Mark Noll Reviews God's Own Party

[Stephen Fox]

In June 9 print issue of www.tnr.com

Must reading for Bruce Gourley, Dr. Underwood, Buddy Shurden and all the revenants of the progressive Baptist movement and many rank and file as well.
I have a copy of the review in hand.

[Stephen Fox]

But he fails to see the significance of Judge Pressler's interlocking network to James Baker and Texas Oil thought he does mention the fundamentalist takeover of the SBC.
I hope to get in touch with Noll and bring to his attention the Question I asked President Carter in press conference at Bham CBF in 93 referencing Wash Post's Tom Edsall's statement in New Politics of Inequality about the strategic financing of the 78 midterm financed by Pressler's cabal; legacy of the Texas Regulars.
And there is much to make yet of the Wade Hampton Hotel meeting of 66 when Nixon became enamored of George Wallace language and its power.

[Stephen Fox]

Comments are pouring in at TNR.

One on allies of western civilization is pretty interesting; maybe a trump card comment

http://www.tnr.com/article/books/magazi ... tian-right

[Stephen Fox]

http://usreligion.blogspot.com/2011/05/ ... views.html

[Stephen Fox]

[Stephen Fox]

http://americancreation.blogspot.com/20 ... ttack.html

[Stephen Fox]

Endorses the book that takes issue with Lutheran Fundamentalism; same crock at the core of SBC Takeover and how it miscegenated into the Religious Right:

http://www.lutheranforum.org/book-revie ... -c-burkee/


http://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/i ... 0800697928

[Stephen Fox]

For Otten, Read Pressler, Albert Lee Smith and Helms

http://www.augsburgfortress.org/media/d ... 8Intro.pdf

[Stephen Fox]

I just read the Intro.

Hoping the Likes of Bill Underwood, Dan Vestal, Stan Hastey and John Pierce read before CBF meets in Tampa

[Stephen Fox]

equivalent of Paige's Review of Nancy Ammerman

http://www.logia.org/index.php?option=c ... &Itemid=18

[Ed Pettibone]

[Stephen Fox]

Teaches at West Georgia in Carrollton, Jerry Vines stompin grounds.

Williams was raised Church of Christ in Maine, graduate of Case Western in Ohio, and PHD from Brown.

Had the good fortune to have phone conversation with him this afternoon. His intent was dispassioned history and analysis and I think he does that well after a first reading of his book.

I think it is clear to me at least, his history suggests strongly the SBC CR was very much a product of of influence of Birch Society, Billy James Hargis, Carl McIntyre, Francis Schaeffer; as opposed to legacy of George Truett and E. Y. Mullins.

But that was not his intent to make the point. It's my interpretation of his work.
I hope in some capacity he will join us here on occasion for the discussion.

With Mark Noll I highly recommend him for presentation at CBF and Alliance meetings; for sure he should speak at Mercer and Samford this fall.

He follows Richard Land closely, and Ed McAteer and Tim Lahaye and Francis Schaeffer as the SBC CR combusted in the 70's.