Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth Century Evangelicalism, 1870-1925

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Oxford University Press, 1982 - History - 307 pages
Chronicles the history of the fundamentalist movement in the United States and discusses how the social, political, and intellectual aspects of Protestant fundamentalism affected the movement.
 

Contents

Introduction
3
PART ONE Before Fundamentalism
9
Evangelical America at the Brink of Crisis
11
The Paths Diverge
21
Moody and a New American Evangelism
32
PART TWO The Shaping of a Coalition
41
The Paradox of Revivalist Fundamentalism
43
Two Revisions of Millennialism
48
The Fundamentals
118
Christianity and Culture XV Four Views Circa 1910
124
The Premillennial Extreme
125
The Central Tension
127
Christian Civilization Preserved
132
Transforming Culture by the Word
135
19191920
153
19201921
164

Dispensationalism and the Baconian Ideal
55
History Society and the Church
62
Holiness
70
The Victorious Life
72
The Social Dimensions of Holiness
80
The Great Reversal
85
Holiness and Fundamentalism
93
The Defense of the Faith XII Tremors of Controversy
102
Presbyterians and the Truth
109
Dislocation Relocation and Resurgence 19251940
184
Fundamentalism as a Social Phenomenon
199
XXIII
206
Fundamentalism as an Intellectual Phenomenon
212
AFTERWORD
229
Bibliographical Indexes
293
Index
299
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George M.MarsdenProfessor of HistoryUniversity of Notre Dame.