Baptists in America

Bill J. Leonard

Paper, 336 pages, 15 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12703-5
$27.00 / £16.00

June, 2005
Cloth, 336 pages, 15 illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-12702-8
$48.50 / £28.50

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"

Related Subjects

• American History
• Christianity
• Reference
• Religion

Series

• Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series

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.

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