Baptists in America

Leonard, Bill.

Baptists in America [electronic resource] / Bill J. Leonard. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2005. - 1 online resource (x, 316 p.) : ill. - Columbia contemporary American religion series . - Columbia contemporary American religion series. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-286) and index.

Baptist beginnings -- Baptists in the Twentieth Century -- Baptist beliefs and practices -- Baptist 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."

0231501714 (electronic bk.) 9780231501712 (electronic bk.)


Baptists--History.--United States
RELIGION--Christianity--Baptist.


United States--Church history.


Electronic books.

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