclesial reality within the organisation, expressed in its communal life, mission activity, working on theological education, in relationship to other Christian world communions and in its decision making processes. The role of the pivotal figure of the General Secretary of the EBF is examined with particular reference to two significant figures. The relationship of European Baptists during the cold war era is explored, as is the relationship to two key mission agencies from the USA who have done much work in Europe. This represents ground-breaking work in terms of an examination of how Baptists in Europe work together trans-nationally. Keith G. Jones is Rector, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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Keith G. Jones and Ian M. Randall
2008 / 978-1-84227-519-1 / xvi + 366pp |
Keith G. Jones is Rector, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic. Ian M. Randall is a Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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'Seditious Sectaryes' The Baptist Conventiclers of Oxford, 1641-1691 |
This book offers the first in-depth study of the origins of the Baptist church in Oxford in the seventeenth century; it charts the people, the places and the events which helped to forge the Baptists into a dissenting congregation over a fifty year period (1641-91). It chronicles the rise of the Baptist conventiclers during the early days of the Civil War, when Parliamentarians clashed with royalist interests in the city of Oxford. It proceeds to discuss the significance of the Dissenters during the years of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, and the struggle that they faced during the Restoration period as a resurgent Church of England sought to stamp its authority on all such 'seditious sectaryes'. Although the study is essentially biographical in nature, it drives the reader back inexorably to primary source materials, many of them identified and discussed here for the first time. Larry J. Kreitzer is a Fellow and Tutor of New Testament at Regent's Park College, Oxford, and holds a Research Lectureship within the Faculty of Theology at the University of Oxford, UK. |
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A History of Australian Baptists (SBHT vols 16.1 and 16.2) |
From their beginnings in Australia in 1831 with the first baptisms in Woolloomoolloo Bay in 1832, this pioneering study describes the quest of Baptists in the different colonies (states) to discover their identity as Australians and Baptists. Although institutional developments are analyzed and the roles of significant individuals traced, the major focus is on the social and theological dimensions of the Baptist movement. Ken R. Manley is Distinguished Professor of Church History, Whitley College, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
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'The first full study of a key figure in the development of English Baptists' B.R. White |
Ken R. Manley 'Redeeming Love Proclaim' (SBHT vol. 12) 2004 / 978-1-84227-193-3 / xviii + 340pp |
A leading exponent of the new moderate Calvinism which brought new life to many Baptists, John Rippon (1751-1836) helped unite the Baptists at this significant time. His many writings expressed the denomination's growing maturity and mutual awareness of Baptists in Britain and America, and exerted a long-lasting influence on Baptist worship and devotion. In his various activities, Rippon helped conserve the heritage of Old Dissent and promoted the evangelicalism of the New Dissent Ken R. Manley is Distinguished Professor of Church History, Whitley College, The University of Melbourne, Australia |
A vivid and balanced account' Timothy George. |
Peter J. Morden Offering Christ to the World (SBHT vol. 8) 2003 / 978-1-84227-141-4 / xx + 202pp |
Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) was one of the foremost English Baptist ministers of his day. His career as an Evangelical Baptist pastor, theologian, apologist and missionary statesman coincided with the profound revitalization of the Particular Baptist denomination to which he belonged. This study examines the key aspects of the life and thought of this hugely significant figure, and gives insights into the revival in which he played such a central part. Peter J. Morden is Tutor in Church History and Spirituality, Spurgeon's College, London, UK. |
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'An important work whose central thesis I wholeheartedly affirm' Michael A.G. Haykin |
Peter Naylor Calvinism, Communion and the Baptists (SBHT vol. 7) 2003 / 978-1-84227-142-1 / xx + 266pp |
Dr Naylor argues that the traditional link between 'high-Calvinism' and 'restricted communion' is in need of revision. He examines Baptist communion controversies from the late 1600s to the early 1800s and also the theologies of John Gill and Andrew Fuller. Peter Naylor is a retired Baptist minister living in Wellinborough, UK, and completed his doctorate at the University of Potchefstroom, South Africa |
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Dance or Die The Shaping of Estonian Baptist Identity under Communism |
This book focuses on the changes in the identity of Estonian Evangelical Christian-Baptists (ECB) during the Soviet years, 1945-1991. The author analyzes the influences that affected the life and self-understanding of the ECB churches in this most northernmost of the three Baltic countries. External pressures from the Soviet atheistic state and the internal dynamics of Estonian ECB churches are both considered and analyzed. Comparisons are drawn, which show both the similarities with the wider Evangelical world and the uniqueness of a local Baptist identity. The book, based on extensive use of archive and other primary source materials, makes an especial contribution to the important emerging field of the study of Evangelicals in eastern Europe. Toivo Pilli is Lecturer in Estonian Church History, Baptist Theological Seminary, Tartu, Estonia. |
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'A valuable contribution to a better understanding of the people of God called Baptists' Timothy George. |
Ian M. Randall, Toivo Pilli and Anthony R. Cross (eds) Baptist Identities (SBHT vol. 19) |
These papers consider the factors that have contributed to Baptist distinctiveness in different countries and at different times. Topics examined include theological education, women in leadership, issues of ethnicity, Baptist identity and national consciousness, and creeds. The regional scope of the Baptist stories include Africa, Asia, Australia, Eastern and Western Europe, and North America. At a time when there is considerable discussion throughout the world Baptist community about the nature of Baptist identity, this collection of papers by significant historians of Baptist life has an important contribution to make. Together they represent an outstanding resource for understanding Baptist identities. Ian M. Randall is Lecturer in Church History and Spirituality, Spurgeon's College, London, UK, and a Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic. Toivo Pilli is Lecturer in Estonian Church History, Baptist Theological Seminary, Tartu, Estonia. Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK. |
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Papers from the Fourth International Conference on Biblical Studies |
This book contains papers delivered at the fourth International Conference on Baptist Studies held at Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. The studies are by authors from several countries and they investigate aspects of Baptists and mission from the seventeenth century to the present. The studies provide fresh insights into how mission has been undertaken across the world. Ian M. Randall is a Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic. Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford, UK. |
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James M. Renihan Edification and Beauty (SBHT vol. 17) 2008 / 978-1-84227-251-0 / xxiv + 208pp |
Edification and Beauty describes the practical application of confessional theological principles among English Particular Baptists at the close of the seventeenth century. It examines the theological summary of their views as contained and expressed in the Second London Confession, fleshed out in various published works, and recorded in manuscript church books. It describes in detail a wide variety of ecclesiological practices, demonstrating that these churches and their leaders sought to work out in practice the principles they publicly confessed. The book demonstrates that confessional subscription was taken seriously and practiced carefully within the Particular Baptist churches. James M. Renihan is Dean and Professor of Historical Theology at the Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies, Escondido, California, USA. |
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Federalism and Baptism in the Thought of Benjamin Keach, 1640-1704 |
This study demonstrates that Benjamin Keach, the most important Baptist figure of the seventeenth century, was a catholic Reformed theologian. This is done by investigating his relationship with the tradition of the church, his interaction with federalism, and his concept of baptism. Dr Riker presents Keach, and thus the Baptist tradition, in a new way: not as a 'Calvinist' but as part of the broad Reformed family. Secondly, believer's baptism, the rite from which the Baptists derive their name, is systematically scrutinized over against pedobaptism. In so doing, Riker presents every argument, strong or weak, that was used in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century debates, and their respective refutation by a Baptist. David B. Riker is President and Professor of Systematic Theology at Equatorial Baptist Theological Seminary, Belém, Pará, Brazil. |
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Frank Rinaldi 'The Tribe of Dan' (SBHT vol. 10) 2008 / 978-1-84227-143-8 / xxii + 264pp |
'The Tribe of Dan' is a thematic study which explores the theology, organizational structure, evangelistic strategy, ministry and leadership of the New Connexion of General Baptists as it experienced the process of institutionalization in the transition from a revival movement to an established denomination. Frank Rinaldi is a retired Baptist minister and gained a doctorate from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
'A well-researched and penetrating study...essential reading' Roger Hayden. |
Peter Shepherd The Making of a Modern Denomination (SBHT vol. 4) 2001 / 978-1-84227-046-2 / xviii + 220pp |
John Howard Shakespeare introduced revolutionary change to the Baptist denomination. The Baptist Union was transformed into a strong central institution and Baptist ministers were brought under its control. Further, Shakespeare's pursuit of church unity reveals him as one of the pioneering ecumenists of the twentieth century. Peter Shepherd is minister of Broadway Baptist Church, Derby, and completed his doctorate at the University of Durham, UK |
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In the period 1800 to 1827 there were three streams of Baptists in Scotland: Scotch, Haldaneite and 'English' Baptist. A strong commitment to home evangelization brought these three bodies closer together, leading to a merger of their home missionary societies in 1827. However, the first three attempts to form a union of churches failed, but by the 1860s a common understanding of their corporate identity was attained leading to the establishment of the Baptist Union of Scotland. Brian Talbot is minister of Broughty Ferry Baptist Church, Dundee, Scotland, and completed his doctorate at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. |
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Philip E. Thompson The Freedom of God (SBHT vol. 20) 2009 / 978-1-84227-125-4 / approx. 300pp |
