Baptists in North America: an historical perspective

Introduction : what are the Baptists? or who are the Baptists?

Coming to America

Revivalism and a fondness for liberty

Growth and diversification

The institutionalization of a tradition

A tradition of several families

The pinnacle of Baptist denominationalism

The come-outer tradition

The uniqueness of African American Baptists

Baptists and the missionary impulse

Social concerns and mores : the legacy of an evangelical tradition

Baptists face modernity.