The Oxford Handbook of Baptist Studies

Paul S. Fiddes, the lead-editor, is Professor of Systematic Theology in the University of Oxford, as well as Emeritus Principal and Senior Research Fellow of Regent's Park College, Oxford. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy. A minister ordained in the Baptist Union of Great Britain, he is also an Emeritus Honorary Canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.David Bebbington, co-editor, is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Stirling. Earlier he was a research fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and then taught at the University of Stirling from 1976 to 2019. He has also served several times as Visiting Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, Texas. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.Elizabeth H. Flowers, co-editor, is Professor of American Religious History in the Department of Religion at Baylor University, Texas. She was earlier a professor on the faculty of Texas Christian University. She now also serves as Director of the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church State Studies at Baylor and is Co-director of the study programme 'Baylor in Oxford'.Steven R. Harmon, co-editor, is Professor of Historical Theology at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA. He previously served on the faculties of Campbell University Divinity School in Buies Creek, North Carolina, USA and Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He is an ordained minister affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

• CHAPTER 1: Paul S. Fiddes: Introduction: Baptist Studies at Present PART I. History CHAPTER 2: Ruth Gouldbourne: Anabaptists, Separatists, and Baptists CHAPTER 3: Karen E. Smith: Baptists in the Seventeenth Century in Britain and North America CHAPTER 4: Michael A. G. Haykin: Baptists in the Eighteenth Century in Britain and North America CHAPTER 5: John H. Y. Briggs: Baptists in the British Isles in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries CHAPTER 6: Robert E. Johnson: American and Canadian Baptists in North America from 1800 CHAPTER 7: Adam L. Bond: Black Baptists in North America CHAPTER 8: Grace Vargas: Baptists in the Caribbean CHAPTER 9: Keith Harper: Southern Baptists in North America CHAPTER 10: Lina Toth: Baptists in Continental Europe CHAPTER 11: João B. Chaves: Baptists in Latin America CHAPTER 12: Atola Longkumer and Ken Manley: Baptists in Asia and Oceania CHAPTER 13: Matthews A. Ojo: Baptists in Africa PART II . Practices CHAPTER 14: Christopher Ellis: Worship CHAPTER 15: Ian Randall: Spirituality CHAPTER 16: Jerusha Matsen Neal: Preaching CHAPTER 17: Anthony A. Peck: Baptism CHAPTER 18: Emily Snyder Andrews: The Lord's Supper CHAPTER 19: Timothy George: Confessing the Faith CHAPTER 20: Paul A. Richardson: Singing the Faith CHAPTER 21: Beth Allison Barr and Katherine Goodwin Lindgren: Ministry CHAPTER 22: Bill J. Leonard: Politics CHAPTER 23: Andrew Gardner: Advocacy CHAPTER 24: Laura Rodgers Levens: Foreign Mission CHAPTER 25: Paul S. Fiddes and John D. Weaver: The Arts and Sciences CHAPTER 26: Melody Maxwell: Global Fellowship PART III. THEOLOGY CHAPTER 27: Paul S. Fiddes: The Trinity and Christology CHAPTER 28: Curtis W. Freeman: Scripture and Authority CHAPTER 29: Elizabeth Newman and Mikeal C. Parsons: Theological Scholarship CHAPTER 30: Nancy Elizabeth Bedford: Salvation CHAPTER 31: David S. Dockery: Eschatology CHAPTER 32: Paul S. Fiddes: Ecclesiology CHAPTER 33: Paul Weller: Church, State, and the Freedom of Religion or Belief PART IV. Issues CHAPTER 34: Elizabeth H. Flowers: Women in the Church CHAPTER 35: James P. Byrd: Revival and Revivalism CHAPTER 36: Nathan A. Finn: Landmarkism CHAPTER 37: Carol Crawford Holcomb: Social Gospel CHAPTER 38: William Vance Trollinger Jr.: Fundamentalism CHAPTER 39: Steven R. Harmon: Ecumenical Relationships CHAPTER 40: C. Douglas Weaver: Charismatic and Pentecostal Relationships CHAPTER 41: Raimundo César Barreto: Interreligious Relationships CHAPTER 42: Helen Paynter: War and Peace CHAPTER 43: Paul Harvey: Baptists and Race CHAPTER 44: Mandy E. McMichael: Gender, Sexuality, and Family Values CHAPTER 45: Elizabeth H. Flowers and Steven R. Harmon: Conclusion: Future Directions in Baptist Studies

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