This study contends that the range of theological commitments of the early Baptists are best understood in relation to their distinctive emphasis on the freedom of God. Thompson traces how this was recast anthropocentrically, leading to an emphasis upon human freedom from the nineteenth century onwards. He seeks to recover the dynamism of the early vision via a pneumatologically-oriented ecclesiology defining the church in terms of the memory of God. Philip E. Thompson is Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Heritage, Sioux Falls Seminary, South Dakota, USA |
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Philip E. Thompson and Anthony R. Cross (eds) Recycling the Past or Researching History? (SBHT vol. 11) |
In this volume an international group of Baptist scholars examine and re-examine areas of Baptist life and thought about which little is known or the received wisdom is in need of revision. Historiographical studies include the date Oxford Baptists joined the Abingdon Association, the death of the Fifth Monarchist John Pendarves, eighteenth-century Calvinistic Baptists and the political realm, confessional identity and denominational institutions, Baptist community, ecclesiology, the priesthood of all believers, soteriology, Baptist spirituality, Strict and Reformed Baptists, the role of women among British Baptists, while various 'myths' challenged include the nature of high-Calvinism in eighteenth-century England, baptismal anti-sacramentalism, episcopacy, and Baptists and change. Philip E. Thompson is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Heritage, Sioux Falls Seminary, South Dakota, USA Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK |
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Linda Wilson Marianne Farningham (SBHT vol. 18) 2007 / 978-1-84227-124-7 / xx + 244pp |
Marianne Farningham, of College Street Baptist Chapel, Northampton, was a household name in evangelical circles in the later nineteenth century. For over fifty years she produced comment, poetry, biography and fiction for the popular Christian press. This investigation uses her writings to explore the beliefs and behaviour of evangelical Nonconformists, including Baptists, during these years. Linda Wilson is a tutor in Church History with the Open Theological College, UK, and author of Constrained by Zeal: Female Spirituality amongst Nonconformists 1825-1875 (Paternoster Press, 2000) |
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This study goes beyond the discussion of the historical developments of the Baptist enterprise in Nigeria from 1850 to 2005 by analyzing the major periods of its history, shedding light on some of the key figures in the story, and presenting a balanced view of Nigerian Baptist history from a Nigerian Baptist historian's perspective. S. Ademola Ajayi is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. |
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The dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Free Churches in Europe has hardly taken place. This book pleads for a commencement of such a conversation. It offers, among other things, an introduction to the American and the international dialogues between Baptists and the Catholic Church and strives to allow these conversations to become fruitful in the European context as well. Damian Brot is Pastor of a Reformed congregation in Switzerland. |
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An exploration of the pastoral theology of Andrew Fuller suggests that evangelical renewal did not only take place alongside the local church, but also within the congregation and its pastoral ministry. Fuller's pastoral theology provides a window into a distinctively congregational and dissenting expression of evangelicalism, suggestive for the study of both pastoralia and the varieties of evangelicalism. Keith S. Grant is Pastor of Eastern Passage Baptist Church, Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, and completed postgraduate research at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
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In a day when spirituality is in vogue and Christian communities are looking for guidance in this whole area, there is wisdom in looking to the past to find untapped wells. The Calvinistic Baptists, heirs of the rich ecclesial experience in the Puritan era, and by the end of the eighteenth century also passionately engaged in the catholicity of the Evangelical Revivals, are such a well. This collection of essays, covering such things as the Lord's supper, friendship and hymnody, seeks to draw out the spiritual riches of this community for reflection and imitation in the present day. Michael A.G. Haykin is Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. |
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This book is a unique study of Irish Baptists in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, containing research from rare archival material. It fills an important gap in the history of a hitherto understudied group that is important in understanding the social fabric of Ireland at that time and of Baptist origins and life. Kevin Herlihy teaches at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA. |
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This collection of essays facilitates a dialogue among adherents of the Radical Reformation and those interested to know more about the distinct baptistic ways of theologizing with specific reference to the theological visions of J.W. McClendon and J.H. Yoder. Both argued a case for constructing a radical and yet truly orthodox (catholic) Christian theology beginning with the primary theological context of the church, and critically examining it in the light of the original vision of the followers of Christ and the eschatological vision of Christian community. With these baptistic trajectories, a theology can be uniquely contextual and firmly Christian. These papers evaluate and extend their lines of thought further. Parush Parushev is Pro-Rector and Senior Research Lecturer in Applied Theology at the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic. Nigel G. Wright is the Principal and Senior Research Lecturer in Theology at Spurgeon's College, London, UK. |
