Maritime Calvinistic Baptist piety emerged from a fusion of revivalism and conversion, and introduced dramatic baptisms by immersion. Rapid Baptist growth was one force leading Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians to initiate a spiritual polemical exchange over baptism. By examining the lives and work of six Baptist preachers and theologians, Into Deep Waters illuminates the ways in which the second generation of Baptist preachers not only defended their tradition in lively debates but argued for a broadly based understanding of their spirituality and ministry, rooted in the practice of the Fathers. In an age when denominational identities in North America are often portrayed as ineffectual, Into Deep Waters is a timely reminder that religious traditions can adapt, change, and inspire renewal.

Daniel C. Goodwin is a professor of history at Atlantic Baptist University.

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"This book, with its series of biographies that are tied together with the overall development of the denomination, give a clear and almost stereoscopic view of these 60-plus years of Maritime Regular Baptist history. Thank you, Daniel Goodwin, for your contribution to help us to better understand the churches, the pastors, and the movements that followed the first Great Awakening in the Maritimes in Eastern Canada." Quarterly Journal of the American Society of Missiology