The Challenge of Being Baptist
Owning a Scandalous Past and an Uncertain Future
- 162 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
The largest Protestant denomination in the United States is in the midst of a serious identity crisis; many Baptists are revisiting or turning away from the tradition, leaving others to become increasingly uncertain that the denomination can remain viable. Here, however, noted Baptist historian Bill Leonard wades through the murky waters of the Baptist past and explores the historic commitments of this unique peopleâall in an effort to shed light on its contemporary dilemmas and evaluate the prospects for a Baptist future. While encouraging members of the faith to thoroughly and fairly evaluate their heritageâand its many blunders along the wayâLeonard ultimately argues that the Baptists' contentious "audacious witness" shown throughout its history still has a worthy role to play in the twenty-first century.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- Contents
- Preface: Whatâs in a Name?
- 1. Being Baptist: Scandalous Past, Uncertain Future
- 2. Historical Consciousness among Baptists: Owning and Disowning a Tradition
- 3. Baptist Polity: A Peopleâs Church
- 4. Biblicist but Not Bible?
- 5. Once Saved, Almost Saved
- 6. A Congregational Sacramentalism
- 7. Toward a Baptist Future
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Indices