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Line 12: − ===Civil rights=== − Rice, head of the Sword of the Lord Foundation, in the 1960s opposed the developing civil rights movement's influence on Christianity, which he believed was being distracted by worldly social causes from its true mission of evangelizing. Rice also condemned interracial marriage and racial agitation, which he saw as inspired by communism. − ===Women=== − Between 1920 and 1940, Fundamentalist Protestant preachers abandoned an image of women as idealized religious allies for an emphasis on female vulnerability and submissiveness, reflecting a transformation in both women's social roles and in organized religion. Green's 1996 study of three preachers - Rice, [[Billy Sunday]] and [[John Roach Straton]], describes three major characteristics of fundamentalist thought during the era of rapid social transformation between 1920 and 1940. First, the fundamentalists' image of women changed from a vague but positive notion of women as morally superior and religiously inclined to a more rigid definition of women's subordinate status. Second, the preachers' redefinition of women's roles grew from fundamentalism's emphasis on the role of men in the church, not from a distaste for women's entry into public life. Finally, fundamentalist ideology responded to a particular social change - for example, to women's suffrage - with either approval or opposition rather than with a rigidly conservative reaction. − <ref>Marty Nesselbush Green, "From Sainthood to Submission: Gender Images in Conservative Protestantism, 1900-1940," ''Historian'' 1996 58(3): 539-556</ref> − ==Later career== Line 76:
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'''John R. Rice''' (D.D.) (December 11, 1895 - December 29, 1980) was a [[Baptist]] [[evangelist]], Pastor and founder and editor of the Sword of the Lord. He was an extremely influential figure in [[Fundamentalist]] Christianity. Rice is best known as founder, editor, and publisher of ''[[The Sword of the Lord]]'' newspaper, and author of the book ''Prayer: Asking and Receiving''. He has also written several hymns, including a hymn on prayer entitled "''Ask, Seek, and Knock.''"
'''John R. Rice''' (D.D.) (December 11, 1895 - December 29, 1980) was a [[Baptist]] [[evangelist]], Pastor and founder and editor of the Sword of the Lord. He was an extremely influential figure in [[Fundamentalist]] Christianity. Rice is best known as founder, editor, and publisher of ''[[The Sword of the Lord]]'' newspaper, and author of the book ''Prayer: Asking and Receiving''. He has also written several hymns, including a hymn on prayer entitled "''Ask, Seek, and Knock.''"
==Early Life==
==Early Life and Education==
John R. Rice was born in Cooke County, Texas December 11, 1895, the son of William H. and Sallie Elizabeth La Prade Rice. He was the oldest of three siblings. He was converted at age 12.
John R. Rice was born in Cooke County, Texas December 11, 1895, the son of William H. and Sallie Elizabeth La Prade Rice. He was the oldest of three siblings. He was converted at age 12.
In 1932 he founded the Funfamentalist Baprist Church in Dallas. In 1934, he founded ''[[The Sword of the Lord]]'', a bi-weekly publication that has grown into the foremost Fundamentalist newsletter in the world. It vigorously exposed the evils of a liberalism, Catholicism, Communism, the civil rights movement, and
In 1932 he founded the Funfamentalist Baprist Church in Dallas. In 1934, he founded ''[[The Sword of the Lord]]'', a bi-weekly publication that has grown into the foremost Fundamentalist newsletter in the world. It vigorously exposed the evils of a liberalism, Catholicism, Communism, the civil rights movement, and
various other vices, including dancing, alcohol, smoking, and motion pictures.
various other vices, including dancing, alcohol, smoking, and motion pictures.
In 1939 he left Dallas for Wheaton, Illinois in 1940, which became the base for ''The Sword'' and for his full-time evangelism. He attacked [[Billy Graham]] for cooperating with liberal ministers in his evangelistic crusades.
In 1939 he left Dallas for Wheaton, Illinois in 1940, which became the base for ''The Sword'' and for his full-time evangelism. He attacked [[Billy Graham]] for cooperating with liberal ministers in his evangelistic crusades.
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