E-book
The believers' church the history and character of radical Protestantism
Record details
- ISBN: 0585180601 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780585180601 (electronic bk.)
-
Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xi, 315 p.) : port. - Publisher: Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1985, c1968.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1968. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. The concept of the believer's church. [ch.1] The believers' church defined. Introduction; The free church concept; Theories of free church origins; The categorical imperative; Political analogies; The believers' church defined -- Part II. The history of the believers' churches. [ch.2] Medieval sectarians. The Waldenses; Unity of Brethren [ch.3] Radical reformers. The Swiss Brethren; The Hutterian Brethren [ch.4] Separatist puritans. The Baptists; The Quakers [ch.5] Free church pietists. The Church of the Brethren; The people called Methodists [ch.6] New Testament restorationists. Disciples of Christ; The Plymouth Brethren [ch.7] Contemporary expressions. The confessing church; New forms of the church -- Part III. The character of believers' churches. [ch.8] Discipleship and apostolicity. Discipleship; The fall of the church; Restitution; Church discipline [ch.9] Mission and evangelism. The territorial church and missions; The believers' church and missions; The great century of missions; Evangelism: social or individual? [ch.10] Church and state. Separation of church and state; Religious liberty; Peace witness; Involvement in the state [ch.11] Mutual aid and service. The individual dimension; The communal dimension; The social dimension; The international dimension [ch.12] Sectarian and ecumenical. The separatist stance; Ecumenical emphases; Ecumenical organizations; Openness to new light. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Dissenters, Religious RELIGION -- Christianity -- Protestant Protestantism Free churches Protestantism Dissenters, Religious Free churches |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |
