The New Crusades, the New Holy Land - Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention, 1969-1991

Informationen zum Autor David T. Morgan is Professor of History at the University of Montevallo. Klappentext David Morgan captures the essence of the conflict between some modern-day Southern Baptists! who saw themselves as crusaders for truth! as they sought to redeem a new holy land - the Southern Baptist Convention - from the control of other Southern Baptists they viewed as "liberals". To the so-called liberals! the crusaders were "fundamentalists" on a mission! not to reclaim the SBC in the name of theological truth but to gain control and redirect its activities according to their narrow political! social! and theological perspectives. The New Crusades provides a comprehensive history of the conflict! taking the reader through the bitter and divisive struggles of the late 1980s! that culminated in the 1991 emergence of a moderate faction within the SBC. The fundamentalists had won. Zusammenfassung This text aims to capture the essence of the conflict between some modern-day southern Baptists! who saw themselves as crusaders for truth as they sought to redeem a new Holy Land! from the control of other southern Baptists they viewed as "liberals".

Product details

• Authors: David T. Morgan
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.1996
• EAN: 9780817308049
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-0804-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Geschichte der Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / History, Religion - Church History, RELIGION / Christianity / Baptist