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Cries in the new wilderness Cries in the new wilderness Eve Adler,Mikhail N. Epstein,Mikhail Ėpshteĭn "Inside the disintegrating Soviet Union, Raisa Gibaydulina, a professor of scientific atheism at the Moscow Institute of Atheism, compiles a selection of articles, sermons, manifestos, and other writ… OL12027636W
Black mass Black mass John Gray Philosopher John Gray examines the history of utopianism, links it to apocalyptic religious beliefs, and argues that utopianism currently dominates mainstream politics, discussing its impact in Iraq … OL12344W
Continued Warnings of Son Ahman to the Leaders of the Nations of the Earth Continued Warnings of Son Ahman to the Leaders of the Nations of the Earth Warren S. Jeffs The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church) is one of the largest Mormon fundamentalist denominations and one of United States' largest practitioners of polygamy. The… OL15876618W
The Scopes trial The Scopes trial Michael Burgan "Provides comprehensive information on the Scopes trial, evolution, fundamentalism, and American education and the differing perspectives accompanying them"--Provided by publisher. OL15907411W
Hell No! Hell No! Frank Charles Gillihan,Charles Gillihan This critique of the Christian vision of hell and how it is used in ministry and Christian education challenges one of the most basic concepts in western religion. Is "hell" really described in the B… OL16079738W
The shooting salvationist The shooting salvationist David R. Stokes The Shooting Salvationist chronicles what may be the most famous story you have never heard. In the 1920's, the Reverend J. Frank Norris railed against vice and conspiracies he saw everywhere to a co… OL16116817W
Disfellowshiped Disfellowshiped Gerald W. King Employing studies in population ecology as a framework for understanding the growth of religious movements, Disfellowshiped traces the growth of the Pentecostal movement. The author explores how the … OL16299804W
Faking Faith Faking Faith Josie Bloss After a humiliating incident involving some bad decisions on her part, seventeen-year-old Dylan discovers the blogs of fundamentalist Christian girls and starts passing herself off as one of them in … OL16471029W
Digital Jesus Digital Jesus Robert Glenn Howard In the 1990s, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the "End Times", The Bible Prophecy Corner. Around the same time, Lambert Dolphin, a retired St… OL16806088W
Piety and Politics Piety and Politics Michael Cromartie,Richard John Neuhaus This three-part anthology places the Evangelicals' and Fundamentalists' political resurgence within its proper theological and historical context. It includes representative essays by Evangelical lea… OL17124767W
Doctrine and Race Doctrine and Race Mary Beth Swetnam Mathews By presenting African American Protestantism in the context of white Protestant fundamentalism, Doctrine and Race: African American Evangelicals and Fundamentalism between the Wars demonstrates that … OL17782129W
Vivian Apple at the end of the world Vivian Apple at the end of the world Katie Coyle "Sixteen-year-old Vivian Apple returns home after the alleged 'Rapture' to find her devout parents gone and two mysterious holes in the roof. Vivian never believed in the Rapture, or the uber powerfu… OL17874858W
The Conservative Soul The Conservative Soul Andrew Sullivan what does it mean to be a conservative anymore?With the Iraq war, the rise of Christian fundamentalism, exploding government spending, soaring debt, insecure borders, and an executive branch with gre… OL1855721W
Racing toward Armageddon Racing toward Armageddon Michael Baigent Discusses the conspiracy of religious extremists in the Holy Land and their efforts to bring about the end of the world in our time. OL18609657W
On the boundaries of American Evangelicalism On the boundaries of American Evangelicalism Jon R. Stone American Evangelicalism is a vast and nearly indefinable coalition movement of sometimes competing, sometimes cooperating denominations and independent churches whose ideological boundaries have been… OL1976993W
The believers The believers Rebecca C. Jones Unsatisfied with her mother's frequent absences from home and seeking love and security, Tibby believes she has found solace with members of a rigid fundamentalist sect, until a crisis forces her to… OL2459661W
That's my crowd! That's my crowd! Shelton L. Smith In the religious climate of today, it is important to know what God says our crowd should be. Through the use of well over two hundred passages of scripture, Dr. Shelton Smith defines the fundamental… OL24855192W
God hath spoken God hath spoken World Conference on Christian Fundamentals (1919 Philadelphia, Pa.) 449 p. ; 19 cm OL4621633W
Pentecostalism Pentecostalism O. Talmadge Spence This is the alternative history of Pentecostalism from within the movement by a third generation leader. From the beginning there were two streams - the respectable godly Bible-based ministries and … OL646120W
Why the Christian Right Is Wrong Why the Christian Right Is Wrong Robin Meyers,Robin R. Meyers "I join the ranks of those who are angry, because I have watched as the faith I love has been taken over by fundamentalists who claim to speak for Jesus but whose actions are anything but Christian."… OL8052681W
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