Superchurch : The Rhetoric and Politics of American Fundamentalism
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| Autore: |
Edwards Jonathan J
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| Titolo: |
Superchurch : The Rhetoric and Politics of American Fundamentalism
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| Pubblicazione: | East Lansing, MI, : Michigan State University Press, 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 322.10973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fundamentalism -- History |
| Fundamentalism -- United States | |
| Fundamentalist churches -- United States | |
| Christianity | |
| Religion | |
| Philosophy & Religion | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | NewErin Kirk |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. The Public and Its Fundamentalists; Chapter Two. The Fundamentals of Revival; Chapter Three. Countersymbols and Confederacy; Chapter Four. The Superchurch Revealed; Chapter Five. The Superchurch Reimagined; Chapter Six. The Limits of Accommodation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Christian Fundamentalism is a doctrine and a discourse in tension. Fundamentalists describe themselves as both marginal and a majority. They announce the imminent end of the world while building massive megachurches and political lobbying organizations. They speak of the need for purity and separation from the outside world while continually innovating in their search for more effective and persuasive ways to communicate with and convert outsiders. To many outsiders, Fundamentalist speech seems contradictory, irrational, intolerant, and dangerously antidemocratic. To understand the complexity |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Superchurch |
| ISBN: | 1-60917-447-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911098352103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Rhetoric & Public Affairs