Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Convservative and American Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0817311424
- ISBN-13
- 9780817311421
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-04-24
- Publisher
- University of Alabama Press
- Author
- Barry Hankins
Description
Uneasy in Babylon is based on extensive interviews with the most important Southern Baptist conservatives who have wrested control of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) away from moderates. Known to many Americans from their appearances on national TV talk shows, such as Larry King Live, they advocate a return to traditional values throughout the country. As these self-professed culture warriors believe, women should be submissive to their husbands, Disney World should be boycotted because of its tacit support of homosexuality, and multiculturalism is tolling a death knell for the American way of life.
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