Uneasy in Babylon : Southern Baptist conservatives and American culture / Barry Hankins.

The first book-length interpretation of the new conservative leaders of America's largest Protestant denomination. Uneasy in Babylon is based on extensive interviews with the most important Southern Baptist conservatives who have assumed control of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Known t...

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Main Author: Hankins, Barry, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2002.
Series:Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
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Summary:The first book-length interpretation of the new conservative leaders of America's largest Protestant denomination. Uneasy in Babylon is 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 Live and 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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 344 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-332) and index.
ISBN:9780817313364
0817313362
0817311424
9780817311421
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.