The SBC Sexual Abuse Scandal is a ‘Success’ Story of the Theological Vision and Social Structure of the ‘Conservative Resurgence’
…controlling women. And there’s nothing mythological about that. It is the way patriarchy always works. * * * Southern Baptists may like the myth about saving their church from liberalism. But there’s something Baptists don’t like: creeds. Oddly enough, a “creed” plays a central role in this story of the Fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention. Since their beginnings in the 17th century, Baptists have emphasized freedom of consc…
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