VALLEY FORGE, PA (ABNS 7/10/17)—The American Baptist Historical Society announces a Call for Papers for the Torbet Prize. This $500 award is given yearly for the best essay in any area of Baptist History. Each year ABHS seeks essays from authors who have not already been published in a major scholarly work. The Research and Publication Committee will be the judges, and the winning essay will be published in an upcoming issue of the American Baptist Quarterly.
Entries should be no more than 25 pages (excluding notes) and must be double spaced in accordance with the Chicago manual of Style. Send entries to abhs@abhsarchives.org. The deadline for the next award is September 1, 2017.
Robert George Torbet (1912-1995) was an American Baptist historian and educator, born in Spokane, WA and later a graduate of Wheaton College, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the University of Pennsylvania. He taught church history at Eastern Seminary (1944-1952), served as director of educational services for the Board of Education and Publication (1952-1958), as dean and church history professor at Central Baptist Theological Seminary (1958-1967), and as Associate General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations of the ABC (1967-1977). His major contributions to Baptist research and publication led the American Baptist Historical Society to establish a prize in his honor to encourage development of young scholars in the field of Baptist history studies.
Founded in 1853, the American Baptist Historical Society cares for the largest and most diverse collection of Baptist materials in the world and publishes the oldest Baptist historical journal, the American Baptist Quarterly. Researchers come from around the globe to research the contributions Baptists have made to church and society. For more information visit our web site: abhsarchives.org.
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