BACKUS, ISAAC

băkˈəs, 1724–1806, American clergyman, leader among New England Baptists and a champion of religious freedom, b. Norwich, Conn. Converted in the Great Awakening, he joined the separatists or "New Light" faction. He became pastor in 1748 of a Congregational church in Middleboro, Mass.; after his adherence to the Baptist faith, he organized and became minister of a Baptist church there, which he served from 1756 until his death. According to his calculations, Backus traveled over 68,000 mi (109,435 km) on his evangelistic tours, mostly on horseback. His History of New England with Particular Reference to the…Baptists (3 vol., 1777–96) is a major source for the religious history of the region and the period.

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The Sacrifice of Isaac: The Aqedah (Genesis 22) and Its Interpretations
Book by Ed Noort, Eibert Tigchelaar; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Abraham--(Biblical Patriarch), Bible--O.T--Genesis Xxii--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc, Isaac--(Biblical Patriarch)--Sacrifice
...Conclusions: the Hatred of Isaac and Ishmael, Judaism 39 (1990...Auslegung von Genesis 22, in I. Backus F. Higman (ed.), Theorie...Barugel, The Sacrifice of Isaac in Spanish and Sephardic Balladry...The Akedah: The Binding of Isaac (Livingston St. Northvale...
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Tin Pan Alley: A Chronicle of the American Popular Music Racket
Book by Isaac Goldberg; John Day, 1930
Subjects: Jazz, Music--United States--History And Criticism, Popular Music--United States--History And Criticism
...Attridge, Harold, 105 Babes in Toyland , 192 Backer, Mrs., 107 Backus, Charley, 59 Baer, 255 Baker, Belle, 210 Ball, Ernest...Bernstein Berti, Henry, 160 Bials. See Koster Bial Bickerstaffe, Isaac, 35 Big and Little of It, The , 72 Bigelow, 105 Billings...
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Religion and the American Constitutional Experiment: Essential Rights and Liberties
Book by John Witte Jr.; Westview Press, 2000
Subjects: Church and state--United States--History, Freedom of religion--United States, Freedom of religion--United States--History, United States--Constitution--1st Amendment
...liberty, and spiritual liberty . 44. See, e.g., Williams, Essential Rights and Liberties , 46ff.; Isaac Backus, Isaac Backus on Church, State, and Calvinism: Pamphlets, 1754-1789 , ed. William G. McLoughlin Cambridge, 1968...
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Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism
Book by Randall Balmer; Baylor University Press, 2004
Subjects: Evangelicalism--Encyclopedias, Evangelicalism--United States--Encyclopedias
...intense concern, prayer, and (doubtless) curiosity. Backus, Isaac (1724 1806) Consid ered one of the pioneers of the notion of church-state separation, Isaac Backus was born in Norwich, Connecticut, and converted in...
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Revivalism and Separatism in New England, 1740-1800: Strict Congregationalists and Separate Baptists in the Great Awakening
Book by C. C. Goen; Yale University Press, 1962
Subjects: Dissenters, Religious--New England, New England--Church History
...singled out for special emphasis. Isaac Backus is unquestionably the most important...a desideratum. Other works by Backus of special usefulness in this study...Haswell and Russell, 1783. BACKUS ISAAC, All True Ministers of. the Gospel...
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"A Clear and Steady Channel": Isaac Backus and the Limits of Liberty
Journal article by Peter Judson Richards; Journal of Church and State, Vol. 43, 2001
Subjects: Backus, Isaac, Church & state, Clergy, Freedom of religion, History, Human rights, Principles, Sermons
...A Clear and Steady Channel": Isaac Backus and the Limits of Liberty by Peter...Massachusetts Baptist pastor Isaac Backus, it has been said that "perhaps...surprise that a personage like Isaac Backus fails to tie up the problem in...
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Roger Williams: Pioneer on America's Journey towards Religious Liberty
Journal article by Virginia C. Barfield; Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table, 2006
Subjects: Freedom of religion--Political aspects, Puritan clergy--Religious aspects, Puritan clergy--Works, Rhode Island--Social aspects, Williams, Roger--Religious aspects, Williams, Roger--Works
...wilderness. All of this for what Isaac Backus called "sowing confusion...state of any sort. References Backus, Isaac. 1777. A History of New England...and the State, 18-19. (6) Isaac Backus, A History of New England, 41...
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Dissent and the Daughter in A New England Tale and Hobomok
Journal article by Nancy F. Sweet; Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, Vol. 22, 2005
Subjects: A New England Tale (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Child, Lydia Maria--Criticism and interpretation, Child, Lydia Maria--Works, Daughters--Behavior, Daughters--Portrayals, Hobomok (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Parent and child--Portrayals, Parent-child relations--Portrayals, Sedgwick, Catharine Maria--Criticism and interpretation, Sedgwick, Catharine Maria--Works
...American culture demanded that worship be free and uncoerced. Isaac Backus expressed this sentiment in 1779 when drafting a Bill of...in the 1820s." ESQ 39 (1993): 107-32. Backus, Isaac. "A Declaration of the Rights, of the Inhabitants of...
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Corruption of Religion and the Establishment Clause
