Title: A History of New England With Particular Reference to the Denomination of Christians Called Baptists: Volume 1
Publisher: HardPress Ltd
Publication Date: 2019
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0371433762
ISBN 13: 9780371433768
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New
Weight: 526 grams

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"A History Of New England With Particular Reference To The Denomination Of Christians Called Baptists" by Isaac Backus. The work surveys the rise of Baptists and other dissenters in late 17th- and early 18th-century New England, focusing on the friction between liberty of conscience and Puritan establishment across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Plymouth. It presents portraits of key figures—John Clarke, Roger Williams, Cotton and Increase Mather, and Baptist leaders such as Miles Swanzey, Hubbard, Emblen, Callender, Hull, and Russell—and charts the growth of Baptist churches from Boston to Newport amid bans, fines, and contested religious practices. The study analyzes debates over baptism, church membership, and the sources of ecclesiastical authority, and contrasts Williams’s defense of church–state separation with colonial laws that favored conformity. It traces transatlantic networks—correspondence with London, charter battles, and missions—that shaped liberty of conscience. It covers institutional episodes such as the Reforming Synod and the Saybrook Platform, ministerial taxation disputes, and the emergence of Rhode Island as a sanctuary for tolerance, with lasting implications for American religious liberty and civil governance.

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