Our Sources

The Archives staff has combed through numerous books, articles, interviews and other forms of literature to produce this site. Valuable information came from a variety of sources as, over time, a picture of the Seminary’s identity emerged. We list to the left the material that breathed life into the past and people of Southern.

Website Sources

Books and Dissertations

  • Ammerman, Nancy. Baptist Battles: Social Change and Religious Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1990.
  • Amour, Rollin S., editor. Perspectives on Christian Ethics: Essays in Honor of Henlee Hulix Barnette. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1991.
  • Ashby, Jerry. John Albert Broadus: The Theory and Practice of His Preaching. Th.D. diss., New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1968.
  • Barnette, Henlee. A Pilgrimage of Faith: My Journey. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2004.
  • ________. Clarence Jordan: Turning Dreams into Deeds. Smith & Helwys, 1992.
  • Broadus, John A. Memoir of James P. Boyce. Nashville, TN: Sunday School Board, 1927.
  • Beasley, Murray, Paul. Fearless for Truth: A Personal Portrait of the Life of George Raymond Beasley-Murray. UK: Paternoster, 2002.
  • Bugg, Charles Basil. “The Whitsitt Controversy: A Study in Denominational Conflict.” Th.D. diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972.
  • Carver, W.O. Out of His Treasure. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1956.
  • Coble, Ann. Cotton Patch for the Kingdom: Clarence Jordan’s Demonstration Plot at Koinonia Farm. Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 2002.
  • Crismon, Leo. Franklin Howard Kerfoot, in Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. 2 Vols. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1958.
  • Criswell, W.A. Standing on the Promises. Dallas, TX: Word, 1990.
  • _______. The Scarlet Thread Through the Bible. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1970.
  • _______. and McCall, Duke. Passport to the World. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1951.
  • Dobbins, Austin. Gaines Dobbins: Pioneer in Religious Education. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1981.
  • Dobbins, Gaines. Translating New Testament Principles into Present-Day Practices. In A Reader in Christian Education: Foundations and Basic Perspectives. Edited by Eugene S. Gibbs. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1992.
  • Dockery, David S. and Roger D. Duke. John A. Broadus: A Living Legacy. Nashville, TN: B & H, 2008.
  • Drinkard, Jr., Joel. “Biographical Sketch of Joseph Callaway.” In Benchmarks in Time and Culture, ed. Joel Drinkard, Jr., Gerald L. Mattingly, J, Maxwell Miller. Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1988.
  • Elliott, Ralph. The Genesis Controversy and Continuity in Southern Baptist Chaos. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1992.
  • Ellis, William E. A Man of Books and a Man of the People: E. Y. Mullins and the Crisis of Moderate Southern Baptist Leadership. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1985.
  • Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. Volumes 1-4. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1958, 1971, 1982.
  • Finley, John. “Edwin Charles Dargan: Baptist Denominationalist in a Changing South.” Ph.D. diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984.
  • Fletcher, Jesse. The Southern Baptist Convention. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1994.
  • George, Timothy and David S. Dockery. Baptist Theologians. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1990.
  • _______. Theologians of the Baptist Tradition. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 2001.
  • Gill, Everett. A.T. Robertson: A Biography. New York, NY: MacMillan, 1943.
  • Graves, Harold. Into the Wind: Personal Reflections on the Early Years of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1983.
  • Gregory, Joel. Too Great a Temptation. Fort Worth, TX: The Summit Group, 1994.
  • Hankins, Barry. God’s Rascal: J. Frank Norris and the Beginnings of Southern Fundamentalism. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.
  • _______. Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Conservatives and American Culture. Tuscaloosa, AL: The University of Alabama Press, 2002.
  • Hefley, James C. The Conservative Resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention. Hannibal, MO: Hannibal Books, 1991.
