The Challenge of Being Baptist

Name: The Challenge of Being Baptist
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Owning a Scandalous Past and an Uncertain Future

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By Bill J. Leonard
Imprint: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 213 x 137 mm
Weight: 260 g
Pages: 162

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The largest Protestant denomination in the United States is in the midst of a serious identity crisis; many Baptists are revisiting or turning away from the tradition, leaving others to become increasingly uncertain that the denomination can remain viable. Here, however, noted Baptist historian Bill Leonard wades through the murky waters of the Baptist past and explores the historic commitments of this unique people - all in an effort to shed light on its contemporary dilemmas and evaluate the prospects for a Baptist future. While encouraging members of the faith to thoroughly and fairly evaluate their heritage - and its many blunders along the way - Leonard ultimately argues that the Baptists' contentious ""audacious witness"" shown throughout its history still has a worthy role to play in the twenty-first century.

Bill J. Leonard is Dean of the School of Divinity and Professor of Church History, Wake Forest University. A prolific writer, his most recent books include Baptist Questions, Baptist Answers: Exploring Christian Faith (2008), Baptists in America (2007), and Baptist Ways: A History (2003). He lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Preface: What's in a Name? 1 Being Baptist: Scandalous Past, Uncertain Future 2 Historical Consciousness among Baptists: Owning and Disowning a Tradition 3 Baptist Polity: A Peoples' Church 4 Biblicist but Not Bible? Revisiting Baptist Hermeneutics 5 Once Saved, Almost Saved: Revisiting Baptists and Conversion 6 A Congregational Sacramentalism: Revisiting Baptist Ecclesiology 7 Toward a Baptist Future: The Challenge Ahead

...A 'warts and all' approach, unafraid of confronting the divisiveness of much Baptist history over matters both of grave importance and of apparent trivial nature... Leonard's deployment of language is well-focused and rich in meaning. -- John Briggs, President of the Baptist Hictorical Society -- Baptist Quarterly

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