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Baptist Political Theology.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kidd, Thomas S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political theology.
- Christianity and politics--Baptists.
- Christianity and politics.
- Baptists--History.
- Baptists.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (755 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : B&H Publishing Group, 2023.
- Summary:
- Early Baptist leaders thought deeply about politics and church-state relations, and Baptists today continue to wield a vital influence in the public square. Baptist Political Theology surveys the historical development, core principles, enduring commitments, and contributions to current issues made by Baptists in politics.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part One. The Reformation and early development of Baptist political theology / Dustin Bruce
- British Baptist origins : from Thomas Helwys to Andrew Fuller / Michael A.G. Haykin
- Roger Williams / James Calvin Davis
- The Baptists and John Locke / Malcolm Yarnell
- Baptists and the American Revolution / Kristina Benham, Thomas S. Kidd
- John Leland / Casey Hough
- Isaac Backus / Brandon J. O'Brien
- Baptist theology and politics in the early nineteenth century / Tom J. Nettles
- "They that wait" : Baptists, slavery, and segregation / Eric M. Washington
- Baptists and the Civil War / Gregory A. Wills
- Progressive Baptists : the activist faith of Walter Rauschenbusch, Henlee Barnette, and James Dunn / Aaron Douglas Weaver
- The African American Baptist tradition / Kenneth Reid
- The political theology of Martin Luther King Jr. / Daniel Lee Hill
- Carl F.H. Henry / Jason G. Duesing, Jesse M. Payne
- Contemporary Baptist political theology : Billy Graham, Charles Colson, Richard Land, Albert Mohler, Russell Moore, and Jonathan Leeman / Cory D. Higdon
- The Christian Right : from Reagan to Trump / Nathan A. Finn
- Baptist witness in a post-Christian culture / Karen Swallow Prior
- Part Two. Baptists in Babylon : on the role of politics in modern Baptist life / Jonathan Leeman
- The natural law tradition and Baptist public ethics / Andrew T. Walker
- Baptists and the contemporary challenge to religious liberty / R. Albert Mohler Jr.
- Baptist perspectives on bioethics and human dignity / C. Ben Mitchell
- Sexuality and gender in Baptist perspective / J. Alan Branch
- Stewardship and environmentalism / Andrew Spencer
- The necessity of humility in determining the connection between political economy and neighbor love : reflections on Baptist political economy / Hunter Baker
- Just war and Baptist political theology / Paul D. Miller
- Baptists and American evangelical identity / Barry Hankins
- Conclusion: The weaknesses and future of Baptist political theology / Andrew T. Walker, Paul D. Miller.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kidd, Thomas S. Baptist Political Theology
- ISBN:
- 9781087736143
- 1087736145
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