
Published online:
16 April 2014
Published in print:
01 April 2014
Online ISBN:
9780199362417
Print ISBN:
9780199843336
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Baptists in Colonial America Baptists in Colonial America
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Life and Work of Backus and Leland Life and Work of Backus and Leland
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Backus and Leland on Liberty of Conscience Backus and Leland on Liberty of Conscience
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Backus and Leland on Disestablishment Backus and Leland on Disestablishment
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Baptists and Jeffersonianism Baptists and Jeffersonianism
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Backus on Strict Separation Backus on Strict Separation
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Leland on Strict Separation Leland on Strict Separation
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Chapter
13 Isaac Backus and John Leland: Baptist Contributions to Religious Liberty in the Founding Era
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305–338
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Published:April 2014
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Coker, Joe L., 'Isaac Backus and John Leland: Baptist Contributions to Religious Liberty in the Founding Era', in Mark David Hall, and Daniel L. Dreisbach (eds), Faith and the Founders of the American Republic (New York , 2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 16 Apr. 2014), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199843336.003.0014, accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
Isaac Backus and John Leland were part of a Christian movement that had emerged in England in the early 1600s and later flourished in North America. In 1776, 1 out of every 264 Americans was a Baptist, by 1800 this grew to 1 out of every 53 Americans, and by 1830, it became 1 out of every 27. Although not well represented among political elites in the founding era, Baptists were ardent supporters of the War for Independence and important advocates of religious liberty. This chapter profiles two influential Baptist ministers in the founding era and argues that their similarities and differences illustrate well the range of Baptist thought in the era.
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