Rethinking Baptism: Some Baptist Reflections

Rethinking Baptism: Some Baptist Reflections
ISBN-10
149820967X
ISBN-13
9781498209670
Category
Religion
Pages
70
Language
English
Published
2015-09-14
Publisher
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Author
Stanley K. Fowler

Description

Baptism may be more important than you think. Virtually every Christian tradition practices baptism, but with diverse understandings of its form and meaning. Baptists (and similar traditions) have emphasized the restriction of baptism to confessing believers and immersion as the mode, and they have usually interpreted baptism as a post-conversion act of human obedience, rather than a sacramental means of grace. In this book, a Baptist theologian calls for a reformation of Baptist thought and practice, arguing that a biblical theology of baptism interprets baptism as a sacramental seal of conversion. The book develops the biblical case for this perspective and answers questions about its practical implications.

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