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The period from 1730 to 1830 was one of transition for Calvinistic Baptists. Confronted by the enthusiasm of the Evangelical Revival, congregations within the denomination as a whole were challenged to find a way to take account of the revival experience. This study examines the life and devotion of Calvinistic Baptists in Hampshire and Wiltshire during this period. Among this group of Baptists was the hymn writer, Anne Steele. Karen Smith is Tutor in Church History and Spirituality at South Wales Baptist College and in Cardiff University, Wales, UK. |
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Baptists in New Zealand were forced to recast their identity. Conventions of communication and association, state and ecumenical relations, even historical divisions and controversies had to be revised in the face of new topographies and constraints. As Baptists formed themselves in a fluid society they drew heavily on both international movements and local dynamics. This book traces the development of ideas which shaped institutions and styles in sometimes surprising ways. Martin Sutherland is Director, R.J. Thompson Centre for Theological Studies, Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand. |
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A Thematic Study of Aspects of the Witness of Baptists in Scotland in the Twentieth Century (SBHT vol. 34) |
A Distinctive People evaluates aspects of the history of one of the major denominations in Scotland looking at major themes such as Baptist attitudes to war and pacifism, the influence of the charismatic movement and their involvement in social action, their contribution to ecumenical relations in Scotland and the theological influences on Baptists, including that provided by theological education in the Scottish Baptist College, together with chapters on mission work at home and overseas, but also giving space to analyse the contributions of key leaders within the denomination, men and women, and lay-people as well as those that were ordained to the pastoral ministry. This is the first detailed academic study of these important themes amongst Baptists in Scotland. Brian Talbot is minister of Broughty Ferry Baptist Church, Dundee, Scotland, and completed his doctorate at the University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. |
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Towards Baptist Theology in Pneumatological Perspective (SBHT vol. 20) |
This study contends that the range of theological commitments of the early Baptists are best understood in relation to their distinctive emphasis on the freedom of God. Thompson traces how this was recast anthropocentrically, leading to an emphasis upon human freedom from the nineteenth century onwards. He seeks to recover the dynamism of the early vision via a pneumatologically-oriented ecclesiology defining the church in terms of the memory of God. Philip E. Thompson is Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Heritage, Sioux Falls Seminary, South Dakota, USA. |
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The Revd Peter Thomas Stanford (1860-1909): Birmingham's 'Coloured Preacher' (SBHT vol. 38) |
African American ex-slave Revd Peter Stanford's story is one of the earliest indications that Black people played a greater part in the British church's social history than was previously imagined. Stanford is part of the neglected history of Black people in Britain prior to the in-migration of the mid-twentieth century. His life, theology, social activism and writings in pursuit of racial justice are highly significant. Walker uses an original method to tell Stanford's fascinating life-story, seeks to explain his presence in nineteenth-century Birmingham, and reflects on the significance of his involvement in the struggle for racial justice through British Nonconformist churches. Paul F. Walker is the Minister of Highgate Baptist Church, Birmingham, a Tutor for the Urban Theology Unit and Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. |
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Ecumenism, Radical Evangelicalism, and the World Christianity of Orlando E. Costas (SBHT vol. 47) |
Orlando E. Costas (1942-1987) is often considered the most important Latin American evangelical theologian of the latter half of the twentieth century. With Adoniram Judson as his inspiration, Costas took his Baptist roots to what he saw as their natural conclusion: the world mission of the church. He expanded on Judson's vision to include not only a traditional Eastern and Southern spread of the Gospel but also a Western and Northern return, what he termed a 'Macedonian call' (Acts 16:9-10). In this sense, Costas was a precursor to missiologists like Andrew Walls, Lamin Sanneh and Philip Jenkins, anticipating the shift of the center of gravity of Christianity to the non-Western world, the rise of 'reverse mission', and the collaboration of radical evangelical theologians worldwide. His prophetic voice called the church of a dichotomous twentieth century theology into a twenty-first century vision which harkened back not only to social justice evangelicals like Dietrich Bonhoeffer and William Wilberforce, but ultimately to first century Christianity - not the Pentecost church of Acts 2, but the multiethnic Antioch church of Acts 11, which is an even more appropriate model for today. Allen L. Yeh is Assistant Professor of History and Theology, Biola University, Los Angeles, California, USA. |
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Michael A.G. Haykin (Series Ed.)
