fundamentalism

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fundamentalism

Intelligent design and fundamentalist opposition to evolution

2006
Examines the history of Christian fundamentalism and opposition to evolution and Bible criticism; describes the development of evolution as a scientific tenet; discusses Biblical interpretation; and presents case studies of evolution's benefits to humans.

With God on our side

the rise of the religious right in America
1996

Fundamentalism

hazards and heartbreaks
1988

Pious passion

the emergence of modern fundamentalism in the United States and Iran
1993

Americus

2011
Oklahoma teen Neal Barton stands up for his favorite fantasy series, The Chronicles of Apathea Ravenchilde, when conservative Christians try to bully the town of Americus into banning it from the public library.

Faking Faith

2011
Seventeen-year-old Dylan, having become an outcast after a sexually explicit texting incident with a popular senior, comes across the blogs of homeschooled fundamentalist Christian girls and decides to befriend the group's leader Abigail under a false identity, and, as she becomes closer to Abigail and her brother, she must decide if she should continue to live the lie or tell the truth.

The family

the secret fundamentalism at the heart of American power
2009
Traces the history of America's most powerful fundamentalist group, describing how they have influenced politicians, generals, and foreign dictators since their creation in 1935, and how they impacted American democracy.

Encyclopedia of fundamentalism

2001
Contains nearly two hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about significant people, events, beliefs and institutions, and major movements, denominations, sects, and churches in the history of fundamentalism, focusing on Protestant fundamentalism in the United States.

The calling

2007
Esther Leah Ridley, a twelve-year-old girl in South Carolina in 1962, discovers she has the gift of healing and is sent out on a crusade along with her boy-crazy sister, and her favorite uncle Peter Earl, whose intense interest in the collection plate soon has Esther worrying about whether she is really answering God's call.

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