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The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family
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The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Andrew Himes (Author) (edit contributors)

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Christian fundamentalism in America emerged a century ago, the faith of generations of immigrants who had experienced war and revolution, removal and upheaval. The Scots-Irish who had settled the South inherited both an evangelical legacy of abolitionism and social reform on the one hand, and... read more

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The morning of January 3, 1981 dawned gray and chill. I rode north along Interstate 65 from Birmingham toward the town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. I was wearing a banged-up leather jacket and a pair of jeans. In a luggage box on the back of my Honda 400 motorcycle was an overnight bag with a toothbrush and a change of clothes—the only suit I owned, a cheap and unstylish Sears special with a clip-on tie and my only white dress shirt. My hair was shaggy, and my goatee and thick glasses made me look like a popeyed version of Vladimir Lenin. Every few miles I had to pull off the highway to wipe away the tears that streamed down my face so that I could see well enough to keep traveling. By the time I arrived at my grandparents’ home in Murfreesboro, I had cried enough to fill a small bucket, but I was reasonably in control of myself.

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Foreword by Parker Palmer xi
Introduction xiii
Part I Why We Care About Fundamentalism 1
Chapter 1 The Funeral of John R. Rice 2
Chapter 2 In Defense of Fundamentalism 8
Part II Revolution, Slavery, and War 17
Chapter 3 The Roots of Fundamentalism 18
Chapter 4 The Missouri Slave Rush 37
Chapter 5 The “Peculiar Institution” 42
Chapter 6 The Civil War as a Theological Struggle 54
Chapter 7 The Aftermath of the War 74
Chapter 8 Searching for God in a New Century 92
Part III Launching the Fundamentalist Movement 100
Chapter 9 Damned and Saved in Dundee 101
Chapter 10 Billy Sunday and the Premillennialists 107
Chapter 11 “The Fundamentals” 117
Chapter 12 Race and Fundamentalism in the South 128
Chapter 13 Dundee to Decatur 135
Chapter 14 The Struggle Against Modernism 141
Chapter 15 Called to Preach 154
Chapter 16 Unfortunate Associations 165
Chapter 17 The Scopes Monkey Trial 174
Chapter 18 A Soul-Winner’s Fire 187
Part IV Revive Us Again: Fundamentalism in Mid-Century 200
Chapter 19 The Sword of the Lord…and of John R. Rice 201
Chapter 20 Out of the Cradle: From Dallas to Wheaton 214
Chapter 21 The Jim Crow Challenge 231
Chapter 22 The Uneasy Conscience of Fundamentalism 238
Chapter 23 Segregation and Separatism 249
Chapter 24 Consolidating the Fundamentalist Base 266
Chapter 25 “I Am a Fundamentalist” 274
Chapter 26 Jesus Has Other Sheep 286
Part V Revisiting the Fundamentals 292
Chapter 27 Reframing Fundamentalism 293
Chapter 28 My Post-fundamentalist Family 304
Acknowledgments 308
Reading and Discussion Guide 310
Part I - Why We Care About Fundamentalism 310
Part II - Revolution, Slavery, and War 310
Part III - Launching the Fundamentalist Movement 312
Part IV - Revive Us Again: Fundamentalism in Mid-Century 313
Part V - Revisiting the Fundamentals 314
List of Illustrations 315
Glossary 318
Bibliography 322
Index 329
Notes 334

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Andrew Himes (Author)

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  1. Parker J. Palmer (Foreword) - Author of "Let Your Life Speak" and "The Courage to Teach."

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Chiara Press
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 15, 2011
ISBN: 1453843752
Page Count: 344

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  • The Sword of the Lord book: Website devoted to "The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family," published by the book's author, Andrew Himes. Contains photos, videos, audio, and back ground material on the book, along with a link to the author's blog.
  • Andrew Himes' Blog: Personal blog published by the author of "The Sword of the Lord."
  • Voices education Project: Nonprofit organization founded by Andrew Himes. "Healing the wounds of war and creating a more peaceful world."

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