Theologians of the Baptist Tradition Paperback – May 15, 2001

Excellent book on Baptist tradition and those who influenced the denomination.

This book helped me better understand the Baptist theological heritage of which I'm a part in the SBC. Also too, the extensive listing of each theologian's bibliography will prove useful in furthering my understanding.

Good biographical coverage of the pillars / founders of the Baptist movement - esp. those of the SBC. If you like [...], you will like this book. Not much treatment given to the "liberal" side of the house, so that information will have to be obtained elsewhere.

Great Love it. Very satisfied. Happy with this purchase, would buy from amazon again should the need arise. Well done

Very interesting!

This is a very good start for someone trying to understand the often confusing world of the Baptist way(s). No religious tradition of our world is a monolith of theology, practice etc., this book tries in a pleasant and straight forward way to explore what makes up Baptist. It is general but at least tries to put things in a somewhat order.

This book is a historical survery of baptists, mainly from the standpoint of theology. Although this book does discuss history in general, it is much more concerned with the development of Baptist thought and literature over time as opposed to a specific lineage of Baptist people and places. The book is divided into many short chapters, each devoted to a different historical Baptist theologian. Overall I think this book is very good; the historical information is well researched and informative and the discussion of historical theology is very insightful. Anyone looking for a brief yet interesting survery of Baptist thought and famous figures will find that this book should suit them well.

Most of the books I read are a chore or mandatory, especially dealing with theology and Church History. However, this one was sheer delight. There have long been jokes about the ignorace of Baptists, for instance, "Whatis the difference between a Presbyterian and a Baptist? A Presbyterian is a Baptist that can read?" We Baptists may be known for our evangelistic fervor, but not for our Theological heritage. This book introduces the reader to minds that have been rivaled only by Calvin, Luther and the rest. The purpose of the book is to move the reader to study Baptist theology and, if a Baptist, to appreciate one's heritage. If not a Baptist, then to understand, evualuate, and appreciate this denomination's contribution to orthodox Christianity. Nor, are all these theologian's academicians, George and Dockery to a great job of combining mighty pastors (Spurgeon and Criswell, for a few) and Classroom theologians (Garret, Erickson and others). Of special interest are the chapters on A T Robertson, J Broadus, Spurgeon, and Criswell.

Timothy Goerge e Dockery, dois excelenters teólogos, fazem uma grande exposição dos principais teólogos batistas, a grande maioria batistas calvinistas ou particulares para aqueles que querem conhecer um pouco mais de nossa história denominacional e perceber como o calvinismo era central na teologia batista desde a formação denominacional advinda do Puritanismo separatista do sec XVII. É uma leitura que vale a pena!

Strongly recommend this book. Very well written as well.