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Baptists and the Kingdom of God

Name: Baptists and the Kingdom of God
Author: T. Laine Scales
ISBN: 9781481319652

Global Perspectives

Edited by T. Laine Scales and João B. Chaves

Published by: Baylor University Press

Imprint: Baylor University Press

Essays exploring various case studies, indigenous responses, and theological perspectives from the past two centuries of Baptist missionary endeavors around the globe.

Sales Date: Friday, 15th Sep 2023

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Throughout the history of Christianity, the concept of the "kingdom of God" has been constructed and understood in a multiplicity of ways. From direct identifications of the kingdom with the church to purely eschatological notions to competing revolution-inspiring views of God’s reign, differing understandings of the kingdom engendered a rich variety of ideological frameworks, social arrangements, and historical actions.

The Baptist faith, with substantial worldwide numerical, cultural, social, and political power, has been the site of a number of approaches to the idea of the kingdom that informed its trajectory. Issues that transcended Baptist circles, such as slavery, foreign missions, and social activism, have significant connections to Baptist notions of God’s will and work in the world. The 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. Considered as a whole, the volume illuminates historic and contemporary views of Baptists wrestling with ideas surrounding the kingdom concept, providing a unique resource for students and scholars of Baptist heritage and thought.

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 HiltonPart Two: The Kingdom of God and Eschatological InterpretationsIntroductory 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 InterpretationsIntroductory 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 InterpretationsIntroductory 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

AfterwordSeeking the Kingdom of God: With Mind and Heart Karen SmithAbout the ContributorsAbout the Editors

T. Laine Scales is Professor of Social Work and advisor for part-time instructors at Baylor University.

João B. Chaves is Assistant Professor of the History of Religion in the Américas at Baylor University. He is also the author of Migrational Religion: Context and Creativity in the Latinx Diaspora.

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