My reason for going back and rereading this text (originally published by Judson Press, 1950) was in conjunction with some study on the history of revival in America in the last two centuries. Torbet has an interesting chapter (8) on the division of Baptists after the Great Awakening into “Regular” and “Separate”. The Great Awakening […]
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Book Genre: History
The Anabaptist Story
Eerdmans has printed the third edition of this scholarly work by Estep, professor Emeritus of Church History at Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Ft. Worth. It is a fascinating account of Anabaptism from Zurich to England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It is always amazing to read about (and see good documentation for) the great […]
Handbook of Denominations in the United ...
I have owned the sixth edition of this handbook for a long time so I was interested when I saw this new one. This was published in 1995 and revised by Samuel Hill. It has expanded the table of contents some, especially to cover the number of “evangelical” groups since the 1975 sixth edition. Appendix […]
The Gospel and the American Dream
The more I read Bruce Shelley the more I like him. Dr. Shelley is the long-time professor of church history at Denver Seminary. This book is the best I have read yet. It addresses the question of why this generation is the way it is and gives a historical perspective of how the church has […]
Seven Men Who Rule The World From The Gr...
If you are a student of your generation, you will enjoy and profit from reading Dave Breese’s recent book. If you are equally weary of reading popular books on our present culture and coming away feeling full of fluff, you will enjoy this book! Rather than just giving you something to feel, the author gives […]