The Making of the Primitive Baptists: A Cultural and Intellectual History of the Anti-Mission Movement, 1800-1840

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Routledge, Oct 2, 2012 - History - 198 pages
This study describes the creation of the Primitive Baptist movement and discusses the main outlines of their thought. It also weaves the story of the Primitive Baptists with other developments in American Christianity in the Early Republic.
 

Contents

Introduction The Primitive Baptists and American Christianity 18001840
1
The Historical Background of the Primitive Baptists
13
The Coming of the Missionaries
35
The Empire of Jesus Is Rising The Missionary Spirit of American Baptists
49
The Beginnings of Antimissionism
65
From Opposition to Sect Joshua Lawrence and the Kehukee Association
83
Creating the Remnant Church The Spread of the Primitive Baptists
103
The Spiritual Narratives of the Primitive Baptists
127
Conclusion
149
Notes
153
Bibliography
169
Index
175
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Jerome Nadelhalf, James R. Mathis University of Maine

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