Baptists and the Kingdom of God : global perspectives /
"Throughout the history of Christianity, the concept of the 'kingdom of God' has been constructed and understood in a multiplicity of ways. The Baptist faith, with substantial worldwide numerical, cultural, social, and political power, has been the site of a number of approaches to th...
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Waco, Texas :
Baylor University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Baptists and the Kingdom of God / David Bebbington
- I. The Kingdom of God and Ecclesiastical Interpretations : Introductory comments / Paul S. Fiddes. Collective Virtue and Baptist Ecclesiology / Meghan Byerly ; What Does Leadership Look Like in the Kingdom of God? : "Serviceable Leadership" in Rauschenbusch's The Social Principles of Jesus (1916) / Michael S. Whiting ; "For the Extension of Christ's Kingdom" : Australian Baptist Missionary Women in East Bengal, 1901 to 1945 / Rebecca Anne Hilton
- II. The Kingdom of God and Eschatological Interpretations : Introductory comments / Jeanette Mathews. Baptist Legacies in Latin America : Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, and Changing Views of God's Kingdom Across Borders / Ivan Dias da Silva ; Contingency, Joy, and the Kingdom of God : Theological Reflections on the Relationship between Divine and Human Joy / Aidan Luke ; Millennial Eden? : Baptist Postmillennialism and the Shaping of the Australian Dream / Nicole Starling
- III. The Kingdom of God and Social Interpretations : Introductory comments / Terry G. Carter. The Kingdom of God : A Dangerously Powerful Challenge to Oppression / Stephanie Peek ; Slavery, Justice, and the Kingdom of God : Mapping Baptist Hermeneutics in the Atlantic World / Ryan J. Butler ; "Scotching Some Myths" : Apartheid, Baptist Distinctives, and the Search for Social Concern / Myra Ann Houser ; "Wonderfully Ecumenical"? : The SBC Christian Life Commission, the Mainline, and 1960s Social Concern / Skylar Ray
- IV. The Kingdom of God and Providential Interpretations : Introductory comments / Roger Ward ; Kingdom-Shaped Apologetics : Making Apologetics Accessible to All / Seidel Abel Boanerges ; Baptist Perspectives on Freedom and the Kingdom of God / Joshua T. Searle
- Afterword : Seeking the Kingdom of God: With Mind and Heart / Karen E. Smith.
