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Two books in 1976 sparked a firestorm of books and papers amongst religious studies scholars.  These were  Harold Lindsell's ''The Battle for the Bible'' and James Barr's ''Fundamentalism''.  Lindsell's book is sympathetic towards conservative Christianity, while Barr's is hostile.  Despite this key difference, both were in remarkable agreement that biblical inerrancy provides the "first line of defense" and demarks the "proverbial line in the sand" between [[Religious Left|liberal]] and [[Religious right|conservative Christianity]].<ref>"Evangelicals, Biblical Scholarship, and the Politics of the Modern American Academy" in ''Evangelicals and science in Historical Perspective'', David N. Livingstone, D. G. Hart, Mark A. Noll (Editors), Oxford University Press, 1999, p.306-326</ref>

Two books in 1976 sparked a firestorm of books and papers amongst religious studies scholars.  These were  Harold Lindsell's ''The Battle for the Bible'' and James Barr's ''Fundamentalism''.  Lindsell's book is sympathetic towards conservative Christianity, while Barr's is hostile.  Despite this key difference, both were in remarkable agreement that biblical inerrancy provides the "first line of defense" and demarks the "proverbial line in the sand" between [[Religious Left|liberal]] and [[Religious right|conservative Christianity]].<ref>"Evangelicals, Biblical Scholarship, and the Politics of the Modern American Academy" in ''Evangelicals and science in Historical Perspective'', David N. Livingstone, D. G. Hart, Mark A. Noll (Editors), Oxford University Press, 1999, p.306-326</ref>

This was also the center of the debate within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the 1980s; ultimately the SBC adopted a conservative viewpoint on Scripture (even going so far as to revise its [[Baptist Faith and Message]] to clarify such) which ultimately led some churches to withdraw from the SBC and form their own liberal associations.

This was also the center of the debate within the [[Southern Baptist Convention]], beginning in the 1960s and continuing through the 1980s; ultimately leading to the Conservative Resurgence, whereupon the SBC adopted a conservative viewpoint on Scripture (even going so far as to revise its [[Baptist Faith and Message]] to clarify such) which ultimately led some churches to withdraw from the SBC and form their own liberal associations.

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