Historical analyses (Contemporaneous and Retrospective)
The fundamentalist takeover in the Southern Baptist Convention : a brief history by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.3 .J365 1999ISBN: 9789739867719Publication Date: 1999A critical short history of the controversy from the perspective of self-defined "mainstream...Baptists" (cover). Comprehensive, abbreviated narrative with historical and theological analysis of issues from this viewpoint.
Note: The period from 1979 to 1994 marked a time of considerable upheaval and controversy within the Southern Baptist Convention.
The resources listed below represent a range of opinions on the significance of the events of those years.
- Southern Baptists : a historical, ecclesiological, and theological heritage of a confessional people by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.3 .Y37x 2000ISBN: 1578430089Publication Date: 2000Five chapter overview of Southern Baptist History from 1845-2000. Chapter 3 "A Heritage of Conflict" narrates the history of the controversy. Generally sympathetic to confessionalism.
- The Southern Baptist holy war by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.7 .B37 1986ISBN: 0877190372Publication Date: 1986Contemporaneous theological and historical analysis of the controversy from a sympathetic conservative perspective.
The Baptist reformation : the conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.3 .S87 2000ISBN: 080542198XPublication Date: 2000Retrospective theological and historical analysis of the controversy from a sympathetic conservative perspective. Provides a detailed analysis of doctrinal implications of the transition as well as a theological critique of the pre-1979 status quo.
The way we were : how Southern Baptist theology has changed and what it means to us all by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.7 .H86 1994ISBN: 1573123765Publication Date: 1994Provides a historical theological critique of post-1979 conservative ecclesiological shift of SBC. Chapter 6 provides a concise response to core assertions of Calvinism.
Calvinism : a Southern Baptist dialogue by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.7 .C35 2008ISBN: 0805448357Publication Date: 2008The rising influence of Calvinist theology among SBC leadership during and following the period of the controversy has been noted by both advocates and opponents alike. Chapters 3 and 4 of this work discuss the historical nature of the relationship between the SBC and Calvinist thought.
Going for the jugular : a documentary history of the SBC holy war by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.7 .G65 1996ISBN: 0865544565Publication Date: 1996Chronologically arranged compilation of primary source documents covering the controversy from 1979 through 1991.- Has our theology changed? : Southern Baptist thought since 1845 by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.7 .H36 1994ISBN: 0805410457Publication Date: 1994Chronicles the historic shift within the SBC away from Calvinism towards Arminianism. Argues that theological diversity has always characterized the SBC.
- Amidst Babel, speak the truth : reflections on the Southern Baptist Convention struggle by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.3 .A54 1993ISBN: 188083717XPublication Date: 1993Reflection and commentary by SBC moderates on the theological significance of the successful "fundamentalist takeover" of the Convention.
God's last and only hope : the fragmentation of the Southern Baptist Convention by Call Number: Moody General Collection BX6462.3 .L46 1990ISBN: 0802804985Publication Date: 1990
