Navigating the Baptist Theology pages
The subtabs comprising the Baptist Theology page are designed to provide relevant scholarly resources for interpreting the SBC's Baptist Faith and Message document.
Each page constitutes a list of material relevant to a particular doctrinal heading of the BFM.
None of the lists is exhaustive. Researchers are encouraged to supplement and augment what they find here with resources gleaned from their own bibliographic searching.
The lists are designed help researchers get started.
Historical Theology
All of the resources on this page provide overviews of the historical development of Baptist thought. For detailed analysis of specific doctrines, please consult the subtabs of the drop down menu for this page.
A genetic history of Baptist thought : with special reference to Baptists in Britain and North America by Call Number: BX6235 .B46 2004ISBN: 0865549133
Baptist Roots: a reader in the theology of a Christian people by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6331.2 .F74 1999ISBN: 0817012818Publication Date: c1999
Baptists through the centuries : a history of a global people by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6231 .B39 2010ISBN: 1602582041
The Baptist heritage by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6231 .M37 1987ISBN: 0805465693Publication Date: 1987Massive 850 page panoramic history of Baptist life and thought covering the 16th through 20th centuries.
The baptists : key people involved in forming a baptist identity by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6493 .N48 2005ISBN: 1857929950Profiles the ministry and theology of prominent Baptist leaders from the 16th through 19th centuries in support of the thesis that the position represented by "coherent-truth party" (confessional) Baptists on doctrinal standards has stronger historical support than the position of the "soul-liberty party" (non-confessional) Baptists (p. 13).
The book is an indirect argument in favor of confessionalism in Baptist life and thought.
Theologians of the Baptist tradition by Call Number: BX6331.2 .B29 2001ISBN: 0805417729Provides chapter length biographies of the life and work of 16 noteworthy Baptist theologians of the 18th through 20th centuries.
Winds of doctrines : the origin and development of Southern Baptist theology by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.7 .R53 1991ISBN: 0819182540Publication Date: 1991
