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Fundamentalism in America: Millennialism, Identity and Militant Religion
Philip H. Melling
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Description for Fundamentalism in America: Millennialism, Identity and Militant Religion
Paperback. Examines the contradictions of fundamentalism as they appear in prophecy, sermon, film and fiction, including work by Gore Vidal, Peter Matthiesen, Thom Jones, Alison Lurie and Pete Dexter. Series: Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSR; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 391.
This important book challenges the idea that religious fundamentalism can adequately be understood as a paranoid, xenophobic faith. It demonstrates instead how it draws upon a long tradition of evangelical and millennialist scripture in its engagement with issues at the spiritual and ethical core of postmodernity in America. The author examines the contradictions of fundamentalism as they appear in prophecy, sermon, film and fiction, including work by Gore Vidal, Peter Matthiesen, Thom Jones, Alison Lurie and Pete Dexter. He shows, in an original reading, how scripture, race and politics have combined in the conservative opposition to the ... Read more
This important book challenges the idea that religious fundamentalism can adequately be understood as a paranoid, xenophobic faith. It demonstrates instead how it draws upon a long tradition of evangelical and millennialist scripture in its engagement with issues at the spiritual and ethical core of postmodernity in America. The author examines the contradictions of fundamentalism as they appear in prophecy, sermon, film and fiction, including work by Gore Vidal, Peter Matthiesen, Thom Jones, Alison Lurie and Pete Dexter. He shows, in an original reading, how scripture, race and politics have combined in the conservative opposition to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Tendencies: Identities, Texts, Cultures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748609789
SKU
V9780748609789
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About Philip H. Melling
Philip Melling is Senior Lecturer in American Studies at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is author of ,i>Vietnam in American Literature (G.K.Hall,1990) Man of Amman (Gomer, 1994).
Reviews for Fundamentalism in America: Millennialism, Identity and Militant Religion
A richly textured study ... The range of materials that it encompasses, both in terms of form, content, and context, presents valid and strong evidence of the culturally diverse roots of American fundamentalism. A richly textured study ... The range of materials that it encompasses, both in terms of form, content, and context, presents valid and strong evidence of the ... Read more