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Fundamentalism is only the most visible element of a broader evangelical subculture that encompasses creationists, intellectuals and social critics, and charismatics, as well as political activists and televangelists like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. This subculture successfully insulates evangelicals from the "secular" world. They send their children to Christian schools and colleges and to Bible camps in the summer. They socialize exclusively within their own circles and have recently evolved their own entertainment: Christian "pulp" novels. Randall Balmer explores this subculture in the manner of an anthropologist doing fieldwork. Travelling through the strongholds of evangelicalism, he captures the perspective of the commonfolk. His sympathetic yet critical account will illuminate the genuine popular appeal of the movement, while placing it against the background of American religious history.
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"Randall Balmer takes readers through evangelical America, and it's a surprisingly lively and light ride. Balmer isn't a preacher, but a fine reporter, curious and respectful about the vitality and diversity of evangelicalism."—
"A sensitive, informed, often moving account of lifestyles and belief systems that coexist with—but are usually set apart from—secular mainstream America.... Provides a carefully crafted portrait of religious diversity that is both generous and critical but never patronizing.... We can all read this book with profit."—
"Fascinating.... This is a wonderful book.... Fair, insightful and respectful.... Balmer understands what he sees, but has enough distance from his subject to be analytical. Outsiders will learn much from his carefully nuanced insights; and insiders will frequently have to nod their heads in agreement: this man knows what he is talking about."—
"This compelling account makes Randall Balmer the William Least Heat Moon of American evangelicalism. Just as
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"Easily the best participant-observer study of the evangelical landscape in contemporary America. He combines the insight of the trained historian with the deft instincts of the birthright insider. The product is at once a critical, painfully funny, warmly sympathetic exploration of the multiple subcultures of a sprawling religious tradition that is all too easily stereotyped—and dismissed—as monolithic fundamentalism."—Grant Wacker,
"American evangelicalism is as diverse as the nation's landscape. Balmer's book is an extraordinary religious travelogue through that complicated subculture....After reading [his] book, popular stereotypes of 'evangelicals' and 'fundamentalists' will never again be quite so clearly focused."—David E. Harrell, Jr.,
"A powerful examination of those ingredients hat constitute the very essence of the phenomenon called American evangelicism.
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"A sensitive, informed, often moving account of lifestyles and belief systems that coexist with—but are usually set apart from—secular mainstream America.... Provides a carefully crafted portrait of religious diversity that is both generous and critical but never patronizing.... We can all read this book with profit."—
"Fascinating.... This is a wonderful book.... Fair, insightful and respectful.... Balmer understands what he sees, but has enough distance from his subject to be analytical. Outsiders will learn much from his carefully nuanced insights; and insiders will frequently have to nod their heads in agreement: this man knows what he is talking about."—
"This compelling account makes Randall Balmer the William Least Heat Moon of American evangelicalism. Just as
"
"Easily the best participant-observer study of the evangelical landscape in contemporary America. He combines the insight of the trained historian with the deft instincts of the birthright insider. The product is at once a critical, painfully funny, warmly sympathetic exploration of the multiple subcultures of a sprawling religious tradition that is all too easily stereotyped—and dismissed—as monolithic fundamentalism."—Grant Wacker,
"American evangelicalism is as diverse as the nation's landscape. Balmer's book is an extraordinary religious travelogue through that complicated subculture....After reading [his] book, popular stereotypes of 'evangelicals' and 'fundamentalists' will never again be quite so clearly focused."—David E. Harrell, Jr.,
"A powerful examination of those ingredients hat constitute the very essence of the phenomenon called American evangelicism.
About the Author Randall Balmer, a historian of American religion, holds the Ph.D. from Princeton University and teaches in the Religion Department at Columbia University. His first book, A Perfect Babel of Confusion: Dutch Religion and English Culture in the Middle Colonies (Oxford, 1989), has received several awards, and his commentaries on American religion appear regularly in the Des Moines Register and other newspapers.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0195066537
- ISBN 13 9780195066531
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