Uneasy in Babylon

by Hankins, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780817350819
• ISBN10: 0817350810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-17
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Summary

The first book-length interpretation of the new conservative leaders of America's largest Protestant denomination. Uneasy in Babylonis based on extensive interviews with the most important Southern Baptist conservatives who have assumed control of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Known to many Americans from their appearances on national TV talk shows, such as Larry King Liveand Fox News, they advocate a return to traditional values throughout the country. Hankins shows how differing cultural perceptions help explain the great chasm that developed between fundamentalists in the SBC and the moderates who preceded them as leaders of the denomination.

Author Biography

Barry Hankins is Associate Professor of History and Church-State Studies at Baylor University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(13)
1. Moving off the Plantation: Southern Baptist Conservatives become American Evangelicals	14	(27)
2. "The War of the Worlds": Southern Baptist Conservatives as Culture Warriors	41	(33)
3. From Christianity Today to World Magazine: Southern Baptist Conservatives Take Their Stand in Louisville	74	(33)
4. The Search for a Useable Past: Religious Liberty in a Hostile Culture	107	(32)
5. Using a Useable Past: Church-State Positions	139	(26)
6. No One Has Been Shot Yet: Southern Baptists and the Abortion Controversy	165	(35)
7. Graciously Submissive: Southern Baptist Conservatives and Women	200	(40)
8. Conservatives Can Be Progressive Too: Southern Baptist Conservatives and Race	240	(32)
Conclusion	272	(7)
Notes	279	(38)
Bibliography	317	(16)
Index	333