The roots of fundamentalism: British and American millenarianism, 1800-1930 Ernest Robert Sandeen Baker Book House, 1978 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 ...             Fundamentalisms Observed (The Fundamentalism Project)3 reviews University Of Chicago Press, 1994 Exhaustive Study of a Menacing Global Religious Phenomenon + Dense readings but of definite impact + Exhaustive Study of a Menacing Global Religious Phenomenon *Fundamentalisms Observed* (the 1st volume of 5) is perhaps the most prestigious contribution yet to the ever expanding literature on the subject. Covering this global phenomenon in several traditions, and with a tight typology, this volume brings together a high-powered team of academics from a ...             In Pursuit of Purity: American Fundamentalism Since 18505 reviews David O. Beale BJU Press, 1986 All things pure + A Must Read + In Pursuit of Purity: American Fundamentalism Since 1850 + Well worth the investment of coin and time + Intellectually Wonderful!             Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America5 reviews Randall Balmer Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 I liked Mine Eyes + interesting and enlightening book + The History and Diversity of a Major Force in America Today + Somewhat Dated Now             Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism4 reviews Joel A. Carpenter Oxford University Press, USA, 1999 Why do fundamentalists still have an influence? + Is there a sequel? + Great book for the serious enthusiast! Lest you think fundamentalism was the faith of your Victorian great-grandparents or something only hill-billies believe, think again and read this book. It is a history of fundamentalism in the 1930s and 1940s in the USA. This book tells us not only what simple, fundamental Christian belief is ...             The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind33 reviews Mark A. Noll Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995 Excellent book on evangelicalism and the Christian mind + political implications + Hard questions for the Evangelical Church If there is one book that I would recommend to my evangelical friends regarding how to be a faithful Christian in a post-Christian world while at the same time using your brain in a responsible way this book would be it. Mark Noll has done the evangelical Church a great favour by writing and ...             Protestants in an Age of Science: The Baconian Ideal and Ante-Bellum American Religious Thought1 review Theodore Dwight Bozeman Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1977 Old Princeton's doxology for 19thC science, built by Bacon This is a scholarly work, by a competent historian and excellent writer, the book will get nowhere near the attention and reading it deserves, perhaps explaining why it is out-of-print. The people who need to read it the most, are perhaps the least likely to read it, the young earth creationists. ...             The Democratization of American Christianity10 reviews Nathan O. Hatch Yale University Press, 1991 Worthy of the Honor Received + "We the people" religion + "Religious Populism" in the Early Republic + The Democratization of American Christianity + A Christian perspective.             Growing Pains: Learning to Love My Father's Faith2 reviews Randall Balmer Brazos Press, 2001 A touching, personal reflection on a conflicted evangelical heritage + One Man's Perspective on Evangelicalism Randall Balmer emerged several years ago as a significant voice in the analysis of American evangelicalism with his book Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, which became the basis for an acclaimed PBS mini-series documentary of the same name. Balmer's style there was that of a journeyman who recorded ...             Baptist Battles: Social Change and Religious Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention2 reviews Nancy Tatom Ammerman Rutgers University Press, 1990 Underscores the Modernistic Rotting of Christian Churches + Key study of the SBC takeover This book is valuable in that it goes far beyond the conflict within the Baptist Church itself. It goes to the struggle over the very soul of Christianity. As emphasized throughout this book, nothing causes the decline of Christian churches faster than the undermining of the Word of God by ...             America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln10 reviews Mark A. Noll Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 Sophisticated But Flawed Argument for Reformed Theology + Great value for such a wonderfully informative piece of scholarship + Excellent + Good survey of Christian Theological Development in the USA + cultural and political confluence with religious thinking             Smell of Sawdust, The7 reviews Richard J. Mouw Zondervan, 2000 Catholic gets better understanding of Fundamentalists + simplicity beyond complexity + The sawdust smells fine, but the leftism doesn't A very close friend, a Baptist and supporter of Fuller Seminary, lent me "The Smell of Sawdust." As an ardent Catholic, I read it with ready-to-be-offended Catholic radar. Never was. Indeed, his treatment of Fr. George Rutler was quite nice, and Rutler is a hero of mine. For professional as well as ...             Jonathan Edwards: A Life34 reviews George M. Marsden Yale University Press, 2004 Unique Edwards Biography + Grand, balanced full-length biography + Lacks the Personal Touch + Awakening Religion in Early America + Perfect condition! Quick delievery!             Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition)10 reviews George M. Marsden Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 Engrossing, Engaging and Well Researched + Informative + Fundamentalism and American Culture + 1980 Edition Read + Interesting background literature             Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism1 review George Marsden Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995 FASCINATING INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY A history of an organizations is often boring--filled with facts and figures and just plain puff. This breaks all the rules. It goes far beyond Fuller Theological Seminary, to catch the trade winds of the broader evangelical/fundamentalist movement. And, it's anything but a puff piece. It ...             The Making and Unmaking of an Evangelical Mind: The Case of Edward Carnell Rudolph Nelson Cambridge University Press, 2002 Edward John Carnell (1919-1967), philosopher-theologian and president of the Fuller Theological Seminary, played a singularly influential role in the emergence of mid-twentieth century influential role in the emergence of mid-twentieth century Protestant evangelicalism from its fundamentalist phase. This book uses Carnell's life and works as a lens through which to examine important developments ...             The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind33 reviews Mark A. Noll Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1995 Excellent book on evangelicalism and the Christian mind + political implications + Hard questions for the Evangelical Church If there is one book that I would recommend to my evangelical friends regarding how to be a faithful Christian in a post-Christian world while at the same time using your brain in a responsible way this book would be it. Mark Noll has done the evangelical Church a great favour by writing and ...             The roots of fundamentalism: British and American millenarianism, 1800-1930 Ernest Robert Sandeen Baker Book House, 1978 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 ...             Jonathan Edwards: A Life34 reviews George M. Marsden Yale University Press, 2004 Unique Edwards Biography + Grand, balanced full-length biography + Lacks the Personal Touch + Awakening Religion in Early America + Perfect condition! Quick delievery!             Growing Pains: Learning to Love My Father's Faith2 reviews Randall Balmer Brazos Press, 2001 A touching, personal reflection on a conflicted evangelical heritage + One Man's Perspective on Evangelicalism Randall Balmer emerged several years ago as a significant voice in the analysis of American evangelicalism with his book Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory, which became the basis for an acclaimed PBS mini-series documentary of the same name. Balmer's style there was that of a journeyman who recorded ...