Categories: American Religion, Dispensationalism, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Modernity, Religion/culture – Posted on December 17, 2012 Hal Lindsey, “The Late Great Planet Earth” (1970) This generation will probably witness the end of the world. My used copy of Hal Lindsey’s The Late Great Planet … Continue reading >Hal Lindsey, “The Late Great Planet Earth” (1970)
Categories: American Religion, Fundamentalism, Religion/culture, Religion/media – Posted on December 3, 2012 Lawrence, “Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age” (1989) Bruce Lawrence, Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age (1989) Review by A.T. Coates Lawrence’s Defenders of … Continue reading >Lawrence, “Defenders of God: The Fundamentalist Revolt Against the Modern Age” (1989)
Categories: American Religion, Anthropology of Christianity, Fundamentalism – Posted on November 10, 2012 J. Gresham Machen, “Christianity and Liberalism” (1923) J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism (1923) Machen delivers the classic text of bowtie fundamentalism. As the title suggests, he … Continue reading >J. Gresham Machen, “Christianity and Liberalism” (1923)
Categories: American Religion, Fundamentalism, Religion/media, Theories of Religion – Posted on November 5, 2012 Selections from Martin Marty’s “Fundamentalism Project” Martin Marty and R. Scott Appleby, “Introduction” and “Conclusion” in Fundamentalisms Observed (1991) and Marty, “Fundamentalism as a Social Phenomenon” … Continue reading >Selections from Martin Marty’s “Fundamentalism Project”
Categories: American Religion, Dispensationalism, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Jewish-Christian Relations – Posted on November 3, 2012 Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People (2000) Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880-2000. (2000) Yaakov Ariel’s Evangelizing the Chosen People … Continue reading >Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People (2000)
Categories: American Religion, Dispensationalism, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism – Posted on October 28, 2012 Paul Boyer, “When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture” (1992) Paul Boyer, When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture (1992) It’s hard to imagine myself … Continue reading >Paul Boyer, “When Time Shall Be No More: Prophecy Belief in Modern American Culture” (1992)
Categories: American Religion, Dispensationalism, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Religious Right – Posted on October 26, 2012 Matthew Avery Sutton, “Was FDR the Antichrist? The Birth of Fundamentalist Antiliberalism in a Global Age.” Matthew Avery Sutton, “Was FDR the Antichrist? The Birth of Fundamentalist Antiliberalism in a Global Age,” Journal of American History … Continue reading >Matthew Avery Sutton, “Was FDR the Antichrist? The Birth of Fundamentalist Antiliberalism in a Global Age.”
Categories: Fundamentalism, Theories of Religion, Visual Culture – Posted on September 20, 2012 Ways of Seeing: On the Role of Images in “Religious” Violence (repost) Haven’t we seen this before? When the so-called “Danish Cartoon Controversy” sparked protests around the world in 2005, American media … Continue reading >Ways of Seeing: On the Role of Images in “Religious” Violence (repost)