Title The Rise of Baptist Republicanism

Published New York : NYU Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (352 pages) Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF APPENDICES; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Baptist Republicanism's Cultural Antecedents; 2 Backlash: Baptist Republicanism as Fundamentalist Reaction; 3 Culture War: Baptist Republicanism as Cultural Defense; 4 Fundamental Differences: Baptist Republicanism's Political Partners; 5 Bible Belt: Baptist Republicanism in the Palmetto State; 6 The Pew and the Pulpit: Baptist Republican Mass and Elite Politics; 7 United We Survive: Baptist Republican Alliances 8 Conclusion: Baptist Republicanism, Southern Conservatism, and American PoliticsAppendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index Summary A Choice Outstanding Academic Book. By championing the ideals of independence, evangelism, and conservism, the Southern Baptist Covention (SBC) has grown into the largest Protestant denomination in the country. The Convention's mass democratic form of church government, its influential annual meetings, and its sheer size have made it a barometer for Southern political and cultural shift. Its most recent shift has been starboard-toward fundamentalism and Republicanism. While the Convention once ofered a happy home to Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, and church-state separationists, in the past two d Notes Print version record Subject Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) SUBJECT Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) fast Subject Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Southern Baptist Convention -- History -- 20th century Christianity and politics -- Southern Baptist Convention -- History -- 20th century RELIGION -- Christianity -- Protestant. Christianity and politics -- Southern Baptist Convention Christianity and politics Conservatism Conservatism -- Religious aspects -- Southern Baptist Convention SUBJECT United States -- Church history -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139929 Subject United States Genre/Form Church history History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780814739761 0814739768

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