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Revive us again : the reawakening of American Fundamentalism / Joel A. Carpenter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carpenter, Joel A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fundamentalist churches--United States--History--20th century.
- Fundamentalist churches.
- Fundamentalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Fundamentalism.
- United States--Church history--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4294-1085-X
- 0-19-972711-2
- 1-280-53051-0
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