Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism

Brenda E. Brasher

Routledge, 2001 - Religion - 558 pages

This new encyclopedia follows a broad definition of fundamentalism and covers fundamentalism across time and place, although the emphasis remains on its primary manifestation: Protestant fundamentalism in the United States. Entries include: * angels * Armenianism * Aryan Nation * William Jennings Bryan * Campus Crusade for Christ * dispensationalism * Druze * evangelicalism * evil * Jerry Falwell * final judgment * Great Awakening * Hasidic Jews * intifada * Keswick movement * Ayatollah Khomeini * Dwight Moody * Scofield Reference Bible * televangelism * and many more.

About the author

Brenda E. Brasher is Assistant Professor of Religion at Mount Union College. She is author of Godly Women: Fundamentalism and Female Power as well as many journal articles. Brasher is the chair of the steering committee of the New Religious Movements Group of the American Academy of Religion and an Advisory Board member of the Center for Millennial Studies, Boston University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Encyclopedia of Fundamentalism; Religion and Society Series; Routledge encyclopedias of religion and society; “A” Berkshire Reference work / “A” Berkshire Reference work
• Editor: Brenda E. Brasher
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Routledge, 2001
• ISBN: 0415922445, 9780415922449
• Length: 558 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / General