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Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism » Read Now
by Joel A. Carpenter. 336 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

By the end of the 1920s, fundamentalism in America was intellectually bankrupt and publicly disgraced. Bitterly humiliated by the famous Scopes "monkey trial," this once respected movement retreated from the public forum and seemed doomed to extinction. Yet fundamentalism not only survived, but in...
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By the end of the 1920s, fundamentalism in America was intellectually bankrupt and publicly disgraced. Bitterly humiliated by the famous Scopes "monkey trial," this once respected movement retreated from the public forum and seemed doomed to extinction. Yet fundamentalism not only survived, but in the 1940s it reemerged as a thriving and influential public movement. And today it is impossible to read a newspaper or watch cable TV without seeing the presence of fundamentalism in American society. In Revive Us Again, Joel A. Carpenter illuminates this remarkable transformation, exploring the history of American fundamentalism from 1925 to 1950, the years when, to non-fundamentalists, the movement seemed invisible. Skillfully blending painstaking research, telling anecdotes, and astute analysis, Carpenter--a scholar who has spent twenty years studying American evangelicalism--brings this era into focus for the first time. He reveals that, contrary to the popular opinion of the day, fundamentalism was alive and well in America in the late 1920s, and used its isolation over the next two decades to build new strength from within. The book describes how fundamentalists developed a pervasive network of organizations outside of the church setting and quietly strengthened the movement by creating their own schools and organizations, many of which are prominent today, including Fuller Theological Seminary and the publishing and radio enterprises of the Moody Bible Institute. Fundamentalists also used youth movements and missionary work and, perhaps most significantly, exploited the burgeoning mass media industry to spread their message, especially through the powerful new medium of radio. Indeed, starting locally and growing to national broadcasts, evangelical preachers reached millions of listeners over the airwaves, in much the same way evangelists preach through television today. All this activity received no publicity outside of fundamentalist channels until Billy Graham burst on the scene in 1949. Carpenter vividly recounts how the charismatic preacher began packing stadiums with tens of thousands of listeners daily, drawing fundamentalism firmly back into the American consciousness after twenty years of public indifference. Alongside this vibrant history, Carpenter also offers many insights into fundamentalism during this period, and he describes many of the heated internal debates over issues of scholarship, separatism, and the role of women in leadership. Perhaps most important, he shows that the movement has never been stagnant or purely reactionary. It is based on an evolving ideology subject to debate, and dissension: a theology that adapts to changing times. Revive Us Again is more than an enlightening history of fundamentalism. Through his reasoned, objective approach to a topic that is all too often reduced to caricature, Carpenter brings fresh insight into the continuing influence of the fundamentalist movement in modern America,and its role in shaping the popular evangelical movements of today.
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Voices of American Fundamentalism: Seven Biographical Studies » Read Now
by C. Allyn Russell. 306 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...index. 1. Fundamentalism. 2. Christian biography...interpretation of Christianity or that of...through which Fundamentalism developed...of Stratons Fundamentalism there...
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Fundamentalism and Evangelicals » Read Now
by Harriet A. Harris. 384 pgs.

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This study examines the contentious claim that much evangelicalism is fundamentalist in character. Within Protestantism, the term "fundamentalism" denotes not only a movement but also a mentality which has greatly affected evangelicals, and which involves preserving as factual a reading of scripture...
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This study examines the contentious claim that much evangelicalism is fundamentalist in character. Within Protestantism, the term "fundamentalism" denotes not only a movement but also a mentality which has greatly affected evangelicals, and which involves preserving as factual a reading of scripture as possible. Here the development and dismantling of the fundamentalist mentality is examined in light of philosophical influences upon evangelicalism over the last three centuries, notably: Common Sense, Realism, neo-Calvinism, and modern hermeneutical philosophy. Particular attention is paid to James Barr's critique of fundamentalism and to evangelical rejoinders.
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Fundamentalism and Gender » Read Now
by John Stratton Hawley. 224 pgs.

