Against the Wind: The Moderate Voice in Baptist Life

by Carl L. Kell

The struggle for control of the Southern Baptist Convention, which was publicly launched in 1979 and concluded in the 1990s, marked an unprecedented turning point in the history of the denomination. Just as a new millennium was dawning, everything in the denomination was different: its priorities, its policies, and its personalities. The conservatives had come decisively to the fore, and those Baptists labeled as moderates found themselves largely...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572336749
• ISBN13: 9781572336742
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 9.3"