Coming Soon Bebbington’s history of Baptist life and thought

Baptists through the Centuries: A History of a Global People (Baylor, July 2010)

A clearly written introduction to the history and theology of this international people, Baptists through the Centuries provides a chronological survey of the main developments in Baptist life and thought from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. As Baptists spread globally beyond their British and American origins, Bebbington persuasively demonstrates how they constantly adapted to the cultures and societies in which they lived, generating even more diversity within an already multifaceted identity. In the course of telling the story of Baptists, Bebbington also examines the challenging social, political, and intellectual issues in Baptist history—attitudes on race, women’s roles in the church, religious liberty, foreign missions, and denominational identity—and situates each one within a broader context.

1. Introduction
2. Roots in the Reformation
3. Anabaptists and Baptists
4. Particular and General Baptists in the Seventeenth Century
5. Baptists and Revival in the Eighteenth Century
6. Divisions among Baptists in the Nineteenth Century
7. Theological Polarization among Baptists
8. Baptists and the Social Gospel
9. Gospel and Race among Baptists
10. Women in Baptist Life
11. Church, Ministry and Sacraments among Baptists
12. Baptists and Religious Liberty
13. Baptists and Foreign Mission
14. The Global Spread of the Baptists
15. Baptist Identity
16. Conclusion

“Conversations about Baptist identity too often generate more heat than light. This book is a happy exception, telling the Baptist story with great insight and clarity.”

—Curtis W. Freeman, Research Professor of Theology and Baptist Studies, Duke University Divinity School

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