Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New EvangelicalismThis is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. "The best telling of the story of the past," writes George Marsden, "relies on a balance of the general and the particular." In this book, a sequel and companion to his widely acclaimed Fundamentalism and American Culture (Oxford, 1980), Marsden uses the history of Fuller Theological Seminary -- a durable evangelical institution -- as a lens through which to focus an examination of the broader story of evangelicalism and fundamentalism since the 1940s. In fact, at the time of the school's founding in 1947, "evangelicalism" and "fundamentalism" were not considered separate entities. Though Fuller Seminary later became so thoroughly identified with the "new evangelicalism" (or neo- evangelicalism) that its fundamentalist roots are sometimes overlooked, in the school's early years it was in striking ways a fundamentalist institution with a thoroughly fundamentalist constituency. Marsden's detailed history relies heavily on primary sources: personal recollections and correspondence of the seminary's founders, and discussions with students and staff from throughout the seminary's history. Although the story of Fuller Seminary provides the framework for this fascinating look at a segment of American religious history, Marsden's careful and knowledgeable attention to the surrounding worlds of mainline denominations and stricter fundamentalism makes this book a major contribution to the study of a movement that has played an important role in shaping American culture. |
Contents
Fundamentalists Evangelicals and New Evangelicals | 1 |
Fundamentalist Stars | 13 |
The History before the History | 31 |
Rebuilding Western Civilization | 53 |
Redefining the Fundamentalist Mission | 69 |
Evangelism | 83 |
The Legacy of Fundamentalist Militancy | 94 |
19501954 Amid the Fundamentalist Ethos | 119 |
The Tensions of the New Evangelical | 172 |
The Crisis and the Turning | 197 |
The Changing of the Guard | 220 |
End of an Era | 245 |
The MegaSeminary | 263 |
The Last Battle with Fundamentalism | 277 |
How Evangelicalism Has Changed | 299 |
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Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism George M. Marsden No preview available - 1987 |