Baptists in America : a history / Thomas S. Kidd, Barry Hankins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kidd, Thomas S., author.

Hankins, Barry, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baptists--United States--History.

Baptists.

United States--Church history.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Puritans called Baptists ""the troublers of churches in all places"" and hounded them out of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Four hundred years later, Baptists are the second-largest religious group in America, and their influence matches their numbers. They have built strong institutions, from megachurches to publishing houses to charities to mission organizations, and have firmly established themselves in the mainstream of American culture. Yet the historical legacy of outsider status lingers, and the inherently fractured nature of their faith makes Baptists ever wary of threats from within as

Contents:

Cover; Baptists in America; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Colonial Outlaws; 2 The Great Awakening; 3 Baptists and the American Revolution; 4 Baptists and Disestablishment; 5 Baptists and the Great Revival; 6 Baptists and Slavery; 7 Slavery, Schism, and War; 8 Black Baptists in Babylon; 9 White Baptists and the American Mainstream; 10 Baptist Schism in the Early Twentieth Century; 11 Insiders and Outsiders at Mid-Twentieth Century; 12 Baptists and the Civil Rights Movement; 13 Schism in Zion: The Southern Baptist Controversy; 14 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-997755-0

0-19-997754-2

OCLC:

905902852