Baptism and the Baptists
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Baptism and the Baptists by Anthony R Cross
Since its first publication in 2000, Baptism and the Baptists has become the definitive work on the subject. It examines the theology and practice of believers' baptism among twentieth-century Baptists associated with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and identifies the major influences which have led to its development. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, the majority of Baptists concentrated predominantly on the mode and subjects of baptism (immersion and believers), understanding the rite merely as an ordinance--the believer's personal profession of faith in Christ. However, in continuity with a tradition of Baptists going back as far as the first Baptists in the second and third decades of the seventeenth century, there were also a significant number of ministers and scholars who saw the inadequacy of this view of baptism both biblically and theologically. This sacramental view developed and grew throughout the twentieth century, and influenced a resurgence of baptismal sacramentalism in the early twenty-first century among Baptists not just in Britain, but also in North America, Europe, and further afield.
Cross, Anthony R.: - Anthony R. Cross has lectured in church history and theology at the University of Surrey, Roehampton, London, and is now a Fellow of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, Oxford. He is also a Consultant Editor for the Paternoster Press. Philip E. Thompson is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Heritage, North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. He is married to Marcia and has three sons, Nathanael, Andrew and Matthew.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780853649595 |
| ISBN 10 | 0853649596 |
| Title | Baptism and the Baptists |
| Author | Anthony R Cross |
| Series | Paternoster Biblical And Theological Monographs |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Authentic Media |
| Year published | 2000-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 530 |
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