Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-286) and index.
Contents
Baptist beginnings -- Baptists in the twentieth century -- Baptist beliefs and practices -- Baptist groups : denominations, subdenominations, and churches -- Bible, ordinances, and polity : debates and divisions among Baptists -- Baptists and religious liberty : citizenship and freedom -- Ethnicity and race in Baptist churches -- Women in Baptist life -- Baptists and American culture : in the world but not of it.