author

James H. Moon

b. 1830

Best known for a forceful 19th-century religious work on baptism, this American writer argued his case with a strongly independent voice. Little biographical information is easy to confirm, which makes his surviving book the clearest window into his life and ideas.

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Water Baptism

Water Baptism

by James H. Moon

About the author

James H. Moon was an American author born in 1830. The most clearly documented work linked to him is Water Baptism; A Pagan and Jewish Rite, But Not Christian, a religious argument that reflects the intense theological debates of the 19th century.

Available catalog and bookseller records suggest that Moon wrote from a strongly dissenting Protestant perspective, using scripture and history to challenge mainstream views of baptism. Beyond that, reliable details about his personal life and career are scarce in the sources that could be confirmed here.

That scarcity gives his work a certain historical interest: rather than being remembered through a long public biography, he is known mainly through the ideas he chose to put into print.