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1 online resource (356 pages) |
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Series Preface; Introduction; Evangelicalism as a Democratic Movement; Toward a Historical Interpretation of the Origins of Fundamentalism; Fundamentalism as an American Phenomenon, A Comparison with English Evangelicalism; Fundamentalist Institutions and the Rise of Evangelical Protestantism, 1929-1942; William Jennings Bryan: Statesman -- Fundamentalist; William Jennings Bryan, Evolution, and the Fundamentalist -- Modernist Controversy; The Scopes Trial in Perspective; Political Fundamentalism and Popular Democracy in the 1920's; Strident Voices in Kansas between the Wars |
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Defense of the Faith: J. Frank Nonis and Texas Fundamentalism, 1920-1929Our Hope: An American Fundamentalist Journal and the Holocaust, 1937-1945; Baptist Fundamentalism: A Cultural Interpretation; Independent Baptists: From Sectarian Minority to "Moral Majority"; Fundamentalism at Harvard: The Case of Edward John Carnell; The Creationists; The New Christian Right, America, and the Kingdom of God; Religious Broadcasting and the Mobilization of the New Christian Right; Copyright Information; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
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Print version record |
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Fundamentalism -- United States
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Evangelicalism -- United States
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Evangelicalism
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Fundamentalism
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United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139929
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110974362 |
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3110974363 |
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