Baptists in America / Bill J. Leonard.
By: Leonard, Bill.
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BookSeries: Columbia contemporary American religion series. Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2005Description: x, 316 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0231127022 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Baptists -- United States -- History | United States -- Church history | Baptists -- History | United States -- Church historyDDC classification: 286/.173 Summary: Presents a comprehensive history of the Baptist church in America tracing its roots from seventeenth-century Holland and England, and examines the beliefs and practices of the various factions of Baptist tradition as well as their social and political divisions.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-286) and index.
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Presents a comprehensive history of the Baptist church in America tracing its roots from seventeenth-century Holland and England, and examines the beliefs and practices of the various factions of Baptist tradition as well as their social and political divisions.
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