Langbeschreibung
Rhode Island can legitimately claim to be the home of Baptists in America. The first three varieties of Baptists in the New World-General Six Principle, Particular, and Seventh Day-made their debut in this small colony. And it was in Rhode Island that the General Six Principle Baptists formed the first Baptist association; the Seventh Day Baptists organized the first national denomination of Baptists; the Regular Baptists founded the first Baptist college, Brown University; and the Warren Baptist Association led the fight for religious liberty in New England.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
IntroductionPart One: Awakenings1. Baptist Beginnings2. Sixes & Sevens and Musical Discord3. The Rise of the Regular Baptists4. Calvinism ChallengedPart Two: Transformations5. The Freewill Baptists6. Contested Ground7. Missions and Sunday Schools8. Trials and TribulationsPart Three: Divisions9. Freemasons and Dorrites10. Slavery, Race, and Antislavery11. Rum, Romanism, and Americanization12. Brown University and the Baptists13. Wars of ReligionPart Four: Remakings14. Revivals and Revivalists15. The Daughters of Eve and the Better Half16. Tides of Change17. The Changing Mainline