  • _______. Truth in Crisis, Volume 5: The Winning Edge (The Controversy in the Southern Baptist Convention). Hannibal, MO: Hannibal Books, 1991.
  • Hobbs, Herschel. My Faith and Message. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1993.
  • Jordan, C. Ferris. “Thomas Treadwell Eaton: Pastor, Editor, Controversialist, and Denominational Servant.” Th.D. diss, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1965.
  • Johnson, R. Inman. Oral History Interview of Robert Inman Johnson and Elizabeth Johnson.
  • _______. Of Parsons and Profs. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1959.
  • Jones, J. Estill. William Hersey Davis, in Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. 2 Vols. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1958.
  • Kearfott, Robert R. Kerfoot, Kearfott and Allied Families in America. Published privately by family, 1948.
  • Kell, Carl and Camp, Raymond. In the Name of the Father. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1999.
  • Littlejohn, Carrie U. History of Carver School of Missions and Social Work. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1958.
  • McBeth, Leon. The First Baptist Church of Dallas. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1968.
  • McCall, Duke. Duke McCall: An Oral History. Brentwood, TN: Baptist History and Heritage, and Nashville, TN: Fields Publishing, 2001.
  • Mueller, William. A History of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1959.
  • Mullins, E.Y. The Axioms of Religion. George, Timothy and Denise, editors. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1997.
  • Mullins, Isla May. Edgar Young Mullins: An Intimate Biography. Nashville, TN: Sunday School Board, 1929.
  • Nettles, Thomas J. James Petigru Boyce: A Southern Baptist Statesman. P & R Publishing, 2009.
  • Nutt, Grady. So Good, So Far. Nashville, TN: Impact Books, 1979.
  • Oates, Wayne E. The Struggle to Be Free. Philadelphia, PA: The Westminster Press, 1983.
  • Patterson, Ward. Holy Humor: The Religious Rhetoric of Grady Nutt. Ph.D. diss., Indiana University, 1983.
  • Pressler, Paul. A Hill on Which to Die: One Southern Baptist’s Journey. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 2002.
  • Roberts, Anthony Dale. “Jesse Burton Weatherspoon: The Ethics of Advocacy in a Southern Baptist Context” (PhD diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983).
  • Robertson, A.T. Life and Letters of John Albert Broadus. Philadelphia, PA: American Baptist Publication Society, 1901.
  • Sampey, John. Memoirs of John Sampey. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1947.
  • _______. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: The First Thirty Years. Baltimore, MD: Wharton, Barron & Co., 1890.
  • Shurden, Walter. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, in Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists. Vol 4. Nashville, TN: Broadman, 1982.
  • Sisk, Ronald. The Ethics of Henlee Barnette: A Study in Method. Ph.D. diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982.
  • Slatton, James. W. H. Whitsitt: The Man and the Controversy. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2009.
  • Snider, Philip. The “Cotton Patch” Gospel: The Proclamation of Clarence Jordan. Ph.D. diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1984.
  • Watts, John D.W., editor. How I Have Changed My Mind: Essays by Retired Professors of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Louisville, KY: The Review and Expositor, 1993.
  • Waugh, Raymond. The Mythical Book of the Southern Baptist Seminary. Louisville, KY: The Harvester Press, 1953.
  • West, Danny. “The Origin and Function of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s “Abstract of Principles,” 1858-1859.” Th.M. thesis, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983.
  • Westmoreland-White, Michael. “Incarnational Discipleship: The Ethics of Clarence Jordan, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Dorothy Day.” Ph.D. diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995.
  • Wilkinson, Carl. “The Life and Work of William Joseph McGlothlin.” Ph.D. diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1980.
  • Wills, Gregory A. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1859-2009. Oxford University Press, 2009.
  • Winters, Adam Garland. “T. T. Eaton and the Politicization of Baptist Ecclesiology.” Ph.D. diss., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2016.
  • Wilson, Mark R. W. O. Carver’s Controversies in the Baptist South. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2010.

