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Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism Paperback – December 26, 1990

by George M. Marsden (Author)

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In this historical overview of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism, Marsden provides an introduction to the growing religious movements and a deeper analysis of two themes that have been especially prominent and controversial in these traditions views of science and views of politics.

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0802805396
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Marsden (American church history, Duke Univ.), who is considered an expert on fundamentalism, here looks at the interrelated movements of fundamentalism and evangelicalism. Part 1 gives a readable and informative overview of the rise of fundamentalism from 1870 on. It then examines evangelicalism as a separate phenomenon. Part 2 deals primarily with the views held by these groups on politics and science with a special analysis of why creation science is so important to them. This section also includes a close look at the career of J. Gresham Machen, a controversial fundamentalist scholar of the early 20th century. The author is especially good at showing the development of the conservative versus liberal controversy and the surprising appeal of modern fundamentalism for our technological age. Anyone who is interested in understanding this rapidly growing element in today's society will want to read this excellent analysis. Recommended for academic and public libraries.
- C. Robert Nixon, M.L.S., Lafayette, Ind.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"In the history-of-fundamentalism business, George Marsden remains on top."

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"The work will be useful as a supplementary textbook. The clarity, organization, and detail of Marsden's opening historical overview provide excellent introduction to an extraordinarily lively subject."

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"There is perhaps no one better able to facilitate an understanding of American Protestant fundamentalism and evangelicalism than George Marsden. . . The volume provides a helpful introduction to and interpretation of the Protestant fundamentalist movement of the 20th century and the evangelicalism that grew out of that movement. . . Marsden is successful in communicating his research and interpretations in a style that is clear and readable, even for those with little background in the subject. Recommended for both academic and public libraries."

Religious Studies Review
"It can serve as a review for specialists in the field and as a wonderful introduction for those who are not. Professors can put it into the hands of undergraduates with the confidence that they will profit from it."

Library Journal
"Anyone who is interested in this rapidly growing element in today's society will want to read this excellent analysis. Recommended for academic and public libraries."

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (December 26, 1990)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0802805396
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0802805393
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.55 x 8.5 inches

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M75

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Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2020

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Marsden covers important ground in this little book. It was a good read for its fairness and realism. He acknowledges the opposite poles and the common ground. It’s helpful history to know in a world that questions the reality of everything through sensationalized content. Read for the pleasure of realism, a fading art.

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Frankly Frank

Solid, Objective Historical Observations

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A solid history explaining the development of fundamentalism in America and the ensuing birth of evangelicalism. Dr. Marsden knows his church history. Really, I would put it at 4.5 stars if I could.

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Ken in Zeeland, MI

George was a member of the faculty while my wife ...

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2015

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George was a member of the faculty while my wife and I were at Calvin College and I have always found his work intellectually stimulating. I have been inspired by this work to deepen my study of Pre-Protestant Reformation reform movements and their leaders. This book reminded me that often we don't look for the connections between various ideas and movements when we look at the multitude of Christian and other sects. Well researched and written.

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C. Perelli-Minetti

worth the trouble

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2014

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This isn't an easy book for those not already steeped in the intricacies of fundamentalist Christianity, but it is worth the effort.

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Maurice Caron

A clear and concise history of what fundamentalism is, ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2015

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A clear and concise history of what fundamentalism is, its history and its relationship to evangelism that's sure to entertain and educate the history buff.

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Robert Allen

Great read in American Protestantism

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2013

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Great and critical read about American Protestantism. Marsden is knowledgeable in his subject. Great companion read to "Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition) ", also by Marsden.

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Onomas

Important reading

Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2016

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Great and authoritative writing about the evangelical movement that once dominated and continues to influence US politics.

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I would have cheated in seminary

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2012

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(Hand over mouth yawning prodigously) If I had been assigned this book when I was in seminary I probably would have read the first and last paragraph of each chapter. Or maybe I would have written an essay based merely on the chapter headings. You might imagine from this review that I did not finish it. You would be right, for it commits the worst sin of anything theological, namely, it is BORING.

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San Patch

One Part Christianity, Two Parts American Spirit

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2009

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Fundamentalism in today's parlance connotes backward, medieval religious belief. Hence, the question I had when I bought this book was, why does such 'backward' religion thrive in the most technologically-advanced country on the planet (The USA)? George Marsden brilliantly upturned my glib conceptions of Christian fundamentalism.

First of all, Marsden notes that Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism are anything but backward. By tracing the development of Evangelicalism from the Second Awakening in the mid-nineteeth century to the 1920's, Marsden shows that Fundamentalism was birthed by a number of factors viz:

RAPID URBSANISATION IN THE US. American Protestanism had matured in an era of villages and towns. As more people moved from the countryside to the rapidly growing cities (esp in the North), the familial and community bonds gradually disappeared. Furthermore, the influx of new non-Protestant immigrants from Europe added to the ethnic mix and contibuted to the sense of dislocation.

THE RISE OF SECULARISM. As the US rapidly urbanised, secular ideas such as Darwinian evolution seriously challenged the notion of creation and man's special place in the Cosmos. Fundamentalism was then a reaction to these powerful trends

Marsden argues that Evangelicalism became opposed to Liberalism (an attempt of the Church to come to terms with modern sceince). After its nadir in the Scopes trial, many experts thought that Fundamentalism had ceased being a powerful force in US politics. It was not until the 1970's that Fundamentalism re-emerged to challenge "East Coast" liberalism. Marsden identifies a number of factors for the resurgence of faith in US politics: the increasing wealth of the South; the Churches' embrace of modern technology and the sense of liberal over-reach in the 1960's.

If you think US religious politics you may think of Jerry Falwell (and the moral majority), Oral Roberts or Jimmy Swaggart. While these televangelists are the most visible manifestations of the movement, evangelicalism goes much deeper; it is a mixture of a American folk religion, individualism, patriotism, self-image, Puritan sense of destiny and capitalism's obsession with growth and fiduciary gain. Much more than a throwback to benighted religion, US evangelicalim is an expression par excellence of the American Spirit. Marsden's Understanding Fundamentalism illuminates this aspect of the American self with clarity. It deserves 4 stars.

Michael Austin

A New Evangelical Understanding

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2011

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In this title, Marsden assembles and re-packages a collection of essays he wrote in the 1980's. They are incisive and informative, particularly in the areas of giving detailed descriptions of fundamentalism as a Protestant reactionary movement, entwined in culture and US politics. While giving good summaries as well as indepth analyses of the whole evangelical and fundamentalist movements in the US, his major weakness is the New Evangelical lens through which he evaluates the Creation Science movement and the interprtation of Scripture.
Marsden advocates a mediating position in relation Darwinian evolution and an acceptance of theistic evolution, which I see as undermining the gospel, the entrance of sin and death and the New Testament teaching on the Person and finished work of Christ.
In all, informative, well-written, but with a clear "neo-evangelical" position to advance semi-liberal views similar to David Bebbington and Alister McGrath. My title, "Lost Relation - finding humanity and God" offers a clearer biblical case for a Christianity grounded in supernaturalism in which Christ is pre-eminent.

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