Baptist Fundamentalism in Canada: Possibilities for Future Study

By Taylor Murray

With the publication of Canadian Baptist Fundamentalism, 1878–1978 (the fourth volume in the CBHS Series), I thought it would be worth reflecting on the field and offering a few suggestions on possible future directions for the historiography of Baptist fundamentalism in Canada.1 Continue reading

Stewart G. Cole, T. T. Shields, and the History of Fundamentalism

By Taylor Murray

Historians have debated definitions of the term “fundamentalism” practically since it was popularized in the early 1920s. Continue reading

Who is “the Unknown Baptist Minister”?

By Taylor Murray

Recently, Gordon L. Heath, Dallas Friesen, and I wrote Baptists in Canada: Their History and Polity,1 which we dedicated to “the Unknown Baptist Minister.” The inspiration for this dedication came from a bronze sculpture that adorns the wall of McMaster Divinity College on the stairway leading to the chapel.

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Workers, Shirkers, and Jerkers in the Black Baptist Church

By Gordon L. Heath

“Workers, Shirkers, and Jerkers” – a witty outline delivered in a Sunday morning sermon during the annual meeting of the African United Baptist Association of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, 7-10 September 1918. Continue reading