"Overall, scholars of the South in the 1920s and 1930s, particularly, will find detailed narratives that add depth to the scholarship of this period. Readers of this journal interested in Alabama history and the intersection of Progressive reform and religion would benefit from many of these essays, as would historians of evangelical religion and its increasing politicization since the rights movements of the late 1950s and 1960s."
—Journal of Southern History
"Who better to write a book on southern evangelical religion than Dr. J. Wayne Flynt? This award-winning Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, Baptist minister, and Sunday school teacher extraordinaire has devoted most of his professional life to this study. Now, readers have the opportunity to see wisdom, wit, and a wealth of information bundled together in a collection of some fifteen essays, written over the span of nearly fifty years."
—The Alabama Review
“Southern Religion and Christian Diversity in the Twentieth Century is a splendid retrospective of a great scholar’s career. Flynt dismantles generalizations, shows individual complexity, and, as the title suggests, reveals ‘diversity,’ as well as any scholar I know.”
—Paul Harvey, coauthor of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America and the author of Redeeming the South: Religious Cultures and Racial Identities among Southern Baptists, 1865–1925
“Flynt is one of the top scholars of southern religion, and his collected essays constitute an important contribution to the field. Always clearly written, solidly researched, and analytically vigorous, they represent a fine scholar working at the top of his form. This book should be on the mandatory reading list of anyone wishing to understand the nature of southern religion.”
—John B. Boles, author of The Great Revival, 1787–1805: The Origins of the Southern Evangelical Mind and The South Through Time
