How Jimmy Carter tried to ‘save’ Southern Baptists, his beloved childhood denomination
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100, has been a landmark figure in Southern Baptist politics ...
Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical,’ from campaigns to race and women’s rights
Former President Carter was widely known as a man of faith, a born-again Christian who defined himself as a progressive ...
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Two notable interviews may help Southern Baptists reflect on Jimmy Carter
When Plains Baptist Church voted overwhelmingly in the 1950s to bar Blacks and “racial agitators” from membership, Jimmy ...
How Jimmy Carter helped the religious right’s rise to power
Devoutness wasn't always an important feature in a presidential candidate. That all changed after Carter professed his “born ...
Jimmy Carter fondly recalled childhood visits to Birmingham
Former President Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn visited a Habitat For Humanity community in Fairfield, Ala., Friday October 8, 2010 to help put the finishing touches on the home of Ted and Wanda ...
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The faith of Jimmy Carter: A born-again Christian who practiced progressive evangelicalism
Jimmy Carter referenced Jesus in an interview ... and leaders from Carter’s own denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. “The 1970s was a high moment in the history of progressive ...
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The faith of Jimmy Carter: A born-again Christian who practiced his own version of progressive evangelicalism
Jimmy Carter referenced Jesus in an interview ... and leaders from Carter’s own denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. “The 1970s was a high moment in the history of progressive ...
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Jimmy the Baptist: Carter redefined ‘evangelical,’ from campaigns to race and women’s rights
That doesn’t mean those others didn’t have good intentions, but for Jimmy Carter ... your religion.” Carter grew up as the son of a deacon in the Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative ...