Baptists and Revivals (James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881466832 ISBN 13: 9780881466836

Verlag: MERCER UNIV PR, 2018

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Revivals are an integral part of Baptist life. Just as Baptists share key convictions regarding believer's baptism, congregational governance, and religious freedom, they have also widely adopted common practices. Revivals have contributed immensely to the vitality and growth of Baptists worldwide. This volume is a contribution to the theme of Baptist revivals. It explores the central role played by revivalism for Baptist life in the U.S. and Canada, Britain and Continental Europe, and the Majority world. For 250 years, beginning with the Great Awakening in the mid-eighteenth century, and in almost every place they have established churches, Baptists have embraced the practice of revivalism. The book offers twenty-five studies of Baptists and their revivals. The authors describe individual revivals and evaluate related issues of gender, race, emotion, and charisma. The chapters push well beyond textbook summaries, which usually notice the Great Awakening and the Second Great Awakening but often do not find space to include other revivals such as the Laymen's Revival (1857), the Welsh Revival (1904-05), and revivals associated with World War I and World War II. All of these revivals influenced the Baptist story, and all of them are addressed in these pages. Focusing on Baptists at the local grassroots level, many of these studies analyze in some depth seasons of revival followed by seasons of arid spirituality. The authors explore the dynamics of these movements, searching for possible explanations for this religious phenomenon.

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William L. Pitts, Jr. is emeritus professor of Religion at Baylor University where he taught the History of Christianity. He has served as director of Graduate Studies for the department of Religion, as executive secretary of the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, and as president of the Baptist History and Heritage Society. Pitts edited the journal Baptist History and Heritage and was founding editor of the journal Texas Baptist History.

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• Verlag: MERCER UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0881466832
• ISBN 13: 9780881466836
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 431
• Herausgeber: Pitts Jr William L.
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