T. Laine Scales, Joăo B. Chaves

Baptists and the Kingdom of God

Global Perspectives
Herausgeber: Chaves, Joao B.; Scales, T. Laine

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. The book illuminates views of Baptists wrestling with ideas surrounding the kingdom concept.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Baylor University Press
• Seitenzahl: 365
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 237mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 688g
• ISBN-13: 9781481319652
• ISBN-10: 1481319655
• Artikelnr.: 70052502

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

* 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