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Volume I: Diary Volume II: Sermons. Volume 1 Volume III: Sermons. Volume 2 Volume IV: Biography of Samuel Pearce (and other biographical
pieces) Volume V: Apologetic Works. Volume 1: The Gospel Worthy
of all Acceptation Volume VI: Apologetic Works. Volume 2: Socinianism, Deism
and Universalism Volume VII: Apologetic Works. Volume 2: Sandemanianism
et al Volume VIII: Missions Volume IX: Letters. Volume 1 Volume X: Letters. Volume 2 Volume XI: Genesis Volume XII: Revelation Volume XIII: Miscellaneous Volume XIV: Bibliography and Indices |
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This is a welcome reprint of a classic text on baptism originally published in 1962 by one of the leading Baptist New Testament scholars of the twentieth century. Dr Beasley-Murray's comprehensive study begins by investigating the antecedents of Christian baptism. It then surveys the foundation of Christian baptism in the Gospels, its emergence in the Acts of the Apostles and development in the apostolic writings. Following a section relating baptism to New Testament doctrine, a substantial discussion of the origin and significance of infant baptism leads to a briefer consideration of baptismal reform and ecumenism. George R. Beasley-Murray was a Principal of Spurgeon's College, London, UK, and Professor of New Testament Interpretation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, USA |
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Paul Beasley-Murray Fearless for Truth 2002 / 1-84227-134-2 / xii + 244pp / £15.99 |
Without a doubt George Beasley-Murray was one of the greatest Baptists of the twentieth century. A long-standing Principal of Spurgeon's College, he wrote more than twenty books and made significant contributions in the study of areas as diverse as baptism and eschatology, as well as writing highly respected commentaries on the Book of Revelation and John's Gospel. Paul Beasley-Murray is Senior Minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford, UK |
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Edward W. Burrows 'To Me To Live Is Christ' 2005 / 1-84227-324-8 / xxii + 236pp / £11.99 |
This book is about a remarkably gifted and energetic man of God. Peter H. Barber was born into a Brethren family in Edinburgh in 1930. In his youth he joined Charlotte Baptist Chapel and followed the call into Baptist ministry. For eighteen years he was the pioneer minister of the new congregation in the New Town of East Kilbride, which planted two further congregations. At the age of thirty-nine he served as Centenary President of the Baptist Union of Scotland and then exercised an influential ministry for over seven years in the well-known Upton Vale Baptist Church, Torquay. From 1980 until his death in 1994 he was General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Scotland. Through his work for the European Baptist Federation and the Baptist World Alliance he became a world Baptist statesman. He was President of the EBF during the upheaval that followed the collapse of Communism. Edward W. Burrows has been Lecturer and Librarian at the Scottish Baptist College, Glasgow, UK |
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John E. Colwell Promise and Presence 2005 / 1-84227-414-7 / xiv + 284pp / £12.99 |
John Colwell presents a robust sacramental theology for Protestant churches. He maintains that a doctrine of the Trinity leads us to conceive of God's gracious engagement with his creation as one that is mediated through that creation. And this lies at the foundation for an understanding of the sacraments. Colwell further argues that the Church and Scripture confer context, definition, and validity on all other sacramental events. The final section reconsiders the seven sacraments of the Catholic tradition in the light of the understanding of sacramentality developed earlier in the book: baptism, confirmation, the Lord's Supper, cleansing, healing, ministry, and marriage. Colwell discusses the sacraments from an evangelical perspective but with a committed ecumenical intent. John E. Colwell is Tutor in Christian Doctrine and Ethics at Spurgeon's College, London, UK |
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Anthony R. Cross (ed.) Ecumenism and History (Studies in Christian History and Thought) |
This collection of essays examines the inter-relationships between the two fields in which Professor Briggs has contributed so much: history - particularly Baptist and Nonconformist - and the ecumenical movement. With contributions from colleagues and former research students from Britain, Europe and North America, Ecumenism and History provides wide-ranging studies in important aspects of Christian history, theology and ecumenical studies. Anthony R. Cross is a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, Oxford, UK |
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Keith E. Eitel Paradigm Wars (Regnum Studies in Mission) |