Articles and Other Sources

  • Anderson, Allen. Biography of Grady Nutt. Accessed on 2 March 2005. Available from http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/NN/fnu7.html; Internet.
  • Baptist Standard. A Brief Timeline of W.A. Criswell’s Life and Ministry. Accessed on 9 March 2005. Available from http://www.baptiststandard.com/2002/1_14/pages/criswell_timeline.html; Internet.
  • Barnette, Henlee. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the Civil Rights Movement: The Visit of Martin Luther King, Jr., Part Two. Review and Expositor 93 (1996): 77-126.
  • Christianity Today. Growing Up at Koinonia. Accessed on 9 March 2005. Available from http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/110/32.0.html; Internet.
  • Criswell, W.A. Preaching Through the Bible. Accessed on 9 March 2005. Available from http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/101/21.0.html; Internet.
  • Edge, Findley. A Forward Looking Innovator, Gaines S. Dobbins. Founder’s Day Address, 1990.
  • EthicsDaily.com. Obituary of Henlee Barnette. Accessed from the Ethics Daily website at http://ethicsdaily.com/article_detail.cfm?AID=4962; Internet.
  • George, Timothy. The Baptist Pope. Accessed on 9 March 2005. Available from http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/003/3.54.html; Internet.
  • Graves, Harold. Broadus, Robertson, Davis—Southern Seminary’s Contribution to New Testament Scholarship. Founder’s Day Address, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, January 22, 1958.
  • Hawkins, Craig. A Short History of the Life of J.G. Machen. Accessed on 1 March 2005. Available from http://www.apologeticsinfo.org/papers/machen.html; Internet.
  • Hinson, Glenn. Between Two Worlds, in Baptist History and Heritage, Vol. XX, April 1985, No.2, 28-35.
  • Leonard, Bill. Student Life at Southern Seminary, in Review and Expositor, Vol. LXXXI, No. 4, 442-460.
  • Mohler, R. Albert. Don’t Just Do Something: Stand There! Convocation Address at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, August 31, 1993.
  • Oates Institute. Heritage of Dr. Oates. Available from http://www.oates.org/legacy/weo_history.html.
  • Rudolph, Gerald L. Oral History Interview with Dale Moody. November 28, 1978.
  • Pettegrew, Hal. Gaines Stanley Dobbins. Available from http://www.biola.edu/ceacademic/dobbinsg.cfm; Internet.
  • Piper, John. J. Gresham Machen’s Response to Modernism. Accessed on 1 March 2005. Available from http://www.desiringgod.org/library/biographies/93machen.html: Internet.
  • Schneider, Grace. Camp Taylor. Accessed on 17 February 2005.  Available from http://www.courier-journal.com/reweb/community/placetime/midcounty-camptaylor.html; Internet.
  • Schreiner, Tom. Oral History Interview of Robert Stein. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002.
  • Shands, O Norman. Ellis Adams Fuller, Man of God. Founders’ Day Address, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, September 16, 1965.
  • Shaw, Susan, and Lewis, Tina. Once There Was a Camelot: Women Doctoral Graduates of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982-1992, Talk About the Seminary, the Fundamentalist Takeover, and Their Lives Since SBTS. Review and Expositor 95 (1998), 397-424.
  • Sherwood, Tom. Oral History Interview of Leo T. Crismon. October 20, 1978.
  • Smith, Peter. Henlee Barnette, 1911-2004: Professor, Activist Led Influential and Controversial Life. From the Courier Journal. Accessed from the Crescent Hill Baptist Church website at http://www.crescenthillbaptistchurch.org/barnette.htm; Internet.
  • Stafford, Tim. How to Build Homes Without Putting Up Walls. Accessed on 9 March 2005. Available from http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/007/1.28.html; Internet.
  • Stames, Todd. A Godly Heritage: The History of the Cooperative Program. Accessed on 17 February 2005. Available from http://www.baptist2baptist.net/b2barticle.asp?ID=240; Internet.
  • Toalston, Art. Drummond’s Colleagues Remember a Man Passionate for Revival. Accessed on 28 March 2005. Available from http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=17387: Internet.
  • Introducing our Course Writers-E.A. McDowell, Extension News, April 1965, 4.
  • Memorial-E.A. McDowell, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Outlook, vol. 4, November-December 1975, 4.

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