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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816557303321

Titolo

Fundamentalism and evangelicalism / / edited and with an introduction by Martin E. Marty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Munich ; ; New York, : K.G. Saur, 1993

ISBN

3-11-097436-3

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Modern American Protestantism and its World ; ; Volume 10

Altri autori (Persone)

MartyMartin E. <1928->

Disciplina

277.3/082

Soggetti

Fundamentalism - United States

Evangelicalism - United States

United States Church history 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Evangelicalism as a Democratic Movement / HATCH, NATHAN O. -- Toward a Historical Interpretation of the Origins of Fundamentalism / SANDEEN, ERNEST R. -- Fundamentalism as an American Phenomenon, A Comparison with English Evangelicalism / MARSDEN, GEORGE -- Fundamentalist Institutions and the Rise of Evangelical Protestantism, 1929-1942 / CARPENTER, JOEL A. -- William Jennings Bryan: Statesman - Fundamentalist / RUSSELL, C. ALLYN -- William Jennings Bryan, Evolution, and the Fundamentalist - Modernist Controversy / SZASZ, FERENC M. -- The Scopes Trial in Perspective / SZASZ, FERENC M. -- Political Fundamentalism and Popular Democracy in the 1920's / GARSON, ROBERT A. -- Strident Voices in Kansas between the Wars / HOPE, CLIFFORD R. -- Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Norris and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929 / LEDBETTER, PATSY -- Our Hope: An American Fundamentalist Journal and the Holocaust, 1937-1945 / RAUSCH, DAVID A. -- Baptist Fundamentalism: A Cultural Interpretation / McBETH, LEON -- Independent Baptists: From Sectarian Minority to "Moral Majority" / LEONARD, BILL J. -- Fundamentalism at Harvard: The Case of Edward John Carnell / NELSON, RUDOLPH L. -- The Creationists / NUMBERS, RONALD L. -- The New Christian Right, America, and the Kingdom of God / CLOUSE, ROBERT G. -- Religious Broadcasting and the Mobilization of the New Christian Right / HADDEN, JEFFREY K. -- Copyright Information -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the government are met with hundreds of lobbyists, millions of dollars of advertising spending, and a powerful grassroots response. How has the fundamentalist movement managed to resist the pressures of the scientific community and the draw of modern popular culture to hold on to their ultra-conservative Christian views? Understanding the movement's history is key to answering this question. Fundamentalism and American Culture has long been considered a class