Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Baptist Theology?; Chapter 1: Baptist Beginnings; The English Reformation and the Separatist Movement; The Beginnings of the Baptist Movement; The Eighteenth Century; Chapter 2: Baptists in North America; Beginnings; The Nineteenth Century; Modernism and Fundamentalism; Chapter 3: Baptists Beyond North America in the Modern Period; British Baptist Life and thought from 1800; The Development of Baptist Life in Continental Europe; Baptist Theology in the Majority World. Chapter 4: Baptist Perspectives on Ecumenical TheologyIntroduction; The Doctrine of God; The Person and Work of Christ; Creation and Eschatology; Revelation and Theological Method; Conclusion; Chapter 5: The Baptist Vision of the Church; Believer's Baptism; The Primacy of the Local Church; Congregational Church Government; The Independence and Interdependence of Local Churches; The Word of God; the Spirit of God; Leadership within the Church; Chapter 6: Christ is Lord, and the Believer is Free; Beginnings: Thomas Helwys and Roger Williams on Liberty of Conscience. Chapter 5Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Bibliography; Works on Baptist Theology; Works on Baptist History; Full Bibliographic Details of Works Cited; Index.