Yet other Bible doctrines, he wrote, are more mysterious and must be believed without full explanation from God. Frost, who founded the SBC’s Sunday School Board (now LifeWay Christian Resources) in 1891.īoothe presented defenses of doctrines like believer's baptism by immersion, perseverance of all true believers and salvation by faith alone.
The work quoted Scripture extensively in addition to journalists of the day, Shakespeare and contemporary theologians like J.M. In less than 150 pages, Boothe explained the doctrines of God, man, salvation, Christ, the Bible, the church and more from a distinctly Baptist and moderately Calvinistic perspective. His book attempted to explain “the doctrines of our holy religion” with “simplicity of arrangement and simplicity of language.”
In a preface to Plain Theology for Plain People, Boothe noted that all the theology books in his day “supposed some educational attainment in their readers” and seemed unsuitable for laypeople and emerging leaders in churches.
“Booth's work is important today because it positions black evangelicals in the broad spectrum of the evangelical tradition,” Strickland said. "Sources are scarce because historically black Christianity is a largely oral tradition and the written resources that have been produced have been obscured because of racial bias. “African-American theological heritage is a mystery to many because the sources that comprise the tradition are limited,” Strickland, who is African-American, told Baptist Press via email. Originally published in 1890 by Charles Octavius Boothe, Plain Theology for Plain People was reprinted last year by Lexham Press at the prompting of Walter Strickland, SBC first vice president and associate vice president for Kingdom diversity initiatives at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Original edition was published in and this unique edition is Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition.Reprinting a theology book by a former slave “offers a window” into the “underexplored vista” of African-American theology, says the Southern Baptist Convention officer who has rediscovered the work. We have multiple options in color of leather Red, Green, Blue, Black and with Black labels.
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