Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the govern...
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Aug 04, 2011
The thesis of this book parallels that of George Marsden's similar book on American culture, Religion and American Culture, that Fundamentalism shaped and was shaped by the surrounding culture. Marsden builds upon the work of earlier historians of Fundamentalism, namely that of Ernest Sandeen's book The Roots of Fundamentalism: British and American Millenarianism. Sandeen's thesis is that Fundamentalism is the outgrowth of the "millenarian" movement that developed in late nineteenth-ce
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Aug 04, 2011
The thesis of this book parallels that of George Marsden's similar book on American culture, Religion and American Culture, that Fundamentalism shaped and was shaped by the surrounding culture. Marsden builds upon the work of earlier historians of Fundamentalism, namely that of Ernest Sandeen's book The Roots of Fundamentalism: British and American Millenarianism. Sandeen's thesis is that Fundamentalism is the outgrowth of the "millenarian" movement that developed in late nineteenth-ce
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Mar 22, 2010
Davey
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Fundamentalism is rarely heard of outside a pejorative context. George Marsden’s Fundamentalism and American Culture makes for fascinating reading precisely because his narrative analyzes the movement on its own historical terms. While forthright about situating his book as a work of “distinctly Christian scholarship,” he offers a balanced history of the paradoxical and influential stream of fundamentalist culture that is still a topic of conversation today.
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Jan 07, 2010
David
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Marsden tells the story of American Fundamentalism from its post-Civil War roots to the fundamentalist-modernist controversies of the 1920s. I found this book fascinating, mostly because the early fundamentalists were much different than what we think, due to the fact that the definition of "fundamentalist" has changed greatly over the years. The style is rather easy to read. Marsden added an additional chapter in 2005, analyzing the newer fundamentalism from the 1970s to today. Wh
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Dec 20, 2011
Chuck
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In Fundamentalism and American Culture, Marsden explores the influences of the fundamentalist movement. The author believes that Ernest Sandeen overstates his case, that fundamentalism is an outgrowth of the millenarian movement. With a much wider root system, fundamentalism was a militant evangelical movement that was fighting battles on two fronts. 1) They fought against theological liberalism as it made its way into mainline denominations. 2) They were opposing the alarming changes in the cu
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Sep 10, 2008
Michael
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Gives a good background to understand today's militant fundamentalist's. Special attention is given to social, political, intellectual and American Protestant movements. The so called war and has been going on for a long time to root out liberals from Protestant seminaries, churches and colleges. These folks are anti science, anti evolution and intolerant of any scriptural belief outside what they say you must believe to be a Christian. It's pretty black and white in their thinking. They really
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Nov 27, 2011
Read1000books
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A history of the movement, similar to the book by George W. Dollar.
Sep 28, 2010
Matt
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Remains the classic treatment of the subject. The additional chapter in the updated version is very, very good also. Highly recommend.
Dec 23, 2009
Seth
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Marsden's writing enlightened me in my quest for understanding about my spiritual heritage of the past century. He could not have presented the history with less bias; he could not have researched more thoroughly.
Jan 26, 2008
Christine
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This insightful and academic book traces the history of fundamentalism from its reconstruction roots through the prohibition era, and even to its present day incarnations.
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