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The deaths in 2007 of renowned Baptists Herbert H. Reynolds & Jerry Falwell brought the divergence of Baptist voices in the debate on religious liberty into the limelight again. Reynolds represented the old guard of the Baptist church, which sees the soul as competent in matters of absolute importance. Falwell, on the other hand, personified the Baptist new wave, accepting the church's political activism & moral voice & insisting on legal protection of rights of religious expression. Reflection on these two views raises the question of what the Baptist tradition of religious liberty has been, is now, & might become. That religious liberty exists is not disputed, but what it means in relation to the separation of church & state is a controversial issue. This paper examines Baptist history & the controversy defining it; the search for an official Baptist position on anything, but especially on the separation of church & state; the decline of concern over the principle of separation; the arousal of concern for religious liberty once again through the advocacy of Philip Hamburger & others; & the position of mainstream Baptists, in particular, Southern Baptists, today. S. Stanton

An invaluable addition to the library of any student of new religious movements, this book will also interest those readers more generally drawn to the subjects of religious liberty and church-state relations.

'God and Mammon: Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860' edited by Mark A. Noll is reviewed.

'Capitalism and Christianity: The Possibility of Christian Personalism' by Richard C. Bayer is reviewed.