The Bible in the Baptist tradition / C. Douglas Weaver, Mikeal C. Parsons.
| Author/creator | Weaver, C. Douglas author. |
| Other author | Parsons, Mikeal C. (Mikeal Carl), 1957- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025] |
| Description | viii, 169 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The Bible in religious traditions series |
| Contents | Who are the Baptists? Restoring the New Testament church -- Baptists, confessions, and the Bible -- Baptists and modern biblical criticism -- Baptists, the Bible, race, and gender -- Baptist interpretations of Acts 2: the Pentecost narrative and Peter's speech. |
| Abstract | "The Bible and Baptist Tradition(s) surveys the ways in which Baptists have engaged with the Bible as a source of authority. That engagement has sometimes taken the form of "proof-texting" the Bible to support beliefs that Baptists "know" to be true; at times, the engagement is a struggle to come to terms with the "plain meaning" of Scripture that challenges those well-worn assumptions of Truth. The first chapter explores the question: what defines Baptist identity? Freedom of conscience, believer's baptism and believer's church, soul competency and local church independence, assertions of the sole authority of the Bible rather than adherence to creeds, and the interplay of personal/communal experience, the Bible, and the Spirit have been around for over 400 years in the Baptist story. Wherever the experience of freedom is central to identity, diversity of expression is sure to follow. This book traces the role the Bible has played in the formation of Baptist creeds and confessions (chapter 2), the struggle to come to terms with the challenges of higher criticism in biblical studies (chapter 3), and the impact of the Bible on issues of gender, race, and sexuality (chapter 4). The book's final major chapter looks at specific Baptist interpretations of a particularly important passage, Acts 2 and the account of Pentecost and Peter's sermon. Throughout their history, Baptists have grappled with the lively dynamic of personal and communal experience and biblical authority. These are their stories"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-163) and index. |
| LCCN | 2025036765 |
| ISBN | 9780190066918 |
| ISBN | 9780190066901 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0190066903 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0190066911 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
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