Description
Baptist Roots provides an in-depth examination of Baptist theology rather than social history. The authors of these essays provide insight into the contemporary problems of Christian existence and of Baptist identity. Baptist Roots gives voice to significant but socially marginalized thinkers as well as acknowledged theologians like Roger Williams and Charles Spurgeon. This accessible volume will be appreciated by concerned Baptist pastors and church leaders as well as by students interested in the history and theology of the Baptist movement and of Christianity in general.
Author Bio
James William McClendon, Jr. (1924-2000) was a Christian theologian in the Anabaptist tradition. He was, at the time of his death, Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
Curtis W. Freeman is Research Professor of Theology and Director of the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School. He is an ordained Baptist minister and serves as editor of the American Baptist Quarterly and serves on the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Doctrine and Christian Unity.
C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell is Brazilian. She has a PhD in biblical theology from Duke University and lives in Londrina, Brazil. She serves as New Testament editor for the Latin American Bible Commentary, participates in the Lausanne Theology Working Group, is married, and has three children.