Baptists through the centuries : a history of a global people /
David W. Bebbington.
- Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2010.
- xii, 315 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-303) and index.
Roots in the Reformation -- Anabaptists and Baptists -- Particular and General Baptists in the seventeenth century -- Baptists and revival in the eighteenth century -- Divisions among Baptists in the nineteenth century -- Theological polarization among Baptists -- Baptists and the social gospel -- Gospel and race among Baptists -- Women in Baptist life -- Church, ministry, and sacraments among Baptists -- Baptists and religious liberty -- Baptists and foreign mission -- The global spread of the Baptists -- Baptist identity.
Baptists through the Centuries provides a chronological survey of the main developments in Baptist life and thought from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. --from publisher description