Mathis The Making of the Primitive Baptists

A Cultural and Intellectual History of the Anti-Mission Movement, 1800-1840
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-135-93389-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 198 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

This study describes the creation of the Primitive Baptist movement and discusses the main outlines of their thought. It also weaves the story of the Primitive Baptists with other developments in American Christianity in the Early Republic.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mathis, James R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Baptisten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. The Primitivist Dimension in Western Christianity
3. The Historical Background of the Primitive Baptists
4. "The Empire of Jesus is Rising": The Missionary Spirit of American Baptists
5. Scriptural Argument of the Primitive Baptists Against Missions
6. "These Men Grasp All They Can!": The Anti-Secular Argument of the Primitive Baptists
7. The Remnant Church in Primitive Baptist Ecclesiology
8. The Spiritual Narratives of the Primitive Baptists
9. Conclusion