{"product_id":"into-the-pulpit-southern-baptist-women-power-since-world-war-ii-9780807835340","title":"Into the Pulpit: Southern Baptist Women \u0026 Power Since World War II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInto the Pulpit: Southern Baptist Women \u0026amp; Power Since World War II\u003c\/strong\u003e by Flowers, Elizabeth H.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780807835340.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe debate over womens roles in the Southern Baptist Conventions conservative ascendance is often seen as secondary to theological and biblical concerns. Elizabeth Flowers argues, however, that for both moderate and conservative Baptist women--all of whom had much at stake--disagreements that touched on their familial roles and ecclesial authority have always been primary. And, in the turbulent postwar era, debate over their roles caused fierce internal controversy. While the legacy of race and civil rights lingered well into the 1990s, views on womens submission to male authority provided the most salient test by which moderates were identified and expelled in a process that led to significant splits in the Church. In Flowerss expansive history of Southern Baptist women, the \"woman question\" is integral to almost every area of Southern Baptist concern: hermeneutics, ecclesial polity, missionary work, church-state relations, and denominational history. Flowerss analysis, part\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44923665088565,"sku":"ByrdShop_080783534X","price":91.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_080783534X_4ff17714-9143-4810-b755-cda23d72ad9b.jpg?v=1778819994","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/into-the-pulpit-southern-baptist-women-power-since-world-war-ii-9780807835340","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}