Journal article by Andrew Koppelman; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 50, 2009
Subjects: Church and state--Laws, regulations and rules, Political corruption--Laws, regulations and rules
...B. The Founding Generation 1. Isaac Backus 2. Thomas Jefferson 3. Thomas...Samuel Pufendorf, Elisha Williams, Isaac Backus, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine...numerous were the Baptists, led by Isaac Backus and John Leland. But the principal...
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Dissent and Disestablishment: the Church-state Settlement in the Early American Republic
Journal article by Carl H. Esbeck; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2004, 2004
Subjects: Church & state, Freedom of religion, Historical analysis, Law, Revolutions, United States
...in England, in addition to Elisha Williams, Isaac Backus, and John Leland in the colonies/states, tirelessly...founders view, in favor of democracy.136 4. Isaac Backus The life of Isaac Backus (1724-1806) is a story of perseverance in...
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The Forgotten Founder: Long before Madison and Jefferson Gave Us Church-State Separation, Roger Williams Fought for 'Soul Liberty'
Magazine article by Rob Boston; Church & State, Vol. 56, April 2003
Subjects: Church and state--17th century AD, Church and state--Demonstrations and protests, Church and state--History, Church and state--Political aspects, Massachusetts--History, Massachusetts--Officials and employees, Oaths--17th century AD, Oaths--Religious aspects, Providence, Rhode Island--History, Providence, Rhode Island--Officials and employees, Religious history, Religious history--17th century AD, Williams, Roger--History, Williams, Roger--Political activity, Williams, Roger--Religious aspects
...years later, another minister, Isaac Backus of Massachusetts, set about to rescue Williams reputation. Backus, like Williams, was an advocate...complete religious liberty. In 1777, Backus published his own religious history...
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Christian Politics, Old & New
Magazine article by Thomas C. Berg; Commonweal, Vol. 135, July 18, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, God in Public: Four Ways American Christianity and Public Life Relate (Book)--Book reviews, Head and Heart: American Christianities (Book)--Book reviews, Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right (Book)--Book reviews
...disestablishment section). Baptist pamphleteers like Isaac Backus and John Leland set forth biblical arguments against...many Evangelical opponents of clergy taxes, including Backus, were willing to have government approve religion in...
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Roger Williams: Soul Man: How an Eccentric 17th-Century Preacher Helped Bring Religious Liberty to America
Magazine article; Church & State, Vol. 58, July 2005
Subjects: College faculty, Freedom of religion--History, Gaustad, Edwin S., Religious leaders--Services, Williams, Roger--Services
...improve and how did it happen? A. Williams reputation was rescued gradually in the 19th century through the effort of Isaac Backus and George Bancroft. In the 20th century, even Massachusetts took steps to erase its legal banishment. Then such...
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The Forgotten Founder: Why 'Puritan Deviant' Preacher Roger Williams Deserves a Bigger Place in American History
Magazine article; Church & State, Vol. 61, November 2008
Subjects: Church and state, Davis, James Calvin--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Davis, James Calvin--Works, Freedom of religion, On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger Williams (Collection), Williams, Roger--Appreciation
...his theological arguments for religious liberty into the 18th century battles for that freedom. Baptist leaders like Isaac Backus and John Leland took inspiration from Williams as they stoked the flames for religious liberty throughout the colonies...
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America's Two Foundings
Magazine article by Mark Noll; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, December 2007
Subjects: American Revolution, 1775-1783--Analysis, Baptists--Influence, Civil war--Analysis, Civil war--United States, Methodists--Influence, Religion--Case studies, Religion--Historiography, Religious history--Case studies, United States history--Analysis, United States history--Political aspects, United States history--Religious aspects, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783
...how different the new American religion was. During the early days of the Continental Congress, the Baptist leader Isaac Backus came to Philadelphia to complain about the hypocrisy of Massachusetts in protesting against "enslavement" by Parliament...
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Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 24, 2010
...practiced at the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Conn...Conn.; her stepchildren, Isaac McAlister of Fort Stewart...medical staff of the William W. Backus Hospital who were so supportive...nationallungcancerpartnership.org) or the Backus Foundation, 326 Washington...


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Backus, Isaac
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BACKUS, ISAAC bak s, 1724 1806, American clergyman, leader among New England Baptists...he served from 1756 until his death. According to his calculations, Backus traveled over 68,000 mi (109,435 km) on his evangelistic tours...


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