The Book of Jerry Falwell : fundamentalist language and politics
Presents the examination of Christian fundamentalism. This title focuses on the words - sermons, speeches, books, audiotapes, and television broadcasts - of individual preachers, particularly Falwell, as they rewrote their Bible-based tradition to include, rather than exclude, intense worldly engagement.
Print Book, English, 2001
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 2001
xvi, 336 p. : ill., port. ; 24 cm.
9780691089584, 0691089582
1086231913
Preface and Acknowledgments ix A Guide to Terms xv INTRODUCTION Standing in the Gaps 3 PART ONE RITES OF ORIGIN 31 CHAPTER ONE Speaking Is Believing 33 CHAPTER TWO Fundamentalist Exile 61 PART TWO SITES OF REVISION 83 CHAPTER THREE The Art ofJerry Falwell 85 CHAPTER FOUR Sacrificial EconormIcs 105 CHAPTER FIVE Cultural Exodus 125 CHAPTER SIX The Moral Majority jeremiad 153 CHAPTER SEVEN The Pro-Life Gospel 183 CHAPTER EIGHT The Creation Museum 210 CHAPTER NINE The Last Days 228 CHAPTER TEN The Born-Again Telescandals 247 Postscript 270 Appendix A Thomas Road Baptist Church Statement of doctrine 277 Appendix B Sources of Jerry Falwell's Sermons 280 Notes to the Chapters 283 Bibliography 313 Credits 329 Index 331
Originally published: 2000
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