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England was not a hospitable place for Baptists and many other Christians in the 1600s and 1700s.

England was not a hospitable place for Baptists and many other Christians in the 1600s and 1700s. This book helps the reader appreciate the conditions that led them to defend their understanding of Christ's teachings even when they were imprisoned for their faith and practices.

No Armor for the Back: Baptist Prison Writings, 1600s-1700s.

Historian Keith E. Durso has done just that, in a fine volume that surveys the nature of Baptist dissent and the response of various establishmentarian communities to Baptist ideals and individuals. Durso's work also demonstrates something of the fluidity of individuals who participated in multiple dissenting movements of the seventeenth century.

1700s recounts the story of several Baptists who refused to yield to political and ecclesiastical pressures to conform. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Durso has done just that, in a fine volume . Durso brings together multiple primary sources from or about the dissenters themselves. So many sectarian movements appeared during this time that it was inevitable that individuals would be impacted by multiple ideologies.

These writings include letters, tracts, books, and poems. England was not a hospitable place for Baptists and many other Christians in the 1600s and 1700s. Durso has provided both an informative and encouraging work for both students of Baptist history as well as contemporary pastors seeking to develop a Baptist theology of persecution. This latter task will become increasing important practically, I fear, in the days to come. This book helps the reader appreciate the conditions that led them to defend their understanding of Christ’s teachings even when they were imprisoned for their faith and practices.

Many early Baptists who were imprisoned in England and in the American colonies did not remain silent, for they continued to write letters, poems, and books. No Armor for the Back: Baptist Prison Writings, 1600s ? 1700s recounts the story of several Baptists who refused to yield to political and ecclesiastical pressures to conform.

Download PDF book format. Formatted Contents Note: Counting the cost To church or to prison Soldiers for Christ and for Parliament Birds in a cage No armor for the back Prison poets An unforgettable whipping Letters from prison palaces Living in two worlds. Choose file format of this book to download: pdf chm txt rtf doc. Download this format book. No armor for the back : Baptist prison writings, 1600s-1700s Keith E. Durso. Book's title: No armor for the back : Baptist prison writings, 1600s-1700s Keith E. Library of Congress Control Number: 2007039593.

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