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Fundamentalist language and politics article in american anthropologist 1033. Susan friend harding susan harding, a cultural anthropologist, set out in the 1980s to understand the. Susan harding, a cultural anthropologist, set out in the 1980s to understand the significance of this new cultural movement. Fundamentalist language and politics by susan harding hardcover book, 352 pages see other available editions description national polls show that approximately 50 million adult americans are bornagain christians. 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. If all the fundamentalists knew who to vote for and did it together. The automated storage and retrieval system asrs can store and retrieve up to 420,000 items, utilizing three robotic cranes.
Falwell and his copastors were the pivotal figures in the movement. We are thomas road baptist church located in lynchburg, virginia. Fundamentalist language and politics, but perhaps the subtitle should have been placed up front. Susan friend harding susan harding, a cultural anthropologist, set out in the 1980s to understand the significance of christian fundamentalism to date. I experienced suspense as the book of jerry falwell carefully delineated an important dimension of the story of america, then, more broadly and intensely, the story of speech, and of listening, making calmly powerful suggestions about the nature of both. Summary susan harding, a cultural anthropologist, set out in the 1980s to understand the significance of christian fundamentalism to date. Fundamentalist language and politics, but perhaps the subtitle should have. If all the fundamentalists knew who to vote for and did it. The book of jerry falwell is a fascinating work of cultural analysis, a rare account that. If all the fundamentalists knew who to vote for and did it together, jerry falwell proclaimed in 1979, we could elect anybody. Susan friend hardings excellent anthropological study of bornagain christians is entitled, the book of jerry falwell. The book of jerry falwell is a fascinating work of cultural analysis, a rare account that takes fundamentalist christianity on its own terms and deepens our understanding of both religion and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Fundamentalist language and politics by susan friend harding at indigo.
Yet most americans see their culture as secular, and the united states is viewed around the world as a. The result, this longawaited book, presents the most original and thorough examination of christian fundamentalism to date. Fundamentalist language and politics, by susan friend harding. Susan hardings book about jerry falwell focuses on how his charisma is consiruc led and deployed when creating a modernist politicized fundamentalism, a turning point in the religious rights. The jerry falwell library has an extensive print collection. Fundamentalist language and politics by susan harding hardcover book, 352 pages see other available editions description national polls show that approximately 50 million adult. He was the founding pastor of the thomas road baptist church, a megachurch in lynchburg, virginia. Here biblical language is profoundly generative, living, and political. The fruit of her time is the book of jerry falwell, an exploration of the way words are used in the fundamentalist subculture though i am not sure if this is a designation harding herself uses, specifically in the ministry of one of modern fundamentalisms key figures, televangelist jerry falwell. Fundamentalist language and politics landed on my desk not long after falwells comments on the september. Fundamentalist language and politics landed on my desk not long after falwells comments on the september 11 th terrorist attacks.
Fundamentalist language and politics has 2 available editions to buy. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Jerry falwell, american religious leader, televangelist, and founder of the moral majority, a political organization for the promotion of conservative social values. Hardings provocative title promises in no uncertain terms to tell a good story. August 11, 1933 may 15, 2007 was an american southern baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. Falwells ministry empire is the catalyst for this study rather than its focus. Fundamentalist language and politics princeton, 2000. To write this book, she researched the world of fundamentalist christianity for. I experienced suspense as the book of jerry falwell carefully delineated an important dimension of the. Susan hardings book of jerry falwell tells the fabulous tale of falwells empire building and the rise of the moral majority in the 1980s through a densely textured ethnographic reading of people, institutions, media, and events. The book of jerry falwell the journal of southern religion.
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