Superchurch: the rhetoric and politics of American Fundamentalism

Christian Fundamentalism is a doctrine and a discourse in tension. Fundamentalists describe themselves as both marginal and a majority. They announce the imminent end of the world while building massive megachurches and political lobbying organizations. They speak of the need for purity and separati...

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1. Verfasser: Edwards, Jonathan J. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: East Lansing, Michigan Michigan State University Press [2015]
Schriftenreihe:Rhetoric and public affairs series
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Zusammenfassung:Christian Fundamentalism is a doctrine and a discourse in tension. Fundamentalists describe themselves as both marginal and a majority. They announce the imminent end of the world while building massive megachurches and political lobbying organizations. They speak of the need for purity and separation from the outside world while continually innovating in their search for more effective and persuasive ways to communicate with and convert outsiders. To many outsiders, Fundamentalist speech seems contradictory, irrational, intolerant, and dangerously antidemocratic. To understand the complexity
Beschreibung:xvii, 249 Seiten
ISBN:9781611861594