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Harper, Keith

 
9780817308148: The Quality of Mercy: Southern Baptists and Social Christianity, 1890-1920
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ISBN 10: 0817308148 ISBN 13: 9780817308148
Casa editrice: Univ of Alabama Pr, 1996

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Contrary to popular perception, turn-of-the-century Southern Baptists had an identifiable social ethic that compelled them to minister to society's dispossessed. Although Southern Baptists never deviated from their primary goal of saving souls, they believed biblical stewardship had broader implications than wealth management. Baptists eagerly engaged in social ministries for which they found scriptural mandates, especially orphanages. The key to enlisting support for such expanded social ministries was missions. Baptist leaders synthesized evangelical concern with social compassion and convinced church members that the Bible sanctioned social ministries and that such endeavors were worthy of support. The effect was twofold: Baptists built institutions to relieve the needy, and they also used these institutions to propagate the Gospel and teach Baptist doctrine.

 

 

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Keith Harper is Assistant Professor of History at Mississippi College.

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Editore
Univ of Alabama Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1996
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0817308148
ISBN 13 
9780817308148
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
167
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