Dr. Joseph Early, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Religion
Publications Books The Building of a Church: The Centennial History of South Main Baptist Church, Houston, Texas (Waco: Terrace Publishing, 2004). A Texas Baptist History Sourcebook (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2004). A Handbook of Texas Baptist Biography (Bloomington, IN.: Authorhouse, 2004). A Texas Baptist Power Struggle: The Hayden Controversy (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2005). Readings in Baptist History. (Nashville: Broadman and Holman Publishing Group, 2008). Manuals A Student’s Guide to the New Testament (Bloomington, IN.: Authorhouse, 2005). A Student’s Guide to the Old Testament (Bloomington, IN.: Authorhouse, 2005). Articles “Tennessee Baptists and the Scopes Trial.” Tennessee Baptist Historical Society (Fall 2004). “Daniel Parker: Two-Seeds in the Spirit and Illinois Politics.” American Baptist Quarterly (Spring 2004). “Landmarkism: Tennessee Baptists’ Influence on Texas Baptists.” Tennessee Baptist Historical Journal (Fall 2004). “Remembering Shurtleff.” American Baptist Quarterly (Spring 2003). “Israel Campbell: The Father of Black Texas Baptists.” Baptist History and Heritage Journal (Fall 2004). “The Schism of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, 1880.” East Texas Historical Journal (Fall 2004). “Review: Rescue the Perishing.” Baptist History and Heritage Journal (Spring 2005). “Review: A Genetic History of Baptist Thought.” Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Journal (Spring 2005). “The Cotton Grove Resolutions.” Tennessee Baptist Historical Journal (Fall 2005). Review: “Baptist Church Discipline.” Baptist History and Heritage Society (Fall 2005). Review: “Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Polity.” Baptist History and Heritage Society (Fall 2005). “Elder John Clark: Father of Missouri Baptists.” Midwestern Journal of Theology (Spring 2006). “Johnston Lykins: Kansas City Baptist and Entrepreneur.” American Baptist Quarterly (Spring 2006). “Tennessee Baptists and the Civil War.” Tennessee Baptist Historical Society Journal (Fall 2006). “Richard Henry Boyd: Champion of Black Baptist Identity.” Baptist History and Heritage (Summer 2007).
Current Projects for Publication Book: Religious Life in Austin’s Colony—Unpublished Manuscript Book: The Life and Writings of Thomas Helwys: The First English Baptist—Contract signed with Mercer University Press—Due for release Spring 2009. Book: George Washington Truett—Beginning Research .Journal Article: “Daniel Parker: First Baptist Pastor in Austin’s Colony.” East Texas Historical Society Journal (unannounced).
Presentations: “The Schism of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, 1880.” East Texas Historical Society, Nacogdoches, Texas (September 10, 2003). “The Pilgrim Predestinarian Church: The First Protestant Church in Austin’s Colony.” East Texas Historical Society, San Augustine, Texas (February 20, 2004). “The Virgin Goddess in the Early Church.” Faculty Lecture Series- Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky (April 1, 2004). “Israel Campbell: Pastor of the First Independent Black Baptist Church in Texas.” Baptist History and Heritage, Vancouver, Washington (May 28, 2004). “The Eleven Baptists in Austin’s Old 300.” East Texas Historical Society, Nacogdoches, Texas (September 26, 2005). “Baptist Distinctives.” Delivered four times in Summer 2004. “The Myth of the Da Vinci Code.” Theta Alpha Kappa Lecture, Cumberland College (November 11, 2004); Laurel County Book Club; First Baptist Church, London, Kentucky; Main Street Baptist Church, Williamsburg, Kentucky. “Gail Borden: Galveston Inventor and Religious Leader.” East Texas Historical Association, Galveston, Texas (February 17, 2005). “The Cotton Grove Resolutions.” Tennessee Baptist Historical Association, Nashville, Tennessee (February 22, 2005). “L. R. Millican: Baptist Warhorse of the West.” West Texas Historical Association, Alpine, Texas (April 2, 2005). “Father Michael Muldoon: Stephen F. Austin’s Priest.” East Texas Historical Association, Nacogdoches, Texas (September 16, 2005). “Ancient Christian Rome.” Faculty Lecture Series, University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Kentucky (October 4, 2005). “The Birth of the Baptist Missionary Association.” East Texas Historical Association, Huntsville, Texas (February 1, 2006). “Samuel Augustus Hayden.” West Texas Historical Association, Lubbock, Texas (April 1, 2006). “Writing a Non-Fiction Book” and “Writing for Publication” East Texas Christian Writer’s Conference, Marshall, Texas (June 3, 2006). “You’ve Been Churched: Three Men who were Removed from the Baptist General Convention of Texas.” East Texas Historical Association, Nacogdoches, Texas (September 23, 2006). “Brann v. Baylor” East Texas Historical Association—Beaumont, Texas (February 16, 2007). “Owen Clinton Pope.” West Texas Historical Association—Abilene, Texas (March 30, 2007). “W.E. Penn: The Apostle of Texas.” East Texas Historical Association, Nacogdoches, Texas (September 28, 2007). “Separation of Church and State: The Opinions of George Washington Truett and W. A. Criswell.” Baptist History and Heritage Society, Atlanta, Georgia (May 27, 2008).
Grants: 2006 University of the Cumberlands Immersion Grant—Used to research Thomas Helyws at Oxford University 2006 Baptist History and Heritage Grant—Used to Study Thomas Helyws at Southern Baptist Archives, Nashville, Tennessee 2008 University of the Cumberlands Immersion Grant—Used to research in Israel 2008 Baptist History and Heritage Grant—Used to Study Tennessee Women’s College
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Joe Early Jr., is an assistant professor of religion at the University of the Cumberlands