Baptistic Theologies, 2009

Baptistic Theologies Editorial Board The Revd Dr Keith G Jones The Revd Docent Dr Parush R Parushev Lina Andronoviene MTh The Revd Docent Dr Ivana Noble Tim FT Noble MTh The Revd Dr Peter F Penner The Revd Dr Ian M Randall JUDr Petra Vesela International Consultant Editors Professor John H Y Briggs, Oxford University Professor Otniel Bunaciu, Bucharest University The Revd Dr Stephen R Holmes, St Andrew’s University The Revd Dr Craig R Evans, Acadia University Dr Curtis Freeman, Duke University Professor Nancey Murphy, Fuller Seminary Publication - Spring and Autumn each year Editorial Office International Baptist Theological Seminary Nad Habrovkou 3, Jeneralka, Praha 6, CZ 164 00 ISSN 1803-618X Publisher Mezinarodnf baptisticky teologicky seminar Evropske baptisticke federace, o.p.s. Nad Habrovkou 3, 164 00 Praha 6, Ceska Republika iii Baptistic Theologies Volume 1, No. 1 Spring 2009 Contents Editorial v 1: Revivals, Revivalism and the Baptists 1 David W. Bebbington 2: Revival and Baptist Beginnings in Russia 14 Johannes Dyck 3: Ivan Kargel and the Fulfilment of Revival: 23 The fullness of salvation which leads to sanctification Gregory Nichols 4: The Beginnings and Growth of Baptist Witness 40 in Bicazu Ardelean, Romania, in the 1920s Claudiu Handaric 5: Revival among Hungarian Baptists in Transylvania 54 in the period of the ‘peasant prophets’ Istvan Gergely 6: Relationships between Evangelicals and the 71 Orthodox Church in Russia in the Nineteenth Century: A Case Study of Vasilii Pashkov and Konstantin Pobedonostsev Anna Cheprasova 7: Between the Wars: 86 Golden Years for Polish Baptists Zbigniew Wierzchowski IV Baptistic Theologies 8: Baptist Beginnings in Norway: Preparing the Soil for the Establishment of the First Baptist Church Porsgrunn/Skien Alt Olav Kavli Book Reviews Editorial Does the world of academic theological publishing need a new Journal? This is a question many involved in theological reflection might ask. For the editorial team the answer is a resounding ‘yes’. For ten years now we have been publishing the Journal of European Baptist Studies (JEBS) which has been a platform for baptistic scholars, especially younger ones in Europe, to make their mark in the world of theological reflection and dialogue. These scholars have submitted papers around most of the major themes of theological discourse, from Biblical studies, through theological reflection, history, ethics and missiology, to philosophy and pastoral theology. It is clearly serving its purpose as we have subscribers in every continent and no shortage of people submitting papers to us for publication, not least because of the demands of institutions and governments that scholars do not simply teach, but do research and publish that research in English and in an international context. However, the agenda of such a publication is drive