The International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention is the largest denominational mission agency in North America. This volume chronicles the historic and contemporary forces that led to the IMB's recent extensive reorganization, providing the most comprehensive case study to date of a historic mission agency restructuring to continue its mission purpose into the twenty-first century more effectively. Keith E. Eitel is Professor of Christian Missions at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA |
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Stephen R. Holmes Listening to the Past 2002 / 1-84227-155-5 / xiv + 168pp / £14.99 |
Beginning with the question 'Why can't we just read the Bible?' Stephen Holmes considers the place of tradition in theology, showing how the doctrine of creation leads to an account of historical location and creaturely limitations as essential aspects of our existence. For we cannot claim unmediated access to the Scriptures without acknowledging the place of tradition: theology is an irreducibly communal task. Listening to the Past is a sustained attempt to show what listening to tradition involves, and how it can be used to aid theological work today. Stephen Holmes is Lecturer in Theology, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK |
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Mark Hopkins Nonconformity's Romantic Generation (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought) |
A study of the theological development of key leaders of the Baptist and Congregational denominations at their period of greatest influence, including C.H. Spurgeon and R.W. Dale, and of the controversies in which those among them who embraced and rejected the liberal transformation of their evangelical heritage opposed each other. Mark Hopkins lectures at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria in Bukuru |
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Galen K. Johnson Prisoner of Conscience (Studies in Christian History and Thought) |
This is an interdisciplinary study of John Bunyan's understanding of conscience across his autobiographical, theological and fictional writings, investigating whether conscience always deserves fidelity, and how Bunyan's view of conscience affects his relationship both to modern Western individualism and historic Christianity. Galen K. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Theology, John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA |
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Stanley E. Porter and Anthony R. Cross (eds) Semper Reformandum |
Clark Pinnock has clearly been one of the most important evangelical theologians of the last forty years in North America. Always provocative, especially in the wide range of opinions he has held and considered, Pinnock, himself a Baptist, has recently retired after twenty-five years of teaching at McMaster Divinity College. His colleagues and associates honour him in this volume by responding to his important theological work which has dealt with the essential topics of evangelical theology. These include Christian apologetics, biblical inspiration, the Holy Spirit and, perhaps most importantly in recent years, openness theology. Stanley E. Porter is President and Dean,
and Professor of New Testament, McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton,
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Meic Pearse The Great Restoration |
Pearse charts the rise and progress of continental Anabaptism - both evangelical and heretical - through the sixteenth century. He then follows the story of those English people who became impatient with Puritanism and separated - first from the Church of England and then from one another - to form the antecedents of later Congregationalists, Baptists and Quakers. Meic Pearse is Assistant Professor of History, Houghton College, New York |
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Jim Purves The Triune God and the Charismatic Movement (Paternoster Theological Monographs) |
All emotion and no theology? Or a fundamental challenge to reappraise and realign our trinitarian theology in the light of Christian experience? This study of charismatic renewal as it found expression within Scotland at the end of the twentieth century evaluates the use of Patristic, Reformed and contemporary models (including those of the Baptist Union of Scotland) of the Trinity in explaining the workings of the Holy Spirit. Jim Purves is pastor of Bristo Baptist Church, Edinburgh, and serves on the Baptist Union of Scotland's national leadership team. |
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A Study in the Spirituality of English Evangelicalism 1918-1939 |
This book makes a detailed historical examination of evangelical
spirituality between the First and Second World Wars. It shows
how patterns of devotion led to tensions and divisions. In a
wide-ranging study, Anglican, Wesleyan, Reformed and Pentecostal-charismatic
spiritualities are analysed. Ian M. Randall is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Church History and Spirituality, Spurgeon's College, London, UK, and a Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Ian M. Randall Spirituality and Social Change (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought) |
