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Challenges to religious liberty are increasingly common today as historical Christianity comes into conflict with a new, secular orthodoxy. In this thoroughly revised second edition of First Freedom, leading evangelical scholars present the biblical and historical foundations for religious freedom in America, and address pressing topics such as:

* Religious freedom and the exclusivity of the gospel
* The Christian doctrine of religious liberty
* Religious liberty and the public square
* Religious freedom and the sexual revolution
* Baptist contributions to religious freedom, and much more.

The contributors equip churches, pastors, and Christian citizens to uphold this “first freedom” given by God and defended by Christians throughout our nation’s history.

Jason G. Duesing is provost and associate professor of historical theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO.

Thomas White is the president of Cedarville University in Cedarville, OH.

Malcolm B. Yarnell III is professor of systematic theology, director of the Center for Theological Research, and director of the Oxford Study Program at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.

Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Introduction - Jason G. Duesing

I. Religious Liberty in History

Chapter 1 - Paige Patterson, Mutually Exclusive or Biblically Harmonious: Religious Liberty and Exclusivity of Salvation in Jesus Christ

Chapter 2 - Thomas White, The Defense of Religious Liberty by the Anabaptists and the English Baptists

Chapter 3 - Malcolm B. Yarnell III, The Contribution of Baptists to American Political Theology

II. Religious Liberty 101

Chapter 4 - Barrett Duke, The Christian Doctrine of Religious Liberty

Chapter 5 - Evan Lenow, Religious Liberty and the Gospel

Chapter 6 - Andrew Walker, Religious Liberty and the Public Square

III. Contemporary Challenges to Religious Liberty

Chapter 7 - Russell D. Moore, Conservative Christians in an Era of Christian Conservatives: Reclaiming the Struggle for Religious Liberty from Cultural Captivity

Chapter 8 - Albert Mohler, Erotic Liberty’s Challenge to Religious Liberty

Chapter 9 - Thomas White, Religious Liberty and Christian Higher Education

Chapter 10 - Travis Wussow, Religious Liberty and International Justice

Conclusion - Jason G. Duesing, The End of Religious Liberty
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First Freedom The Beginning and End of Religious Liberty

First Freedom The Beginning and End of Religious Liberty

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