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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marty, Martin E., 1928-2025.

Series:

Modern American Protestantism and its World ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fundamentalism--United States.

Fundamentalism.

Evangelicalism--United States.

Evangelicalism.

United States--Church history--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Other Title:

Fundamentalism & evangelicalism

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110974362

3110974363

OCLC:

843635257