Paper Profiles Richard Land

Today's Boston Globe carries a long and interesting profile of Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Here is an example of the Globe's description of Land: "To his liberal foes, Land is easily the most confounding of religious right leaders. At least as steeped in Western history as biblical verse, this fan of Jane Austen and Thomas Wolfe boasts a doctorate of philosophy from Oxford and readily slips out of Southern Baptist vernacular into the language of the media elite. He frequently quotes Winston Churchill and tops the guest call-list when the subject on Washington's Sunday TV talk shows turn to faith and values. Last year he logged 160 media interviews. He counts Democrats among his best friends."