{"product_id":"the-legacy-of-w-a-criswell-paperback","title":"The Legacy of W.A. Criswell - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Towns\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eW. A. Criswell envisioned the emergence of a new conservatism that would become the new religious right. In his most famous and revealing sermons, including \"Segregation and Society\" (1956) and \"The Church of the Open Door\" (1968), Criswell proclaimed that opposition to evangelical truths sprang from two sources: Darwin's \u003ci\u003eOrigin of Species\u003c\/i\u003e and the vast inroads of German higher criticism and rationalism that explained away the miracles of the bible and reduced them to humanistic fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Towns's book examines selected speeches from 1956 to 2002, revisiting events that provoked the rhetorical situations of the era and exploring speaker-leader propositions and perspectives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Criswell's leadership in the Southern Baptist Convention was dynamic and unifying, and his paradigm for social responsibility in his preaching, speaking and writing can best be entailed in the following encapsulation: \"Be anchored to the book and geared to the times.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJIM TOWNS is Regents Professor of Communication at Stephen F. Austin State University. Among his other books are \u003ci\u003eValidating Singles\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eReverse Mentoring\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eChallenge and Change in Single Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1992). He resides in Nacogdoches where he is a Regents Professor at SFASU.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 10 x 7.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52746782474547,"sku":"9781622881703","price":50.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OVc2TXZQTCt5QUU0S01hOW5yNU5mUT09.webp?v=1764212707","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-legacy-of-w-a-criswell-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}