The Baptist faith tradition is a separatist movement originating in the Puritan wing of the Angli... more The Baptist faith tradition is a separatist movement originating in the Puritan wing of the Anglican Church. While the Baptist faith tradition was not a significant religious entity in the southern colonies in the 1600’s, today it is the largest Protestant faith tradition with the majority of adherents in the southern United States. Due to heavy emigration from England and the events surrounding the series of revivals and their aftermath known as The First Great Awakening Baptist assemblies grew significantly in numbers in the southern colonies by the middle of the eighteenth century. Scattered voices among white, southern Baptists came out strongly against the institution of slavery in the 1700’s and yet, by the middle of the first half of the 1800’s became part of the cacophony of words in defense of slavery in the Antebellum South. What caused this ‘sea change’ in theological viewpoint regarding slavery among white Baptists is a significant question in the history of the buildup to the American Civil War. This paper will show that a combination of the basic facts of economics plus the union of evangelical piety and notions of Southern honor caused the Baptists in the South to accept slavery as not only normal but a beneficial institution and gave them the justification to fight in defense of a nation founded upon it.
The movement that enshrined the King James Bible, also known as the Authorized Version, as not on... more The movement that enshrined the King James Bible, also known as the Authorized Version, as not only the best possible Bible version available but actually given by inspiration of God began with the writings of a Florida pastor named Peter S. Ruckman in or around 1964. The movement grew to encompass a significant minority of Baptist congregations in the United States and a small number abroad. The movement undermines traditional fundamentalism by injecting the God of the Bible into the history of Bible translation rather than just having an influence on the original autographs of the Bible writers. It is a rejection of the unique authority and inspiration of the original autographs of the books of the Bible.
The Baptist faith tradition is a separatist movement originating in the Puritan wing of the Angli... more The Baptist faith tradition is a separatist movement originating in the Puritan wing of the Anglican Church. While the Baptist faith tradition was not a significant religious entity in the southern colonies in the 1600’s, today it is the largest Protestant faith tradition with the majority of adherents in the southern United States. Due to heavy emigration from England and the events surrounding the series of revivals and their aftermath known as The First Great Awakening Baptist assemblies grew significantly in numbers in the southern colonies by the middle of the eighteenth century. Scattered voices among white, southern Baptists came out strongly against the institution of slavery in the 1700’s and yet, by the middle of the first half of the 1800’s became part of the cacophony of words in defense of slavery in the Antebellum South. What caused this ‘sea change’ in theological viewpoint regarding slavery among white Baptists is a significant question in the history of the buildup to the American Civil War. This paper will show that a combination of the basic facts of economics plus the union of evangelical piety and notions of Southern honor caused the Baptists in the South to accept slavery as not only normal but a beneficial institution and gave them the justification to fight in defense of a nation founded upon it.
The movement that enshrined the King James Bible, also known as the Authorized Version, as not on... more The movement that enshrined the King James Bible, also known as the Authorized Version, as not only the best possible Bible version available but actually given by inspiration of God began with the writings of a Florida pastor named Peter S. Ruckman in or around 1964. The movement grew to encompass a significant minority of Baptist congregations in the United States and a small number abroad. The movement undermines traditional fundamentalism by injecting the God of the Bible into the history of Bible translation rather than just having an influence on the original autographs of the Bible writers. It is a rejection of the unique authority and inspiration of the original autographs of the books of the Bible.
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