The Bible in the Baptist Tradition

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The Bible in the Baptist Tradition is written by Chair Department of Religion and Barbara Jo Beard Driskell Professor in Historical Studies C Douglas Weaver and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190066911 (ISBN 10) and 9780190066918 (ISBN 13).

"The Bible and Baptist Tradition(s) surveys the ways in which Baptists have engaged with the Bible as a source of authority. That engagement has sometimes taken the form of "proof-texting" the Bible to support beliefs that Baptists "know" to be true; at times, the engagement is a struggle to come to terms with the "plain meaning" of Scripture that challenges those well-worn assumptions of Truth. The first chapter explores the question: what defines Baptist identity? Freedom of conscience, believer's baptism and believer's church, soul competency and local church independence, assertions of the sole authority of the Bible rather than adherence to creeds, and the interplay of personal/communal experience, the Bible, and the Spirit have been around for over 400 years in the Baptist story. Wherever the experience of freedom is central to identity, diversity of expression is sure to follow. This book traces the role the Bible has played in the formation of Baptist creeds and confessions (chapter 2), the struggle to come to terms with the challenges of higher criticism in biblical studies (chapter 3), and the impact of the Bible on issues of gender, race, and sexuality (chapter 4). The book's final major chapter looks at specific Baptist interpretations of a particularly important passage, Acts 2 and the account of Pentecost and Peter's sermon. Throughout their history, Baptists have grappled with the lively dynamic of personal and communal experience and biblical authority. These are their stories"-- Provided by publisher.