Fundamentalism and American Culture, George M. Marsden
Fundamentalism and American Culture, George M. Marsden
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Fundamentalism and American Culture
2nd Edition

Author: George M. Marsden

Narrator: Tom Parks

Unabridged: 14 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/24/2019


Synopsis

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 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.


About George M. Marsden

George M. Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Jonathan Edwards: A Life.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on November 10, 2024

Wow. This book was incredibly helpful! Growing up in a church that was fundamentalistic, I struggled to connect my understanding of church growing up with the wider church in America. This book helped me connect some of the experiences and doctrines that I saw growing up with historical context and......more

Goodreads review by Zack on March 18, 2020

I completed a quick "inspectional" reading of most of this book, and a more in-depth reading of certain parts that were of particular interest to me. There is a reason that this volume sets the bar for recent scholarship on modern American Fundamentalism (and Christianity, more broadly). George Mars......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on February 16, 2017

Marsden's overview of Christianity in American culture starting in the mid 1800s and spanning thru the 1920s is one of the best books I have read so far on the subject. If you want to understand not only some of the controversies surrounding fundamentalism but how in the world we got to where we are......more

Goodreads review by Avery on June 30, 2024

This is a must read......more

Goodreads review by Jami on May 27, 2022

While I am neither a fundamentalist or a premillenarian, I found this a fascinating read. I love tracing the history of the premill movement through the last century. I don’t necessarily agree with some of his modern takes on fundamentalism, especially since the most recent part was written in 2005,......more