Word: protestantism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Conservative Protestant spokesmen, captive to their isolationist and even | extremist past, still exhibit far more skill at seizing attention and infuriating outsiders than at winning support from concerned Americans through cogent, reasonable discussion. The Rev. Jerry Falwell shares some of those limitations, and he displayed them last week. But at...
From tiny rural chapels where true believers seated on rickety folding chairs profess "born-again" faith, to handsome, stately churches like Falwell's with memberships the size of small towns, Protestant Fundamentalism has become a powerful, confident and important force. Popularly associated with stern opposition to such personal "sins" as...
...similarities and differences of the two movements are rooted in U.S. history. During the early years of the 20th century, the conservative forebears of both movements were largely in control of American Protestantism. But liberal ideas on Scripture and doctrine had begun to infiltrate seminaries, and steadily gained strength in succeeding decades. Eventually an antiliberal movement arose from a loose alliance of orthodox theologians in the mainstream denominations, revivalist preachers, and emerging millenarians, those who saw signs of the imminent Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Between 1910 and 1915 such groups distributed huge numbers of thoughtful pamphlets titled The Fundamentals...
The vitality of the conservatives' social and political movement stems from the strength of Fundamentalist and Evangelical groups, which offer a clearly defined presentation of Christianity that is persuasive to an increasing number of Americans. The prosperity of these churches is striking at a time when mainline Protestant groups are...
PUBLIC AND CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS. Fundamentalists over the past generation have come to believe that public schools are a major force in establishing secular humanism. The religious right leads in agitating to restore prayer to the classroom (a cause favored by 69% of Americans, according to Gallup) and in seeking to...