CH014-812 - Denominational History: Our Heritage and its Contemporary Significance

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • church historyUnit Discipline

Prerequisites

12cps CH

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code CH759-4. Unit exclusions: CH748, CH756

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the history and theological identity of a selected denominational tradition

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on the history and theological identity of the selected denominational tradition

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship and sources in investigating the history and theological identity of the selected denominational tradition

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on the history and theological identity of the selected denominational tradition

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Denominational History: Our Heritage and Its Contemporary Significance’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  • Section 1: Introduction to Denominational History and Principles
  • Section 2: Denominational Beginnings and Early Development
  • Section 3: Denominational Expansion
  • Section 4: Australian Denominational Development
  • Section 5: Contemporary Denominational Issues

Set Readings

Sample Bibliography Only:

This is a shell unit which could be applied to any number of denominations by any college, and the bibliography listed is specific to the Baptist context from when the unit was last taught (by Malyon). 

 

Primary Source Material:

Brackney, William H (ed). 1998. Baptist Life and Thought: A Source Book. Revised edition. Valley Forge: Judson Press.

Houghton, S M (ed). 1975. A Faith to Confess: The Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689. London: Carey.

Leith, John H (ed). 1982. Creeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Doctrine from the Bible to the Present. Atlanta: John Knox.

Lumpkin, William L, and Bill J Leonard (eds). 2011. Baptist Confessions of Faith. Second revised edition. Valley Forge: Judson Press.

McBeth, H Leon (ed). 1990. A Sourcebook for Baptist Heritage. Nashville: Broadman.

Pelikan, Jaroslav, and Margaret Hotchkiss (eds). 2003. Creeds and Confessions of Faith in Christian Tradition. Vol 2, Creeds and Confessions of the Reformation Era; and Vol 3, Statements of Faith in Modern Christianity. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Schaff, Philip (ed). 1966. The Creeds of Christendom. Volume 3. The Evangelical Protestant Creeds, with Translations. Grand Rapids: Baker.

 

Recommended:

Ball, Les J. 2005. Grow the Vision: The Sesquicentennial History of the City Tabernacle Baptist Church 1855-2005. Brisbane: City Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Baptist Union of Victoria. “Reimagining Church Membership.” Accessed 27 Jun, 2012. Available as PDF under “Covenant Membership.” http://www.buv.com.au/about-us/finance-administration/covenant-membership

Baptist World Alliance. 2013. “Principles and Guidelines for Intra-Baptist Relationships.” BWA. Accessed 12 May 2015. https://www.bwanet.org/images/pdf/Intra-Baptist/spc-intra.pdf

Bebbington, David W. 2010. Baptists Through the Centuries: A History of a Global People. Waco: Baylor University Press.

Bowers, Faith. 2014. “Liberating Women for Baptist Ministry.” The Baptist Quarterly, No. 8/45: 456-464.

Brackney, William H. 2009. Historical Dictionary of the Baptists. Revised edition. Lanham: Scarecrow Press.

Chatfield, Graeme (ed). 2005. Leadership and Baptist Church Governance. Australian Baptist Research Forum. Sydney: Morling Press.

Costello, Tim. 1998. Streets of Hope: Finding God in St Kilda. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin.

Cross, Anthony R. and Philip E. Thompson (ed.s). 2003. Baptist Sacramentalism. Carlisle: Paternoster Press.

Durso, Pamela R. 2014. “She-Preachers, Sisters and Messengers from the Lord: British Baptist Women, 1609-1700.” Baptist History and Heritage, No. 1/49: 36-49.

Durso, Pamela R. and Keith E. Durso. 2006. The Story of Baptists in the United States. Brentwood, TE: Baptist History and Heritage Society.

Freeman, Curtis et al. 1997. “Re-Envisioning Baptist Identity: A Manifesto for Baptist Communities in North America (1997).” http://www.baptistcenter.net/confessions/Re-envisioning_Baptist_Identity.pdf.

Gaustad, Edwin S. 2005. Roger Williams. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

George, Timothy, and Denise George (eds). 1996. Baptist Confessions, Covenants and Catechisms: John A. Broadus. Nashville: Broadman & Holman. An Introduction

George, Timothy, and David S Dockery (eds). Theologians of the Baptist Tradition. Nashville: Broadman & Holman.

Goodwin, Everitt C (ed). 1997. Baptists in the Balance: The Tension Between Freedom and Responsibility. Valley Forge: Judson Press.

Klose, Anne. 2013. “Covenantal Priesthood as a Narrative of Community for Australian Baptist Churches.” Colloquium, No.1/45: 61-79.

Leonard, Bill J. 2005. An Introduction to Baptist Principles. Brentwood: Baptist History and Heritage Society.

Leonard, Bill J. 2003. Baptist Ways: A History. Valley Forge: Judson Press.

Manis, Andrew M. 2013. “Wrestling and Reconciling with Race.” Baptist History and Heritage, No 2/48: 28-35.

Manley, Ken R. 2006. From Woolloomooloo to ‘Eternity’: A History of Australian Baptists. 2 volumes. Milton Keynes: Paternoster.

Marshall, I. 2005. The English Baptists of the Twentieth Century. London: Baptist Historical Society.

Morden, Peter J. 2015. “Andrew Fuller and the Birth of ‘Fullerism’.” The Baptist Quarterly, No 4/46: 140-152.

Nickerson, Stan W. 1998. Rev BG Wilson: Queensland Baptist Founding Father. Brisbane: Baptist Historical Society of Queensland.

Parker, David (ed). 2013. Baptists in Queensland: A Guide to their Life and Faith. Third edition. Brisbane: Baptist Historical Society of Queensland.

Parker, David (ed). 1996. Fruit From the Tree of Experience: The Joshua Jenyns History of the Baptist Church in Brisbane. Brisbane: Baptist Historical Society of Queensland.

Parker, David (ed). 1995. The Gregory History of Queensland Baptists: Documents of Queensland Baptist History No 1. Brisbane: Baptist Historical Society of Queensland.

Parker, David (ed). 2005. Pressing On with the Gospel: The Story of Baptists in Queensland 1855-2005. Brisbane: Baptist Historical Society of Queensland.

Parker, David (ed) 2012. Something More Than Gold: Baptists in Central Queensland 1862-2012. Brisbane: Baptist Historical Society of Queensland.

Parker, David. 2009. Women Who Made a Difference: Celebrating the Contribution of 24 Queensland Baptist Women to Church, Community and Mission. Brisbane: Baptist Historical Society of Queensland.

Pierard, Richard V (ed). 2005. Baptists Together in Christ 1905-2005: A Hundred-Year History of the Baptist World Alliance. Birmingham: Samford University Press.