Southern Baptist Politics Authority and Power in the Restructuring of an American Denomination

Name: Southern Baptist Politics Authority and Power in the Restructuring of an American Denomination
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ISBN: 9780271010014

ISBN-10: 0271010010

ISBN-13: 9780271010014

Edition: 1994

Authors: Arthur E. Farnsley II

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Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 4/6/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 168
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Arthur Emery Farnsley II is Associate Director of the "Congregations in Changing Communities" project at the Center for Religious Research at Emory University.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Growth in Organization and Agreement, 1845-1941



Diversity, Disagreement, and Organizational Tension, 1942 to the Present



What Southern Baptists Have Meant by Democracy



Scriptural Law and the Rise of Fundamentalism



Pastoral Authority and the Priesthood of the Believer



The Bureaucracy and a New Set of Rules



The New Southern Baptist Democracies



Lessons For and About Denominations



Conclusion


Bibliography


Index