This is a fresh appraisal of F.B. Meyer (1847-1929), a leading Free Church minister. Having been deeply affected by holiness spirituality, Meyer became the Keswick Convention's foremost international speaker. He combined spirituality with effective evangelism and socio-political activity. This study shows Meyer's significant contribution to spiritual renewal and social change. Ian M. Randall is Deputy Principal and Lecturer in Church History and Spirituality, Spurgeon's College, London, UK, and a Senior Research Fellow, International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic |
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Sorin Sabou Between Horror and Hope (Paternoster Biblical Monographs) |
This book argues that Paul's metaphorical language of death in Romans 6.1-11 conveys two aspects: horror and hope. The 'horror' aspect is conveyed by the 'crucifixion' language, and the 'hope' aspect by 'burial' language. The life of the Christian believer is understood, as relationship with sin is concerned ('death to sin'), between these two realities: horror and hope. Sorin Sabou is Lecturer at Bucharest Baptist Seminary and Senior Pastor of the Romanian Baptist Church, Brasov, Romania. |
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Ian Stackhouse The Gospel-Driven Church |
Charismatic Renewal has at the core of its ideology an aspiration for revival. This is a laudable aspiration, but in recent years, in the absence of large-scale evangelistic impact, such a vision has encouraged a faddist mentality among church leaders in this part of the body of Christ. The Gospel-Driven Church documents this development and the numerous theological and pastoral distortions that take place when genuine revival fervour transmutes into revivalism. Moreover, Ian Stackhouse aims to show how a retrieval of some of the core practices of the church, such as preaching, sacraments, the laying on of hands, and prayer are essential at this stage in the trajectory of the renewal movement. He commends to church leaders a recovery of these means of grace as a way of keeping the church centred on the gospel rather than mere pragmatic concerns about size and numbers. Ian Stackhouse is pastoral Leader of Guildford Baptist Church, UK |
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David M. Thompson Baptism, Church and Society in Modern Britain
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The theology and practice of baptism have not received the attention they deserve. How important is faith? What does baptismal regeneration mean? Is baptism a bond of unity between Christians? This book discusses the theology of baptism and popular belief and practice in England and Wales from the Evangelical Revival to the publication of the World Council of Churches' consensus statement on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (1982). David Thompson is Fellow and President of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and Reader in Modern Church History in the University of Cambridge |
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Nigel G. Wright
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This book is a timely restatement of a radical theology of church and state in the Anabaptist and Baptist tradition. Dr Wright constructs his argument in dialogue and debate with Yoder and Moltmann, major contributors to a free church perspective. Nigel G. Wright is Principal of Spurgeon's College, London, UK |
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Nigel G. Wright New Baptists, New Agenda |
New Baptists, New Agenda is a timely contribution to the growing debate about the health, shape and future of the Baptists. It considers the steady changes that have taken place among Baptists in the last decade - changes of mood, style, practice and structure - and encourages us to align these current movements and questions with God's upward and future call. He contends that the true church has yet to come: the church that currently exists is an anticipation of the joyful gathering of all who have been called by the Spirit through Christ to the Father. Nigel G. Wright is Principal of Spurgeon's College, London, UK |
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Nigel G. Wright
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Free Church, Free State is a textbook on baptist ways of being church and a proposal for the future of baptist churches in an ecumenical context. Nigel Wright argues that both baptist (small 'b') and catholic (small 'c') church traditions should seek to enrich and support each other as valid expressions of the body of Christ without sacrificing what they hold dear. Written for pastors, church planters, evangelists and preachers, Nigel Wright offers frameworks of thought for baptists and non-baptists in their journey together following Christ. Nigel G. Wright is Principal of Spurgeon's College, London, UK |
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