Curtis W. Freeman is Research Professor of Theology and Director of the Baptist House of Studies at Duke Divinity School.
Freeman's book is a manifesto, detailed and learned, but also
engagingly vigorous, for a special way of being 'Baptist.'--Ephraim
Radner, Wycliffe College "First Things"
Freeman's exposition of catholicity is an important one that
invites reflection accross the ecumenical church... there is much
to ponder in this important book.--Walter Brueggemann "The
Christian Century"
Contesting Catholicity is the result of Freeman's personal odyssey
to retrieve, negotiate, and proffer a distinctively Baptist
theology for the present moment by listening to diverse Baptist
voices as well as 'the holy imperfection and medley of difference'
that is the great company of the saints. The book is his lucid (and
critical) attempt to follow the vector of McClendon's baptist
vision, and an ecumenical announcement that Baptist theology is
indeed "come of age".--Mark Medley "Horizons"
"...the most important ecumenical development in recent
times."--Stanley Hauerwas "Rhythms of Faithfulness: Essays in Honor
of John E. Colwell"
As the subtitle Theology for Other Baptists indicates, Freeman
primarily addresses Contesting Catholicity to fellow Baptists. Its
publication last year, however, was also an ecumenical event, a
major contribution to "receptive ecumenism" (270-71) in which
Freeman challenges fellow Christians to recognize the gifts they
might receive from Baptists.--William L. Portier "Horizons"
[Contesting Catholicity] is an ecumenical tour de force that moves
all of us in the right direction.--Dennis Doyle "Horizons"
Contesting Catholicity makes a significant constructive
contribution to Baptist theology, an important addition to recent
discussions of Baptist identity, and represents the most
sophisticated articulation of the Bapto-Catholic vision that has
yet been published.--Nathan A. Finn "Southeastern Theological
Review"
...this is the most important book of post-liberal Baptist theology
since James Wm. McClendon Jr. completed his three-volume Systematic
Theology in 2000.--Fisher Humphreys, Samford University "Baptist
History and Heritage Journal"
...This is a significant book we must all read. If you are not an
Other Baptist, you must read this in order to learn and to dialogue
ecumenically. And if you are an Other Baptist, then this is the
book that now sets the standard for your discussion.--C. Douglas
Weaver "Pacific Journal of Baptist Research"
[ Contesting Catholicity] is the most significant development in
Baptist theology since Jim McClendon's Systematic Theology. This
work stands for me as a milestone in the road, marking the journey
thus traveled and prospecting the one yet to be.--Adam C. English
"Pacific Journal of Baptist Research"
[Freeman's] well-told narrative of Baptist trajectories as a
microcosm of a larger American Protestant story deserves to be read
widely not only within but also outside Baptist circles.--Kimlyn J.
Bender "Books & Culture"
A refreshing contribution to the question of Christian unity--David
W. Boshart "Anabaptist Witness"
An important book for Baptists that care about the future of the
movement--Spencer Boersma, First Baptist Church "McMaster Journal
of Theology and Ministry"
Baptist leaders, even if they do not share Freeman's theological
vision, should give attention to his diagnosis of problems in
contemporary Baptist life and be aware of the therapy he is
prescribing.--Fisher Humphreys "Pacific Journal of Baptist
Research"
Curtis Freeman's latest book, Contesting Catholicity, is one all
Baptists should read.--Derek C. Hatch "The Baptist Standard"
Freeman has done both the Baptist tradition and other ecumenically
minded Christians a tremendous service with this book. The more the
vision of 'contesting Christianity' takes hold in Baptist circles,
the more they will be inclined to take creedal Christianity
seriously, and the more confident we can be of an orthodox,
ecumenical future for the church.--Hans Boersma "The Journal of
Religion"
In this wonderful book, Freeman recovers for both Baptist and
non-Baptists the spiritual heart of the traditional practice of
theological contestation as an ongoing effort of reform and
transformation, and thereby reaffirms the practical and vital
importance of doctrine in the life of the Church catholic in all
its forms.--Nicholas M. Healy, St. John's University "The Christian
Century"
Overall I appreciate how the book zeroes in on the Holy Spirit at
work in salvific ways in small groups of the faithful, inviting
them to express a distinct color of the Christian life for the
benefit of the whole church.--Susanna L. Cantu Gregory
"Horizons"
Part history, part theology, and part social theory, Contesting
Catholicity seeks to point the theological way forward for Other
Baptists who wish to retrieve the tradition of Baptist-catholic
protest.--R. Lucas Stamps, Assistant Professor of Christian
Studies, California Baptist University "Journal of Baptist
Studies"
This may well be one of the most important books written by a
Baptist, both for its vision of Baptist life for Baptists and also
for its vision of the church for those of other traditions.--Andy
Goodliff, Belle Vue Baptist Church "Regent's Reviews"
Whatever the response to 'Other Baptists' from readers, all will
benefit from this one volume bibliographic resource on theologies
Christian, Catholic, Protestant, Free Church, Baptist, ancient and
modern, postmodern, post liberal, post fundamentalist, pre
Christian, post Christian and mid-Christian.--Bill J. Leonard
"Pacific Journal of Baptist Research"
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