by Barry Hankins
University of Alabama Press, 2002
Cloth: 978-0-8173-1142-1 | Paper: 978-0-8173-5081-9 | eISBN: 978-0-8173-1336-4
Library of Congress Classification BX6462.3.H36 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 286.132

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

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 the moderates who preceded them as leaders of the denomination.