Utah State University DigitalCommons@USU All Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies 5-2015 The Mystical Union of Infant Baptism: How Baptists Contributed to the Idea of Race by Their Rejection of Infant Baptism Isaiah E. Jones Utah State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd Part of the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Jones, Isaiah E., "The Mystical Union of Infant Baptism: How Baptists Contributed to the Idea of Race by Their Rejection of Infant Baptism" (2015). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 4514. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4514 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies at DigitalCommons@USU. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@USU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE MYSTICAL UNION OF INFANT BAPTISM: HOW BAPTISTS CONTRIBUTED TO THE IDEA OF RACE BY THEIR REJECTION OF INFANT BAPTISM by Isaiah E. Jones A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS in History Approved: Norman Jones Philip Barlow Major Professor Committee Member Frances Titchener Daniel Davis Committee Member Committee Member Mark McLellan Vice President for Research and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY Logan, Utah 2015 ii Copyright © Isaiah Jones 2015 All Rights Reserved iii ABSTRACT The Mystical Union of Infant Baptism: How Baptists Contributed to the Idea of Race by Their Rejection of Infant Baptism by Isaiah E. Jones, Master of Arts Utah State University, 2015 Major Professor: Norman Jones Department: History In the first three centuries CE, the sacrament of baptism proved to be a universal tool which united people beyond age, race, or ethnicity as we understand it today.