Baptists in America
Bill J. Leonard
Paper, 336 pages, 15 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12703-5
$27.00
/ £18.50
June, 2005
Cloth, 336 pages, 15 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12702-8
$48.50
/ £33.50
Introduction
Baptists Beginnings
Baptists in the Twentieth Century
Baptists' Beliefs and Practices
Baptists' Groups: Denominations, Subdenominations, and Churches
Bible, Ordinances, and Polity: Debates and Divisions Among Baptists
Baptists and Religious Liberty: Citizenship and Freedom
Ethnicity and Race in Baptist Churches
Women in Baptist Life
Baptists and American Culture: "In the World But Not of It"
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About the Author
Bill J. Leonard is dean and professor of church history at Wake Forest University Divinity School. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including God's Last and Only Hope: The Fragmentation of the Southern Baptist Convention, Christianity in Appalachia: Profiles in Regional Pluralism, and Baptist Ways: A History. His work is often cited in the media, and he appears frequently on NPR and other radio and television stations. In 2007, he was awarded the W. O. Carver Distinguished Service Award from the Baptist History and Heritage Society.Bill J. Leonard is dean and professor of church history at Wake Forest University Divinity School. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including God's Last and Only Hope: The Fragmentation of the Southern Baptist Convention, Christianity in Appalachia: Profiles in Regional Pluralism, and Baptist Ways: A History. His work is often cited in the media, and he appears frequently on NPR and other radio and television stations. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Bill J. Leonard is dean and professor of church history at Wake Forest University Divinity School. He is the author or editor of fourteen books, including God's Last and Only Hope: The Fragmentation of the Southern Baptist Convention, Christianity in Appalachia: Profiles in Regional Pluralism, and Baptist Ways: A History. His work is often cited in the media, and he appears frequently on NPR and other radio and television stations. He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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