NABPR Blog Archive

Call for Papers › 2021 NABPR CFP

Paper or panel proposals on any aspect of pedagogy related to the teaching of Religion are encouraged. Read More ›

AAR/SBL › 2020 November Meeting cancelled

I’m sad to announce that we will cancel our November Meeting. Read More ›

New Book › Cut in Stone: Confederate Monuments and Theological Disruption

Confederate monuments figure prominently as epicenters of social conflict...The story, told through the character of a religious mythos, carries implicit sacred convictions; thus, these spires and statues are inherently theological. Read More ›

Annual Meeting › 2020 Annual Meeting cancelled

I’m sad to announce that we will cancel our May 18-20 Annual Meeting. Read More ›

Perspectives on Baptist Identities › New Book: Sources of Light: Resources for Baptist Churches Practicing Theology

This book (Sources of Light) commends listening deeply to these voices as an ecclesial practice through which the Spirit of God enlightens the church of Christ, whose rule draws the church into deeper participation in the life of the Triune God, forming the church for practices that offer the gift of Trinitarian communion to a fractured world. Read More ›

New Book › New Book: Baptists and the Catholic Tradition, 2nd Edition

Barry Harvey provides a doctrine of the church that combines Baptist distinctives and origins with an unbending commitment to the visible church as the social body of Christ. Read More ›

Perspectives on Baptist Identities › New Book: Crawford Howell Toy: the man, the scholar, the teacher

Crawford Howell Toy was professor of Old Testament at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1869-1879. In 1879, he was forced to resign from the Seminary over his views of evolution. In 1880, he was hired by Harvard University as the Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages. Parsons narrates Toy's life in two parts. Read More ›

Call for Papers › 2020 NABPR Annual Meeting CFP

The Call for Papers for the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, Annual Meeting, at Baylor University, in Waco, TX, from May 18 – 20, 2020. Read More ›

Southeast Region › NABPR-SE Regional Gathering

The plenary panel for the NABPR-SE regional gathering will be on Institutions in Crisis. Read More ›

AAR › NABPR November Meeting

NABPR November Meeting Program and Keynote Speaker. Read More ›

Call for Papers › CFP: Human Families: Identities, Relationships, and Responsibilities

The College Theology Society holds its Sixty-Sixth Annual Convention from May 28-May 31, 2020, at Spring Hill College, with a focus on the theme “Human Families: Identities, Relationships, and Responsibilities.” The NABPR Region-at-Large CFP applies only to the NABPR-RAL sessions at CTS. Read More ›

Dissertation Scholarship › 2020 Dissertation Scholarship Announcement

NABPR is proud to announce the 2020 Dissertation Scholarship. Read More ›

New Book › New Book by Mike Robinson on Christianity

new book by Mike Robinson Read More ›

New Book › New Book by Doug Weaver on Baptists and the Holy Spirit

new book by C. Douglas Weaver Read More ›

New Book › Charles Kimball to Speak at the November Meeting

new book by Charles Kimball Read More ›

Dissertation › Congratulations to Dissertation Scholarship Awardees Kate Hanch and Elizabeth Arnold

At the Annual Meeting on May 21, 2019 NABPR awarded two dissertation scholarships Read More ›

Job › President Central Baptist Theological Seminary

Central Baptist Theological Seminary searches for a new president. Read More ›

New Book › Gaining a Heart of Wisdom

Congratulations to NABPR Member Barry A. Jones on the publication of Gaining a Heart of Wisdom, A Model for Theological Interpretation of Scripture. Read More ›

General › NABPR Resolution of Gratitude

Thank you Campbell University and First Baptist Church of Raleigh. Read More ›

CFP › The Julian Gwyn Essay Prize in Baptist and Anabaptist History and Thought

The Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies (ACBAS) is pleased to announce a new prize competition in the general field of Baptist and Anabaptist history and thought, especially in Canada’s Atlantic region. Read More ›

Annual Meeting › 2019 NABPR, BHHS, AMGP Meeting Program

Welcome to Raleigh and the annual meeting of the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion, meeting this year with the Baptist History and Heritage Society and the Association of Ministry Guidance Professionals. Read More ›

Announcements › Crescent Hill Baptist Church lecture series

Crescent Hill Baptist Church would like to invite NABPR to a lecture series coming up March 29-31 at Crescent Hill Baptist Church, Louisville KY in honor of Dr. E Glenn Hinson. Read More ›

Job › Carson-Newman University – Assistant Professor of Religion

Carson-Newman University is seeking to hire an Assistant Professor of Religion. Read More ›

CFP › The Julian Gwyn Essay Prize in Baptist and Anabaptist History and Thought

The Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies (ACBAS) is pleased to announce a new prize competition in the general field of Baptist and Anabaptist history and thought, especially in Canada’s Atlantic region. Read More ›

CFP › CFP: Incarnation and Identity

The Office of the General Secretary of ABC-USA and the Theologians' Commission will host the fifth pre-biennial theology conference around the theme Incarnation and Identity in an effort to foster ongoing, vigorous theological conversations among American Baptist theologians, pastor-theologians, and theological educators throughout the denomination. Read More ›

CFP › American Baptist Quarterly, Call for Papers

ABQ is the peer-reviewed journal of the American Baptist Historical Society. Both established and emerging scholars are invited to submit papers written from original research. Articles and essays should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words. Read More ›

Festschrift › Festschrift Honoring Alan Culpepper

There will be a presentation for a festschrift honoring Alan Culpepper at 7:00-8:00pm at the Denver Meeting of the AAR and SBL. (Nov. 18, Sheraton-Downtown Spruce Room, third level). All are invited. Read More ›

New Book › Freedom Faith: The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall

Courtney Pace, Freedom Faith: The Womanist Vision of Prathia Hall. (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2019). Read More ›

Resource › New Report on the State of Clergywomen in the U.S. is now available

Recent past NABPR president, Rev. Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed has been working to answer the question “How are women faring in ministry in U.S. churches?.” In this report she provides not only a statistical accounting but also an analysis of some of the trends. Read More ›

Job › Job: James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies, Wake Forest University School of Divinity

The Wake Forest University School of Divinity invites applications for the James and Marilyn Dunn Chair of Baptist Studies. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in the area of Baptist studies with particular emphasis on the role of ethics in the public sector. Related research and teaching interests in the areas of theology or the history of Christianity are especially welcome. Read More ›

CFP › CFP: College Theology Society and NABPR Region-at-Large

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CFP › 2019 NABPR Call for Papers

Ryan Andrew Newson, Inhabiting the World: Identity, Politics, and Theology in Radical Baptist Perspective, Perspectives on Baptist Identities (Macon: Mercer University Press, 2018) ISBN: 9780881466492. Read More ›