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- The Exiled Generations: Legacies of the Southern Baptist Convention Holy Wars
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: The University of Tennessee Press
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The Exiled Generations is a collection of poignant testimonials by individuals whose parents and relatives were purged from or left the Southern Baptist Convention in the wake of the fundamentalist takeover beginning in 1980. Building upon Professor Kell’s earlier work, Exiled, which revealed the stories of those who were themselves expurgated, this new book details the experiences of their relations—the sons and daughters who saw their moderate-leaning parents lose pastoral positions, administrative posts, missionary appointments, or seminary professorships, and who faced their own often fraught relationships with their church home.
Until now, the stories of this “lost generation” have never been fully told. In this collection, Professor Kell presents a diverse and wide range of voices. Some are well-known Baptist leaders, while others are ordinary people caught up in the remarkable changes in Baptist life over the past few decades. Here, they recount their feelings of loss as they were severed from youth fellowships and removed from church rolls. Many describe the lingering emotional effects of the heartbreaking conflict that dominated their childhood and adolescence. Their recollections reveal the full range of responses—anger, sadness, pathos, humor, intense inner reflection—to these enormous shifts. This volume shows the extent to which this group has struggled and wandered in emotional and religious exile.
The Exiled Generations comprises rich primary sources for scholars and students who are exploring the profound strife that has rocked the Southern Baptist Convention. These deeply moving accounts will offer invaluable assistance to researchers analyzing the impact of the seismic changes within the denomination over the past thirty-five years.
Until now, the stories of this “lost generation” have never been fully told. In this collection, Professor Kell presents a diverse and wide range of voices. Some are well-known Baptist leaders, while others are ordinary people caught up in the remarkable changes in Baptist life over the past few decades. Here, they recount their feelings of loss as they were severed from youth fellowships and removed from church rolls. Many describe the lingering emotional effects of the heartbreaking conflict that dominated their childhood and adolescence. Their recollections reveal the full range of responses—anger, sadness, pathos, humor, intense inner reflection—to these enormous shifts. This volume shows the extent to which this group has struggled and wandered in emotional and religious exile.
The Exiled Generations comprises rich primary sources for scholars and students who are exploring the profound strife that has rocked the Southern Baptist Convention. These deeply moving accounts will offer invaluable assistance to researchers analyzing the impact of the seismic changes within the denomination over the past thirty-five years.
Table of Contents
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- Preface: In Memory of Kenneth L. Chafin
- pp. ix-xviii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xix-xx
- Introduction
- pp. xxi-xxxiv
- Witness to the Exile
- pp. 1-4
- The Purging
- pp. 11-14
- I Was Supposed to Be a Baptist
- pp. 15-16
- When Trouble Comes Home
- pp. 17-20
- She Ironed Our Underwear
- pp. 21-28
- The Spawn of Lavonn Brown
- pp. 29-32
- The Road Back
- pp. 33-40
- God, Women, and Mayberry
- pp. 41-46
- Faith of Our Fathers? No Way!
- pp. 47-52
- Two Griefs and a Hope
- pp. 53-56
- Ascending into Exile
- pp. 57-60
- When Identity Falls Apart
- pp. 69-74
- The Winding Road Away
- pp. 75-86
- Set on Edge
- pp. 87-92
- The Day the Music Died
- pp. 93-118
- A Wandering Aramean
- pp. 119-126
- Postscript: Crafting a New Baptist Narrative
- pp. 129-134
- Appendix 2. Deep in the Heart of Texas
- pp. 145-158
- Contributors
- pp. 163-168
Additional Information
ISBN
9781621901334
Related ISBN(s)
9781621901129
MARC Record
OCLC
966762537
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2015