Baptist History and Heritage articles from June 2001

Baptist History and Heritage archives from June 2001

Baptists and World War II. (Editorial).
June 22, 2001... The fall issue of this journal is normally devoted to publishing those papers presented at the annual meeting of the Baptist History and Heritage Society. This issue is no exception. The annual meeting, held last March in Pensacola,...

Affirmations for the BH&HS. (An Executive Note).
June 22, 2001... Affirmation is good for the soul of an organization. And members of the Baptist History and Heritage Society have strong reasons to feel affirmed. The year 2001 opened with question marks (among a few) about possible negative reactions to...

What "Being Baptist" meant for Southern Baptists during World War II.
June 22, 2001... My purpose is to describe the Baptist identity from the perspective of Southern Baptists during the years from 1938 to 1946. In other words, I am concerned with a single question: what did being Baptist mean for Southern Baptists during...

Freedom for and freedom from: Baptists, religious liberty, and World War II.
June 22, 2001... On January 6, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt addressed both houses of the United States Congress in his state of the union speech. Under normal circumstances, this would merely have been an annual ritual of American politics, but this...

Signs of peace and sanity: Baptist women and World War II.
June 22, 2001... On December 8, 1941, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared war on the Axis powers, Baptist women were caught up in the maelstrom that rocked the world for four long years. Like their Christian sisters around the globe, these...

Baptists in Florida during World War II (1).
June 22, 2001... During World War II, Baptists were at work around the world in ways that met human and spiritual needs. Much of this ministry was behind the scenes. It consisted of doing what needed to be done but doing it for Christ. Sunday, December 7,...

Alabama Baptists and the Second World War.
June 22, 2001... As the half-century remembrances of the Second World War fade into memory, Americans finally fully appreciate the accomplishments of what some now describe as the "greatest generation." Even in that most remote and Baptist-dominated region...

Baptists in Arizona during World War II.
June 22, 2001... Arizona in 1941 had seventeen churches with 3,647 members in a state-with a total population of 510,000. "World War II brought tens of thousands of soldiers and airmen into Arizona to train for combat overseas. Between 1939 and 1945, nearly...

Baptists, music, and World War II.
June 22, 2001... Southern Baptists have always been a singing people with great diversity in our music. The types of music used in our churches has varied largely according to their location and tradition--urban or open country, in Texas and Oklahoma, the...

African-American Baptists and World War II.
June 22, 2001... What was the relationship between African-American Baptists and World War II? This article examines how the two were related. The focus is on the beliefs, views, and theology of black Baptists regarding World War II and not on the...

The Substance of Things Hoped For: a Memoir of African-American Faith.(Book Review)
June 22, 2001... By Samuel DeWitt Proctor. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1999. 267 pp. Experiencing the story through the eyes of those who "lived" history is perhaps the best way to understand the Civil Rights movement in the United States. Samuel DeWitt...

Texas and Baptist Sunday Schools.(Book Review)
June 22, 2001... By Ronald C. Ellison. Austin, Tex.: Nortex Press, 1997. 197 pp. The importance of the Sunday school to the growth of evangelical churches in American history cannot be overstated. Sunday Schools provide more than half of the people who join...

Law and Gospel in the Theology of Andrew Fuller.(Book Review)
June 22, 2001... By George M. Ella. Eggleston, England: Go Publications, 1996. 235 pp. The publication of Andrew Fuller's book The Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation in 1785 is surely one of the most significant events in the development of the Baptist...

Keepers of the Faith: Illustrated Biographies from Baptist History.(Book Review)
June 22, 2001... By Jeffery D. Jones. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1999. 140 pp. The value of preserving Baptist heritage is something that needs to be impressed upon people starting early in life. If Baptists wish to raise up a generation that understands...

Baptist Roots: a Reader in the Theology of a Christian People.(Book Review)
June 22, 2001... Ed. Curtis W. Freeman, James William McClendon Jr., and C. Rosalee Velloso da Silva. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1999. 436 pages. This book seeks to answer one question, "Do Baptists have a theological heritage ?" The editors expanded the...

News notes.(Calendar)
June 22, 2001... BH&HS President Recovering from Heart Surgery and Stroke Dan Gentry Kent, BH&HS president, suffered a heart attack on July 4, had heart-bypass surgery on August 8, arrived home on August 13, had a stroke on August 17, and continues to...