Description: "This book represents the first scholarly treatment of the Free Will Baptists, a small but important denomination. Pinson places the Free Will Baptists into proper contexts, both here in America and in Europe, as well as engages with primary sources that have not been extensively used before. While there has been some historical writing on Free Will Baptists, most of the work that has appeared has been written by institutional insiders and is of little interest outside the denomination. Pinson's manuscript offers a true synthesis that will enable scholars of religion to gain insight into this not-widely known group"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description:
J. Matthew Pinson is president and professor of historical theology at Welch College. He is author of Arminian and Baptist: Explorations in a Theological Tradition and editor of Classical Arminianism: A Theology of Salvation by F. Leroy Forlines.
Review Quotes:
"With the background and mind of an historian, Matthew Pinson has authored a new history of Free Will Baptists based on solid scholarly research and interpretation. His research has added much new material, which he has integrated into already known history. With his skill as a writer, Pinson has produced a well-written and very readable book for twenty-first-century students and interested readers and researchers of denominational history."--Gary Fenton Barefoot, curator, Free Will Baptist Historical Collection, University of Mount Olive