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Godly Women: Fundamentalism and Female Power » Read Now
by Brenda E. Brasher. 218 pgs.

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...adventurous journey into Christian fundamentalism and on what ultimately...womens involvement with Christian fundamentalism in the United States...Olive. Gender and...
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Religious Sects: A Sociological Study (Chap. 4 "The Early Fundamentalists") » Read Now
by Bryan Wilson. 256 pgs.

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...for the course of history. After all, Christianity itself was only a Jewish sect at the...received ideas of Buddhism, Shinto, Christianity and modern secularism, these...
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Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: Revival of Religious Fundamentalism in East and West » Read Now
by Bronislaw Misztal, Anson Shupe. 230 pgs.

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Misztal and Shupe bring together theoretical and empirical studies that focus on fundamentalist social movements in North and Central America and Eastern Europe and that examine the role religion plays in determining the direction of social evolution. Each chapter emphasizes a common set of...
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Misztal and Shupe bring together theoretical and empirical studies that focus on fundamentalist social movements in North and Central America and Eastern Europe and that examine the role religion plays in determining the direction of social evolution. Each chapter emphasizes a common set of processes at work: how religious identities arise or reemerge to confront the globalization trend, how various social movements cope with pressures to conform their identities, and how the globalization trend sets in motion the antithetical reaction of the nationalistic/religious dialectic that it was thought to have eliminated.
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The Freedom to Do God's Will: Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change (Chap. 5 "Re-Awakening a Sleeping Giant: Christian Fundamentalists in Late Twentieth-Century US Society") » Read Now
by Gerrie ter Haar, James J. Busuttil. 258 pgs.

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Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. With special reference to human rights issues, women's rights and the...
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Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious traditions including Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. With special reference to human rights issues, women's rights and the influence of social factors, it brings a new dimension to a field of study often dominated by purely religious or political perspectives, whilst challenging received ideas about the violence and conservatism of fundamentalist movements. Illustrated with original case studies, the ten investigative essays from a multicultural panel of experts, each with specific local and academic knowledge of the faiths and issues they discuss, offer an intimate and highly specific portrait of why and how fundamentalism occurs.
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Televangelism: The Marketing of Popular Religion » Read Now
by Razelle Frankl. 208 pgs.

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...run its course. Fundamentalism, which had come...1970s into the New Christian Right. This insight...proposition that the New Christian Right is more...in the life of...
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Necessary Heresies: Alternatives to Fundamentalism » Read Now
by Peter Cameron. 175 pgs.

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Collection of 30 papers on aspects of Christianity, which had their origin in sermons and other addresses. The opening essay, a sermon on the place of women in Christianity, resulted in the author being found guilty of heresy by the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Many of the essays challenge...
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Collection of 30 papers on aspects of Christianity, which had their origin in sermons and other addresses. The opening essay, a sermon on the place of women in Christianity, resulted in the author being found guilty of heresy by the Presbyterian Church of Australia. Many of the essays challenge fundamentalist notions of the Bible and Christianity. The author is principal of St Andrew's College at the University of Sydney. He has studied both law and theology, and worked as a public prosecutor and as a lecturer in New Testament studies.
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The Transformation of the Christian Right » Read Now
by Matthew C. Moen. 209 pgs.

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Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth Century Evangelicalism, 1870-1925 » Read Now
by George M. Marsden. 307 pgs.

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The Popularity of Strict Churches, in Review of Religious Research » Read Now
by Joseph B. Tamney, Stephen D. Johnson. 15 pgs.

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...Accounting for Christian Fundamentalisms: Social Dynamics...Reforming Fundamentalism . Grand Rapids...Moral Code." Christian Century 105...1996 Between Fundamentalism and...
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Riley's Empire: Northwestern Bible School and Fundamentalism in the Upper Midwest, in Church history » Read Now
by William Vance Trollinger Jr. 16 pgs.

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...Bible School and Fundamentalism in the Upper Midwest...necessity for Christians to separate themselves...infested with an anti-Christian modernism, Rileys...at promoting...