Oliver Hart was one of the most influential leaders in the transformation of Baptists from a small, scattered sect to a unified and powerful denomination in colonial America. More than a biography, Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America seamlessly intertwines Hart's story with that of eighteenth-century American Baptists, providing one of the most thorough accounts to date of this important yet understudied religious group's development.
Oliver Hart was one of the most influential leaders in the transformation of Baptists from a small, scattered sect to a unified and powerful denomination in colonial America. More than a biography, Oliver Hart and the Rise of Baptist America seamlessly intertwines Hart's story with that of eighteenth-century American Baptists, providing one of the most thorough accounts to date of this important yet understudied religious group's development.
Eric C. Smith is Senior Pastor of Sharon Baptist Church in Savannah, Tennessee, and Associate Professor of Church History at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is also the author of John Leland: A Jeffersonian Baptist in Early America (OUP, 2022).
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * 1. "The humble Baptists": Oliver Hart's Baptist Community * 2. "The power of religion greatly displayed": Baptists and the Great Awakening * 3. "All things are become new": Moving to the South * 4. "Bringing many souls home to Jesus Christ": Moderate Revivalism in Charleston * 5. "A regular Confederation": Laying the Foundations of the Baptist South * 6. "Every day brings fresh wonders!": The 1754 Charleston Revival * 7. "Seals of my ministry": Training the Next Generation * 8. "Promoting so laudable a Design": Baptist Development in the 1760s * 9. "Comforts and mercies, losses and crosses": A Transitional Season * 10. "The rising glory of this continent": The American Revolution * 11. "Directed in the path of duty": Staying the Course * 12. "The Baptist Interest": A Respectable Denomination in a New Nation * 13. "All the Baptists on the Continent": A Dream Briefly Realized
* Introduction * 1. "The humble Baptists": Oliver Hart's Baptist Community * 2. "The power of religion greatly displayed": Baptists and the Great Awakening * 3. "All things are become new": Moving to the South * 4. "Bringing many souls home to Jesus Christ": Moderate Revivalism in Charleston * 5. "A regular Confederation": Laying the Foundations of the Baptist South * 6. "Every day brings fresh wonders!": The 1754 Charleston Revival * 7. "Seals of my ministry": Training the Next Generation * 8. "Promoting so laudable a Design": Baptist Development in the 1760s * 9. "Comforts and mercies, losses and crosses": A Transitional Season * 10. "The rising glory of this continent": The American Revolution * 11. "Directed in the path of duty": Staying the Course * 12. "The Baptist Interest": A Respectable Denomination in a New Nation * 13. "All the Baptists on the Continent": A Dream Briefly Realized
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