A Baptist Democracy: Separating God and Caesar in the Land of the Free - Softcover

Canipe, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 088146239X ISBN 13: 9780881462395

Publisher: Mercer University Press, 2011

Synopsis

The first decades of the 20th century were days of robust optimism in the United States. These were the confident years of Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, progressive reform and high purpose. This period also marked the high tide of what author Lee Canipe calls "Baptist democracy": the moral overlap between Baptist theology and American democracy that continues to shape the way Baptists in the United States understand and articulate their faith. In this book, Canipe traces the rise of Baptist democracy as reflected in the

work of three prominent leaders who made their most significant contributions to Baptist life between 1900 and 1925: Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918), E. Y. Mullins (1860-1928), and George W. Truett (1867-1944). Celebrating the harmony between the principles of their church and the ideals of their state, these three Baptists eloquently articulated what, by the turn of the 20th century, had become an article of faith for many of their fellow Baptists.

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About the Author

Lee Canipe (Ph.D., Baylor University) is the pastor of Murfreesboro Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. He also teaches in the department of religion and philosophy at Chowan University in Murfreesboro, North Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 088146239X
• ISBN 13: 9780881462395
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 198