The key to restoring the uniqueness of Baptism for
Southern Baptists
resides in using the tension between the burgeoning
revival of
British baptismal sacramentalism and the
long-standing suspicion
toward "all things sacramental" among American
Baptists in order to
understand and advance traditional baptismal
distinctiveness. The
book first develops a baptismal typology by
evaluating the various
differences between the 5 models of Reformation
sacramentalism:
Roman Catholic Efficacy, Luthers Inauguration,
Calvins Seal,
Zwinglis Symbol-Only, and the Anabaptists
Faith-Baptism. It then...