Each biography ties the present generation to the past through a concise, but fact-filled manner. These men and women are inspirations, role models of vision, perseverance, and convictions who did not surrender to threats, intimidation, and provincialism. Dan Nelson in this book is a master storyteller, bringing out the unique contributions of many important Baptist leaders... they helped shape who Baptists are today. Steve Lemke, Vice President and Provost of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Dan Nelson has done every Christian in America a tremendous service with his new book. It is my prayer that thousands of Christians will read this book and share these stories with a new generation of believers. Phil Kell, President of the Baptist Foundation of California. My friend, Dan Nelson, has produced a much-needed work at this time in Baptist life. When so many are running from identification with our Baptist heritage, he is doubling down with thrilling biographies of those who sacrificed to get us to where we are today. Dan's book is worthy of your time. Jim Richards, Executive Director of The Southern Baptists of Texas There is no dry as dust retelling of history here. Rather, the Baptist story in America is told in a refreshingly captivating way that will benefit young and old alike. David Allen, Dean/School of Preaching Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. I hope that thousands will read it. It is through yet succinct in this highly informational work. The book should be useful in helping a younger generation. Paige Patterson, Former President of Two Southern Baptist Seminaries and Two terms Past President of the Southern Baptist Convention I have known Dan Nelson for many years. He is a man with a passion for Baptist theology and history. In a day when so many do not know history, this book is timely, and I recommend it wholeheartedly. Rob Zinn, Pastor, Immanuel Baptist Church Highland, CA

The Puritans hounded the Baptists out of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Four hundred years later, Baptists are the second-largest religious group in America, and their influence matches their numbers. Yet the historical legacy, and the inherently fractured nature of their faith, makes Baptists ever wary of threats from within as well as without. Kidd and Hankins, both practicing Baptists, weave the threads of Baptist history alongside those of American history to show how one religious denomination was transformed from persecuted minority into a leading actor on the national stage, with profound implications for American society and culture.

A revised edition of the standard text outlining the processes, structure, and literature content of abstracts and summaries in the biological, physical, engineering, behavioral, and social science fields. Cremmins advocates a three-stage analytical reading method, solid writing and editing skills, and adherence to abstraction rules and conventions. The appendices include abstract standards, style and writing resources, and a selective bibliography. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This book compiles four centuries of the most notable religious documents from the Baptist tradition in a single setting. It contains key information concerning the theology, origins, conflicts, denominational organization, and historical events of early English Baptists, American Colonial Baptists, Southern Baptists, American Baptists, the Baptist Missionary Association, European Baptists, Baptist Bible Fellowship, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship plus profiles of influential pastors, theologians, missionaries, Baptist leaders, and more. - Back cover.

A groundbreaking history demonstrating that America's economic supremacy was built on the backs of enslaved people Winner of the 2015 Avery O. Craven Prize from the Organization of American Historians Winner of the 2015 Sidney Hillman Prize Americans tend to cast slavery as a pre-modern institution -- the nation's original sin, perhaps, but isolated in time and divorced from America's later success. But to do so robs the millions who suffered in bondage of their full legacy. As historian Edward E. Baptist reveals in The Half Has Never Been Told, the expansion of slavery in the first eight decades after American independence drove the evolution and modernization of the United States. In the span of a single lifetime, the South grew from a narrow coastal strip of worn-out tobacco plantations to a continental cotton empire, and the United States grew into a modern, industrial, and capitalist economy. Told through the intimate testimonies of survivors of slavery, plantation records, newspapers, as well as the words of politicians and entrepreneurs, The Half Has Never Been Told offers a radical new interpretation of American history.