The Roots of Fundamentalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roots of Fundamentalism write by Ernest Robert Sandeen. This book was released on 2008. The Roots of Fundamentalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ernest Sandeen's Roots of Fundamentalism remains a landmark work in the history of religion. A National Book Award finalist, it was the first full-length study to present an intellectual historical critique of the Fundamentalist movement in America. Sandeen argues that our understanding of this movement has been grievously distorted by the Fundamentalist-Modernist debate of the 1920s, as symbolized by William Jennings Bryan and the Scopes trial. Rather than viewing Fundamentalism as a chiefly sociological phenomenon of the 1920s, Sandeen argues from a transatlantic perspective that the Fundamentalist movement "was a self-conscious, structured, long-lived dynamic entity" that had its origins in Anglo-American millenarian thought and movements of the nineteenth century. "All historians need to face the issues [this book] raises. Serious theological discussion of Fundamentalism tends to be neglected because it is intellectually unfashionable: Mr. Sandeen shows that for the historian such neglect is a luxury he cannot afford."--David M. Thompson, English Historical Review "Sandeen's 'new approach to Fundamentalism' eschews the common tendency to see the movement as parochially American, rurally based, and essentially a phenomenon of the twenties. . . . It is a highly valuable addition to American and--more singularly--to comparative theological history."--William R. Hutchinson, Journal of American History
Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era
Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era write by A. Laats. This book was released on 2010-05-24. Fundamentalism and Education in the Scopes Era available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book takes a new look at one of the most contentious periods in American history. The battles over schools that surrounded the famous Scopes "monkey" trial in 1925 were about much more than evolution. Fundamentalists fought to maintain cultural control of education. As this book reveals for the first time, the successes and the failures of these fundamentalist campaigns transformed both the fundamentalist movement and the nature of education in America. In turn, those transformations determined many of the positions of the "culture wars" that raged throughout the twentieth century.
The Roots of Fundamentalism
The Roots of Fundamentalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roots of Fundamentalism write by Ernest Robert Sandeen. This book was released on 1978-11-01. The Roots of Fundamentalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Christian Fundamentalism in America
Christian Fundamentalism in America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Christian Fundamentalism in America write by David S. New. This book was released on 2014-01-10. Christian Fundamentalism in America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Today the United States is plagued with cultural and political polarization--the Reds and the Blues. Because religion has been of great significance in America right from the first colonists who believed themselves to be God's chosen nation, it is not surprising that religion constitutes the basis of today's dichotomy. The recent resurgence of Christian fundamentalism is significant for the future of America as a nation "under God." This book examines the history of conservative American Christianity as it interacts with liberal beliefs. With the Enlightenment, the Puritan sense of mission faded, but was rekindled with the Great Awakening. This religious movement unified the colonies and provided an animating ideal which led to revolution against Britain. But soon after, the forces of liberalism made inroads, and the seeds of division were planted. This balanced account favors neither conservative nor liberal. It is history with a human touch, emphasizing personalities from Jonathan Edwards and William Jennings Bryan to David Koresh and Jim Jones.
Fundamentalism and American Culture
Fundamentalism and American Culture - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fundamentalism and American Culture write by George M. Marsden. This book was released on 2006-02-09. Fundamentalism and American Culture available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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 classic in religious history, and to this day remains unsurpassed. Now available in a new edition, this highly regarded analysis takes us through the full history of the origin and direction of one of America's most influential religious movements. For Marsden, fundamentalists are not just religious conservatives; they are conservatives who are willing to take a stand and to fight. In Marsden's words (borrowed by Jerry Falwell), "a fundamentalist is an evangelical who is angry about something." In the late nineteenth century American Protestantism was gradually dividing between liberals who were accepting new scientific and higher critical views that contradicted the Bible and defenders of the more traditional evangelicalism. By the 1920s a full-fledged "fundamentalist" movement had developed in protest against theological changes in the churches and changing mores in the culture. Building on networks of evangelists, Bible conferences, Bible institutes, and missions agencies, fundamentalists coalesced into a major protest movement that proved to have remarkable staying power. For this new edition, a major new chapter compares fundamentalism since the 1970s to the fundamentalism of the 1920s, looking particularly at the extraordinary growth in political emphasis and power of the more recent movement. Never has it been more important to understand the history of fundamentalism in our rapidly polarizing nation. Marsen's carefully researched and engrossing work remains the best way to do just that.
