Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism - Hardcover

Marsden, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802836429 ISBN 13: 9780802836427

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1987

Synopsis

A sequel and companion to the author's widely acclaimed Fundamentalism and American Culture, this book uses the history of Fuller Theological Seminary — a durable evangelical institution — as a lens through which to focus an examination of the broader story of evangelicalism and fundamentalism since the 1940s. Marsden's detailed history relies heavily on primary sources, and his careful attention to the surrounding worlds of mainline denominations and stricter fundamentalism makes this book a major contribution to the study of a movement that has played an important role in shaping American culture.

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From the Back Cover:

The story of the first twenty years of Fuller Seminary, recounted in Reforming Fundamentalism, tells of how these high aspirations clashed with the realities of American cultural and intellectual life and especially with the realities of American evangelicalism. Moreover, these conflicts were refracted through the institution's intriguing personalities--often with dramatic and in a sense tragic outcomes.

About the Author:

George M. Marsden, Francis A. McAnaney Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Notre Dame, is currently Visiting Professor of American Religious and Intellectual History at Harvard Divinity School. Among his many other books is the full-length biography Jonathan Edwards: A Life (Yale 2003), which received nine awards, including the Bancroft Prize in history and the Grawemeyer Award in religion.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0802836429
• ISBN 13: 9780802836427
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 319