This Gift of Water: The Practice and Theology of Baptism Among Methodists in America
Traces the development of baptismal theology and practice in Methodism from John Wesley through the 1992 General Conference. Felton explores infant and adult baptism, rebaptism, and the meaning of the ritual as sacrament. She explains past origins for contemporary understandings and misappropriations.
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Traces the development of baptismal theology and practice in Methodism from John Wesley through the 1992 General Conference. Felton explores infant and adult baptism, rebaptism, and the meaning of the ritual as sacrament. She explains past origins for contemporary understandings and misappropriations.
Introduction9Ch. IThe Practice of Baptism in the Ministry of John Wesley13Ch. IIWesley's Theological Understanding of Baptism26Benefits of Baptism26Baptismal Regeneration34Infant and Adult Baptism42Ch. IIIBaptism in Eighteenth-Century American Methodism49Ch. IVTheological Articulation in the Era of Camp Meeting Revivalism: 1800-184457Authorized Church Statements on Baptism58Dialectical Defining of Baptismal Theology61Issues of Baptism and Church Membership74Ch. VSalient Issues in the First Decades of the Divided Church: 1845-186680Authorized Church Statements on Baptism80Defining of Doctrine and Practice85The Nature and Nurture of Children93Issues of Baptism and Church Membership103Ch. VILate Nineteenth-Century Controversies: 1867-1900111Authorized Church Statements on Baptism111Delineation of Theology and Practice114The Nature and Nurture of Children120Issues of Baptism and Church Membership126Ch. VIITwentieth-Century Consensus and Confusion: 1901-1968132From the Beginning of the Century to the 1939 Union132The Methodist Church: 1940-1968146Ch. VIIIDebate in the United Methodist Church: 1969-1992163The United Methodist Church: 1969-1991163The General Conference of 1992 and Beyond170Conclusion172Selected Bibliography181Notes213Index247
