Description:
Analyzes the Southern Baptist denomination's influence on southern culture during the 19th century
Review Quotes:
"Without Spain's study, we would see far less clearly how epoch-making is the recent coming to power of the so-called fundamentalist party within the Southern Baptist Convention. Several of Spain's achievements stand out. Paramount is the clear recognition of the compatibility of Southern Baptist ways of thinking with the reigning values of the southern culture. . . . With the reissue of At Ease in Zion we are doubling back to a pioneer stage in the task of understanding the place of religion in southern culture. As we do, we realize fresh opportunity to gain insight into the long sweep of southern religious history."
--From the Foreword