Episode Details

ABOUT THE EPISODE

A historical exploration showing that Baptists long affirmed religious liberty without requiring a separation of church and state, tracing the shift in the 20th century.

Resources to Click

• “Liberty, Not Separation: The Historic Development of Baptist Perspectives on Church and State” – Marc Minter
• “Views of Individuals in Southern Baptist Congregations on Baptist Political Theology” – Lifeway Research
• “The Impotence of Secular Conservatism” – R. Albert Mohler Jr.
• Comparison Chart of the Baptist Faith and Message
• Theme of the Month: Do the Reading: Selections in Political Theology
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Books to Read

• Ecclesiology: A Study of the Churches – Edwin Charles Dargan
• Baptist Political Theology – eds. Thomas Kidd, Paul Miller, & Andrew T. Walker
• Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State – Daniel Dreisbach
• Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity and Freedom of Conscience – Nathan S. Chapman and Michael W. McConnell
• Separation of Church and State – Philip Hamburger

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