Twentieth-Century Shapers of Baptist Social Ethics

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-88146-100-8
Verlag: Mercer University Press

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 689 g

Reihe: Baptist Series

This title deals with Baptist ethicists who changed our ways of living. ""Twentieth-Century Shapers of Baptist Social Ethics"" provides an overview of the major historical framework within which Baptists emerged with significant contributions to Christian social thought and action in the twentieth century. Baptists have few original towering theologians in the tradition of Augustine, Acquinas, Luther, Calvin, Kierkegaard, Edwards, Brunner, Barth, Kung, Pannenberg or a host of non-Baptist contemporary thinkers. As an activist people, Baptists can lay claim to an impressive array of teachers, writers, and activists who have shaped a century of thought and action within both the Church and the larger social arena, including two recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. This book provides a summary of the life, principal ideas, writings, and most significant contributions of nineteen Baptists since 1900. They interpret the connections between the various persons, institutions, and streams of thought that flow through the narratives of a biographical ethic. Many contemporary students and church lay leaders are unaware of the meaningful contributions of the persons described in these descriptions. A concluding essay identifies key issues and potential trends for Baptists as the post-modern era of the twenty-first century develops.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McSwain, Larry L.

Allen, W. Loyd

Über Autor(innen)

LARRY L. MCSWAIN is professor of Ethics and Leadership and holds the Watkins Christian Foundation Chair of Christian Ministry at Mercer University's McAfee School of Theology. He has served as an educator and administrator at the seminary and college level, including service as president of Shorter College. W. LOYD ALLEN is professor of Church History and Spiritual Formation and holds the Sylvan Hills Church Chair of Baptist History at McAfee School of Theology. He has written and taught in the area of spiritual formation with special interest in the intersection of spirituality and justice issues. He has been executive director of the W. H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society for over a decade.