Description
Book SynopsisThe essays in
Baptists and the Kingdom of God, written by scholars from several countries and disciplinary perspectives, approach the question of the kingdom under four major themes: ecclesial, eschatological, social, and providential. The book illuminates views of Baptists wrestling with ideas surrounding the kingdom concept.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Baptists and the Kingdom of God
- David Bebbington
- Part One: The Kingdom of God and Ecclesiastical Interpretations
- Introductory Comments
- Paul S. Fiddes
- 1. Collective Virtue and Baptist Ecclesiology
- Meghan Byerly
- 2. What Does Leadership Look Like in the Kingdom of God?: "Serviceable Leadership" in Rauschenbusch's The Social Principles of Jesus (1916)
- Michael Whiting
- 3. "For the Extension of Christ's Kingdom": Australian Baptist Missionary Women in East Bengal, 1901 to 1945
- Rebecca Anne Hilton
- Part Two: The Kingdom of God and Eschatological Interpretations
- Introductory Comments
- Jeanette Mathews
- 4. Baptist Legacies in Latin America: Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, and Changing Views of God's Kingdom across Borders
- Ivan Dias da Silva
- 5. Contingency, Joy, and the Kingdom of God: Theological Reflections on the Relationship between Divine and Human Joy
- Aidan Luke
- 6. Millennial Eden?: Baptist Postmillennialism and the Shaping of the Australian Dream
- Nicole Starling
- Part Three: The Kingdom of God and Social Interpretations
- Introductory Comments
- Terry G. Carter
- 7. The Kingdom of God: A Dangerously Powerful Challenge to Oppression
- Stephanie Peek
- 8. Slavery, Justice, and the Kingdom of God: Mapping Baptist Hermeneutics in the Atlantic World
- Ryan J. Butler
- 9. "Scotching Some Myths": Apartheid, Baptist Distinctives, and the Search for Social Concern
- Myra Ann Houser
- 10. "Wonderfully Ecumenical"?: The SBC Christian Life Commission, the Mainline, and 1960s Social Concern
- Skylar Ray
- Part Four: The Kingdom of God and Providential Interpretations
- Introductory Comments
- Roger Ward
- 11. Kingdom-Shaped Apologetics: Making Apologetics Accessible to All
- Seidel Abel Boanerges
- 12. Baptist Perspectives on Freedom and the Kingdom of God
- Joshua T. Searle
- Afterword
- Seeking the Kingdom of God: With Mind and Heart
- Karen Smith
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors
