TY - BOOK AU - Fowler,Stanley Keith TI - Rethinking baptism: some Baptist reflections SN - 9781498209687 AV - BV811.2 .F695 2015eb U1 - 234.161088261 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Eugene, Oregon PB - Wipf & Stock Publishers KW - Baptism KW - Baptists KW - Biblical teaching KW - Baptême KW - Baptistes KW - Enseignement biblique KW - Christian Theology KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Denominations KW - Christianity KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Pages:1 to 10; Pages:11 to 20; Pages:21 to 30; Pages:31 to 40; Pages:41 to 50; Pages:51 to 60; Pages:61 to 70 N2 - Baptism may be more important than you think. Virtually every Christian tradition practices baptism, but with diverse understandings of its form and meaning. Baptists (and similar traditions) have emphasized the restriction of baptism to confessing believers and immersion as the mode, and they have usually interpreted baptism as a post-conversion act of human obedience, rather than a sacramental means of grace. In this book, a Baptist theologian calls for a reformation of Baptist thought and practice, arguing that a biblical theology of baptism interprets baptism as a sacramental seal of conve UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1085334 ER -