The Free Will Baptists : a new history / J. Matthew Pinson.
| Author/creator | Pinson, J. Matthew, 1967- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2025] |
| Description | xiv, 516 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | America's Baptists America's Baptists. |
| Contents | Part I: Beginnings in the Carolinas -- English General Baptists in North Carolina to 1750 -- The Calvinist proselytization and recovery, 1750-1794 -- Free Will Baptists in the Carolinas, 1794-1865 -- Part II: Early expansion across the Southeast -- Origins in southeast Alabama, Florida, and Georgia -- Origins in Alabama and Tennessee -- Part III: The rise and decline of the northern Freewill Baptists, 1780-1911 -- The rise of the Randall movement -- Doctrine and decline in the North -- Part IV: Growth and identity in the South, 1866-1910 -- Southern Free Will Baptists: new beginnings and westward expansion -- The development of southern Free Will Baptist institutions through 1910 -- Doctrine and practice in the South -- Part V: Development in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The precursors and founding of the National Association -- The early development of the National Association -- Growth and controversy after 1950 -- Institutions and identity since 1950. |
| Abstract | "In this scholarly treatment of a lesser-known denomination, J. Matthew Pinson offers a comprehensive history of the Free Will Baptist movement-a distinct theological tradition within the larger Baptist family. Traversing four centuries of history in his analysis, Pinson divides his study into five parts, arranged in chronological and geographical order. He traces the beginnings of the Free Will Baptists in the Carolinas from the late 1600s; the denomination's early expansion across the Southeast; the rise and decline of the Northern Freewill Baptists; and the identity and development of the Free Will Baptist movement into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The scarcity of archival evidence for the history of Free Will Baptists in the American South makes the chronicling of their history challenging. To illustrate the development of ideas within the tradition over time, Pinson creatively engages a unique combination of primary source materials, including general conference and local church minutes, confessional documents, and worship materials such as hymnals. A scholarly history as accessible as it is comprehensive, The Free Will Baptists: A New History is a valuable resource for students of religious history as well as Baptist historians. -- Publisher, page four of cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-498) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Pinson, J. Matthew, 1967- Free Will Baptists First Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2025] 9798895270431 |
| LCCN | 2025025163 |
| ISBN | 9798895270424 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
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