Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie

by Wayne Flynt

Book Overview

Alabama Baptists are a complex people. Although regarded as conservative in both politics and theology, many Baptists became leaders of the 1890s agrarian revolt, devoted partisans of the social gospel early in the 20th century, and ardent advocates of the New Deal. Complexity has also characterized the denomination's race relations. For nearly five decades half its members were slaves, while many other members owned slaves. Thus, interaction of black...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817309276
• ISBN13: 9780817309275
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"