At Liberty Under God

Download or read book At Liberty Under God written by E. Jeffrey Mask and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1997 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work surveys Baptist history from its origins in seventeeth-century England until its transplanting to North America. The historical survey continues in America with attention to the formation of denominational structures and church practice. Four elements of ecclesiology are highlighted: community, individuality, particularity, and universality. The final chapter unites these themes as polarities that must be held together in order to present a Baptist conception of the church as the Body of Christ. The image is developed briefly for social application.