Twentieth-century Shapers of Baptist Social Ethics

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Larry L. McSwain, William Loyd Allen
Mercer University Press, 2008 - Philosophy - 354 pages
Twentieth-Century Shapers of Baptist Social Ethics provides an overview of the major historical framework within which Baptists emerged with significant contributions to Christian social thought and action in the twentieth century. This book provides a summary of the life, principal ideas, writings, and most significant contributions of nineteen Baptists since 1900.
 

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WALTER RAUSCHENBUSCH 18611918 PIONEER OF BAPTIST SOCIAL ETHICS
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MURIEL LESTER 18831968 BRITISH PASTOR SOCIAL WORKER AND PEACE ACTIVIST
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NANNIE HELEN BURROUGHS 1879 1961 A VOICE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND REFORM
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PART II THINKERS AND TEACHERS
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T B MASTON 18971988 MENTOR TO SOUTHERN BAPTIST PROPHETS
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HENLEE HULIX BARNETTE 19112004 PRINCIPLIST IN THE SOURHTERN SEMINARY TRADITION
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JAMES MCCLENDON 19242000 THEOLOGIAN OF THE ETHICAL STANCE
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J DEOTIS ROBERTS 1927 THEOLOGIAN OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIBERATION ETHICS
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR 19291968 THE GREATEST AMERICAN PROPHET
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JIMMY CARTER 1924 PEANUT FARMER TURNED HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE
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C ANNE DAVIS 19382006 SHAPING AN ETHIC OF DOING THE WORD
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GLEN HAROLD STASSEN 1936 BAPTIST PEACEMAKER IN A CONFLICTED WORLD
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TONY CAMPOLO 1935 CONNECTED CRITIC
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J M DAWSON 18791973 AND JAMES M DUNN 1932 RELIGIOUS LIBERTARIANS
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FOY DAN VALENTINE 19232006 HELPING CHANGED PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD
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SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
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PAUL D SIMMONS BIOETHICS OF A BAPTIST IN EXILE
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DREAMERS OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
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CLARENCE JORDAN 19121969 JASPER MARTIN ENGLAND 19011989 AND MILLARD FULLER 1935 KOINONIA FARM EPICENTER FOR ...
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