IBTS is delighted to be able to congratulate Elie Haddad on the successful defence of his PhD thesis at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Elie is well known throughout the European Baptist Federation (EBF) and serves as the President of the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS) in Lebanon. Elie's thesis was entitled 'Developing a Missional Ecclesiology for the Local Baptist Church in Lebanon' and provided an assessment of how the Lebanese crises of the last ten years, as well as theological education, have helped shape the Lebanese Baptist Church. Elie said, "My ultimate passion is to witness a Lebanese Baptist Church with an effective missional witness among its neighbors. Consequently, the purpose of this study is to offer a theological framework for the Lebanese Baptist Church to consider as it revisits its ecclesiology to match its evolving praxis."Print Collection
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- 2021 Newly Catalogued Q2 [PDF, 232 kb]
- 2021 Newly Catalogued Q1 [PDF, 286 kb]
- 2020 Newly Catalogued Q4 [PDF, 212 kb]
- 2020 Newly Catalogued Q3 [PDF, 281 kb]
- 2020 Newly Catalogued Q2 [PDF, 262 kb]
- 2020 Newly Catalogued Q1 [PDF, 232 kb]
- 2019 Newly Catalogued Q1-4 [PDF, 500 kb]
The print collection of the John Smyth Library consists of roughly 41,000 volumes. Our collection used to serve a resident study body up until 2012, so that is well reflected in the collection. We have a good general theological collection with an evangelical focus with materials in Biblical studies, (practical) theology, pastoral care, ethics, church history, with special attention to missiology/missions and ecumenical relations.
The main specialisation of our collection is Baptist/Anabaptist studies and to a lesser extent Mennonite studies. We have material in English, German, Dutch, Russian and various other European languages. We aim to have the most complete collection of European Baptist material that's available in once place, which makes our library a perfect starting point for students of European Baptist history, identity and practice.
Since the Digital Theological Library takes care of the general theological needs of our students and researchers, it is our policy to almost exclusively only acquire print material in our area of specialisation. We constantly add new material in Baptist/Anabaptist/Mennonite studies, but also buy retrospectively in these areas. In the file menu on the right, you can see a quarterly overview of our newly catalogued material.
We only subscribe to print journals and magazines when they have a distinguishable Baptist/Anabaptist signature. Many (European) Baptist organisation support our mission by sending us complimentary copies of their magazines and other publications. A list of our subscriptions will be available shortly.
