The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and Politics - Rilegato

Harding, Susan Friend

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ISBN 10: 0691059896 ISBN 13: 9780691059891

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2000

Riassunto

A cultural anthropologist shares her observations and research on the influence of fundamentalism in modern American politics, using the Bible and the words of preachers like Jerry Falwell who actively encouraged engagement with worldly events in the 1980s.

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Winner of the 2001 Award for Excellence in Religious Studies in Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of Religion
Honorable Mention for the 2001 Cawelti Book Award, American Culture Association
Honorable Mention for the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers
"Harding has brought the finely tuned eyes and ears of an anthropologist to her research inside Falwell's fundamentalist Baptist community. Her analysis is incisive and empathetic."--Linda L. Giedl, The Christian Science Monitor

"This is a highly readable book."--Library Journal

"Harding's central subject is the rhetoric of fundamentalism, the language of its persuasion. But she also explains how Falwell, and others like him, have brought the fundamentalist community into politics . . . Harding's headlong exuberance propels [the book] and carries us deep into the mind and heart of a subculture that is increasingly mainstream."--Ronald D. Elving, Washington Post

"An eloquent and incisive study of religious fundamentalism in the United States. . . . [A] theoretically rich and highly original work."--Jeremy Stolow, Sociology of Religion

"Harding's own mastery is on display throughout her book. . . . By the end . . . she has skillfully shown the myriad ways in which fundamentalist rhetoric created and transformed both the fundamentalist community itself and the wider American culture. Her work should be required reading not only for students of American religion, but for anyone who wishes to study sympathetically and fruitfully a different religious culture."--Jonathan Moore, Christian Century

"So much has been written about resurgent Christian fundamentalism that it is difficult to imagine that someone might find something fresh to say about it. Yet Susan Friend Harding gives us some amazing glimpses into contemporary fundamentalism's heart and soul. . . . [A] bold, artful, and largely convincing book."--Joel Carpenter, Journal of Religion

L'autore:

Susan Friend Harding is Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has published widely on fundamentalist Christianity, social movements, and culture reform, and she served as an adviser to the PBS series With God on our Side.

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• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0691059896
• ISBN 13: 9780691059891
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 336