William Roscoe Estep (February 12, 1920 - July 14, 2000) was an American Baptist historian and professor. He was considered at the time to be an authority on the Anabaptist movement.
Career and life
Estep was professor of Church historyemeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1954 until his retirement in 1990, however he continued to teach until 1994. During that time, he wrote numerous works on subjects including Baptist and Anabaptist history, religious liberty and world missions. He also was involved in several church organisations including the American Society of Church History; the Conference on Faith and History (in the capacity of president); Southern Baptist Historical Society; the Texas Baptist Historical Society; and the Historical Committee of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Estep's most significant contribution was his work on the Anabaptist movement of the 16th century and he wrote several books on the subject. His colleage James Leo Garrett, professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary said that "Estep was one of the four leading American scholars on Anabaptism in the 20th century."
He was married to Edna Alice, and they had two sons, William Merl Estep and Martin Andrew Estep; daughters Rhoda Elaine Macdonald, Mary McDowell Morgan and Lena Jan Gipson. At the time of his death he had nine grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Alice Ann Estep, and his son, Martin Andrew Estep. He died aged 80 at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, of pancreatic cancer.
List of books published
Renaissance and Reformation (ISBN 0802800505), 1986
Revolution Within the Revolution: The First Amendment in Historical Context, 1612-1789 (ISBN 0802804586), 1990
Whole Gospel Whole World: The Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention 1845-1995. 1994
The Anabaptist Story: An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism (ISBN 0802808867), 3rd edition, 1996
Anabaptist Beginnings, 1523-1533: A Sourcebook (Bibliotheca humanistica et reformatorica) (ISBN 9060043375), 1976
WilliamRoscoeEstep (February 12, 1920 – July 14, 2000) was an American Baptist historian and professor.
Estep was professor of Church historyemeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1954 until his retirement in 1990, however he continued to teach until 1994.
Estep's most significant contribution was his work on the Anabaptist movement of the 16th century and he wrote several books on the subject.
WilliamRoscoe (March 8, 1753 - June 30, 1831), was an English historian and miscellaneous writer.
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