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Baptist Sacramentalism
Edited by Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson
Foreword by James I. Packer
Series: Studies in Baptist History and Thought
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Anthony R. Cross has written extensively on the subject of baptism, most recently in his Recovering the Evangelical Sacrament: Baptisma Semper Reformandum (Pickwick Publications, 2013). He has also written on the issues of the place of theology in Baptist ministerial preparation, and the factors which led to English Baptist acceptance of the Evangelical Revival in the eighteenth century. He was an Adjunct Supervisor at The International Baptist Theological Seminary Centre, Amsterdam, having previously served as a Baptist minister, and taught church history and theology at the Universities of Surrey, Roehampton, and Oxford.
Philip E. Thompson is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Heritage, North American Baptist Seminary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. He is married to Marcia and has three sons, Nathanael, Andrew
and Matthew.
"This fine collection of papers will play a key part in the process of dispelling the myth that Baptists do not have a sacramental faith, and will be a reference point for all future discussion on the issue. The contributors not only show that Baptists have had a sacramental understanding of baptism, Lord's Supper and ministry in the past, but they also open out new thinking on sacraments for the present day, for the benefit of the whole Church of Christ."
--Paul S. Fiddes, University of Oxford
"This subversive collection of voices from both sides of the Atlantic challenges popular Baptist theology by recovering a fuller appreciation of the sacraments. It is an important contribution not only to Baptist theology but also to broader ecumenical conversations on the sacraments and ecclesiology."
--Martha L. Moore-Keish, Columbia Theological Seminary
"This is a revealing and stimulating collection, partly exposing the lost Baptist heritage, partly staking out common ground with theologians in other traditions and so promising some inter-confessional rapprochement, frequently self-critical of fellow Baptists' minimizing attitudes, and raising as many questions, large and small, as it answers."
--David F. Wright, University of Edinburgh