Fundamentalism and American culture / George M. Marsden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marsden, George M., 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fundamentalism--United States.

Fundamentalism.

United States.

Christianity and culture--United States.

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

xix, 441 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This work provides the history of Christian fundamentalism, which emerged as a movement with that name in 1920. It first looks at the roots of the movement in evangelical revivalism before 1920. Then it considers fundamentalists' most characteristic outlooks. It describes the distinctive outlooks of Dispensational Premillennialism concerning history and modern times. Then it looks at the role of Holiness teachings, especially Keswick Holiness, in shaping fundamentalism. Fundamentalists, especially of the Presbyterian variety, were also militant defenders of traditional evangelical Protestant orthodoxy. Being a coalition of related movements, fundamentalists displayed a variety of view as to how to engage mainstream culture. These outlooks and tendencies coalesced into a nationally prominent fundamentalist movement during the years of cultural change from 1917 to 1925. The analysis looks at various dimensions of fundamentalism of the 1920s. The penultimate chapter looks more recent American fundamentalism, especially in the rise of the religious right since the 1970s. The concluding chapter reflects on the continuing legacy of fundamentalism in the twenty-first century, even as the term itself is less widely used"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE BEFORE FUNDAMENTALISM

I. Evangelical America at the Brink of Crisis

II. The Paths Diverge

III. D. L. Moody and a New American Evangelism

pt. TWO THE SHAPING OF A COALITION: THIS AGE AND THE MILLENNIUM

IV. Prologue: The Paradox of Revivalist Fundamentalism

V. Two Revisions of Millennialism

VI. Dispensationalism and the Baconian Ideal

VII. History, Society, and the Church

HOLINESS

VIII. The Victorious Life

IX. The Social Dimensions of Holiness

X. "The Great Reversal"

XI. Holiness and Fundamentalism

THE DEFENSE OF THE FAITH

XII. Tremors of Controversy

XIII. Presbyterians and the Truth

XIV. The Fundamentals

CHRISTIANITY AND CULTURE

XV. Four Views circa 1910

1. This Age Condemned: The Premillennial Extreme

2. The Central Tension

3. William Jennings Bryan: Christian Civilization Preserved

4. Transforming Culture by the Word

pt. THREE THE CRUCIAL YEARS: 1917

1925

XVI. World War I, Premillennialism, and American Fundamentalism: 1917

1918

XVII. Fundamentalism and the Cultural Crisis: 1919

1920

XVIII. The Fundamentalist Offensive on Two Fronts: 1920-1921

XIX. Would the Liberals Be Driven from the Denominations? 1922

1923

XX. The Offensive Stalled and Breaking Apart: 1924

XXI. Epilogue: Dislocation, Relocation, and Resurgence: 1925

1940

pt. FOUR INTERPRETATIONS

XXII. Fundamentalism as a Social Phenomenon

XXIII. Fundamentalism as a Political Phenomenon

XXIV. Fundamentalism as an Intellectual Phenomenon

XXV. Fundamentalism as an American Phenomenon

pt. FIVE FUNDAMENTALISM YESTERDAY AND TODAY (2005)

pt. SIX WHAT HAPPENED TO AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780197599495

0197599494

9780197599488

0197599486

OCLC:

1286070968

Publisher Number:

99989605873