Walter B. Shurden Papers
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Scope and Contents
The Walter B. Shurden Papers contains 10 boxes of materials. They consist of biographical sketches, copies of speeches and articles written by Shurden, papers related to Baptist organizations with which Shurden was involved, letters of recommendation, and correspondence. Original folder names and organization have been retained where possible.
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Access to the collection is restricted until the death of Walter B. Shurden.
Rights Statement
To quote in print, or otherwise reproduce in whole or in part in any publication, including on the World Wide Web, any material from this collection, the researcher must obtain permission from (1) the owner of the physical property and (2) the holder of the copyright. Persons wishing to quote from this collection should consult the reference archivist to determine copyright holders for information in this collection. Reproduction of any item must contain the complete citation to the original.
Biographical / Historical
Walter B. “Buddy” Shurden is a prominent Baptist historian, preac
Church historian Walter Shurden to be honored by Baptists Today
MACON, Ga. (ABP) &#; Church historian Walter Shurden, founding executive director of Mercer University's Center for Baptist Studies, will receive the fifth annual Judson-Rice Award from Baptists Today.
Mercer President Kirby Godsey will present the award on behalf of the board of directors of the independent, national news journal at an April 22 dinner at the Loudermilk Conference Center in downtown Atlanta.
Shurden, a Mississippi native, served for 18 years as chair of the department of Christianity at Mercer. He and his wife, Kay, are active members of First Baptist Church of Macon, Ga. Earlier he taught church history at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn., and at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., where he was dean of the school of theology.
&#;Dr. Shurden is an outstanding scholar and an exemplary churchman,&#; said John Pierce, executive editor of Baptists Today. &#;He understands the context for doing ministry and communicates so effectively both as a speaker and writer.&#;
Shurden will give an address following the award presentation. He is the author of sever
The teaching ministry of Walter B. Shurden, Sr.
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Page URL: HTML link: Citations:He has served at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary; McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Carson-Newman College (now University) in Jefferson City, Tennessee; The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky; and Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
In addition, Shurden has informed countless individuals, congregations, and the wider moderate Baptist movement in North America through a significant body of published works that includes books, articles, lectureships, and sermons.
Both in terms of its scope and influence, the teaching ministry of Walter B. Shurden, Sr., has been as substantive as any other Baptist historian of the past half century.
Shurden's own educational pilgrimage took him from his hometown of Greenville, Mississippi, to Delta State University, and then to Mississippi College, where he majored in religion and graduated with
What makes a Baptist a Baptist? The ultimate and final answer, of course, is simple: membership in a local Baptist church. If the sisters and brothers vote you in, you are a Baptist. When a Baptist church accepts you, you are a Baptist. But there are all kinds of Baptist groups and Baptist churches! So what are the spiritual and theological marks of a Baptist? What are the generic "distinctives," the peculiar "convictions," the specific "ideals" that Baptists rally around and that make a Baptist a Baptist? What is the shape and feel of Baptist Christianity?
Winthrop Hudson, one of Baptists' best historians and keenest twentieth century interpreters, noted correctly that pioneer Baptists of seventeenth century England did not set out to identify "Baptist distinctives." Their concern was instead to be "faithful and obedient Christians" [and] their primary approach was to derive general theological principles from their serious a
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