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First Freedom: The Baptist Perspective on Religious Liberty
First Freedom is an important gathering of messages from a recent conference on religious liberty held at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Editor Jason B. Duesing explains:
"The purpose of this collection is, first, to provide an introductory look into the biblical and historical foundations of religious liberty combined with several instances of contemporary expression and defense for the purpose of instruction, edification, and encouragement to all who take the time to read this volume. Second, however, we wish to remind Baptists in the twenty-first century of the price that was paid by their forefathers for the establishment and defense of religious liberty. To be sure, there were people of various religious and denominational preferences that providence used to implement the religious freedoms now enjoyed by all, but for Baptists to overlook the contribution of their own would be a travesty."
"The purpose of this collection is, first, to provide an introductory look into the biblical and historical foundations of religious liberty combined with several instances of contemporary expression and defense for the purpose of instruction, edification, and encouragement to all who take the time to read this volume. Second, however, we wish to remind Baptists in the twenty-first century of the price that was paid by their forefathers for the establishment and defense of religious liberty. To be sure, there were people of various religious and denominational preferences that providence used to implement the religious freedoms now enjoyed by all, but for Baptists to overlook the contribution of their own would be a travesty."
208 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2007
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Thomas^White: GR author, Applied Ethics
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Thomas 3^ White: History
Thomas 4^ White: (d1672) was a Presbyterian divine and Reformed preacher of the Gospel
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Thomas 6^ White: How-To, DIY books
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June 27, 2013
Religious liberty is the front-burner issue that Christians need to be thinking about today, even more than marriage issues. For too long we have assumed it would always be here, and too few of us really understand what it means. It has become clear that we cannot assume it will always be here, and so we need to know what it is so we can speak wisely about it. Enter this book.
This collection of chapters provides a varied yet unified look at both the meaning and history of religious liberty (did you know there was a state-established church in two states in the US well into the 1800s?!) with special emphasis on the role that Baptists and Anabaptists played in its the development and establishment.
We all need to brush up on our understanding of religious liberty, and this is a good place to start.
This collection of chapters provides a varied yet unified look at both the meaning and history of religious liberty (did you know there was a state-established church in two states in the US well into the 1800s?!) with special emphasis on the role that Baptists and Anabaptists played in its the development and establishment.
We all need to brush up on our understanding of religious liberty, and this is a good place to start.
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