This study describes the creation of the Primitive Baptist movement and discusses the main outlines of their thought. It also weaves the story of the Primitive Baptists with other developments in American Christianity in the Early Republic.

Jerome Nadelhalf, James R. Mathis University of Maine

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Primitive Baptists and American Christianity, 1800-1840; Chapter 2 The Historical Background of the Primitive Baptists; Chapter 3 The Coming of the Missionaries; Chapter 4 "The Empire of Jesus Is Rising": The Missionary Spirit of American Baptists; Chapter 5 The Beginnings of Antimissionism; Chapter 6 From Opposition to Sect:Joshua Lawrence and the Kehukee Association; Chapter 7 Creating the Remnant Church: The Spread of the Primitive Baptists; Chapter 8 The Spiritual Narratives of the Primitive Baptists; Chapter 9 Conclusion;