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Several
recent developments in modern ecclesiology seem to demand that
we “revisit” Landmarkism.
Landmarkism Revisited
is presented
in seven chapters:
I. Landmarkism Defined
summarizes
the primary concepts Dr.
Graves presented in his definitive 1880 publication,
Old Landmarkism:
What is It?
II.
Landmarkism in Early America
cites examples of Landmark
principles that were believed and followed before 1850, and
demonstrates that J. R. Graves was justified in suggesting he
was “re-setting” the Landmarks.
III.
A Change in Directions
shows the rise of the Separate Baptists, the union of the
Regular and Separate Baptists as United or Missionary
Baptists, and the development of the “Anti-effort” or
Primitive Baptists and the “reform” movement of Alexander
Campbell.
IV.
Old Landmarks Reset
delineates conditions among the Baptists on the frontier,
movements that aided in resetting the Baptist Landmarks, and
Landmark separations from the Southern Baptist Convention.
V.
Review and Summation
of Landmarkism critiques articles from the January, 1975,
Baptist History and Heritage, the official
journal of the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
VI.
Landmarkism Defended
includes Dr. J. R. Graves' defense of the Landmark Position and
answers the criticisms offered by Bob L. Ross, in his book,
Old Landmarks and the Baptists. Church authority
and church succession are the two primary issues considered.
VII.
Contemporary Landmarkism
shows the
influence of Landmarkism in the American Baptist Association,
and also the influence of Landmarkism in the Southern Baptist
Convention, particularly in the fundamentalists resurgence
which began in 1979.
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