Soldiers of Christ: Selections from the Writings of Basil Manly, Sr. & Basil Manly, Jr. was edited by Southern Seminary professor Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin, in conjunction with Dr. Roger D. Duke and Dr. A. James Fuller. Soldiers of Christ focuses on the writings on the father and son duo without whom, as current SBTS President R. Albert Mohler, Jr. notes in his Foreward, Southern Seminary would not exist. This work was published by Founders Press and is available from order now from Reformation Heritage Books.
FROM THE BACK COVER:
Basil Manly, Sr. and his son Basil Manly, Jr. played vital roles in shaping a number of the central institutions of the Southern Baptist community in its formative years in the nineteenth century, including the influential Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Undergirding their churchmanship was a vigorous Calvinistic Baptist piety that was expressed in sermons and tracts, hymns and confessional statements, letters and diaries, all of which are represented in this timely volume of selections from their writings. Here we have a wonderful window onto the vista of nineteenth-century Southern Baptist life with all of its glorious strengths as well as its clear failings.
COMMENDATIONS:
"The introductory and biographical essays on the lives of Basil Manly, Sr., and Basil Manly, Jr., as well as the carefully selected collections from their writings found in this volume are wonderful and much-welcomed additions to Baptist studies. I am quite pleased to recommend Soldiers of Christ.” — David S. Dockery, President, Union University
“The publication of these writings is long overdue and is most welcome, and the editors have done their work well.” — Gregory A. Wills, Professor of Church History, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
“Michael Haykin, James Fuller, and Roger Duke have done us a service by introducing the Manlys to a new generation.” — Nathan Finn, Assistant Professor of Church History, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
“A fascinating, moving, and shocking look at piety among Southern Baptists in the middle two-thirds of the nineteenth century.” —Tom J. Nettles, Professor of Historical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
“A superb collection of well-edited primary sources by two of the most formative shapers of Southern Baptist life in the nineteenth century.” —Timothy George, Senior Editor of Christianity Today
FROM THE FOREWARD BY R. ALBERT MOHLER, JR.
"Humanly speaking, the formula is easy: no Manlys, no Southern Seminary. This year, as The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrates its sesquicentennial, our indebtedness to the Manlys of South Carolina is increasingly clear. As an institution, our history is inextricably tied to the lives and ministries of Basil Manly, Sr. and Basil Manly, Jr."
PUBLICATION DETAILS
Published by Founders Press. 240 pages. Paperback. 2009.
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