Being the Chosen

Being the Chosen

Exploring a Christian Fundamentalist Worldview

Jones, Julie Scott

Taylor & Francis Ltd

06/2010

156

Dura

Inglês

9780754677413

15 a 20 dias

Explores Christian fundamentalism in the USA. Establishing the key characteristics of a Protestant Christian fundamentalist worldview, this work investigates the degrees to which these are adhered to amongst different groups, whilst exploring the ways in which such belief systems are constructed and reinforced through everyday life.
Contents: Preface; 'Furiously religious: contextualising fundamentalism; 'Same or different?' Defining fundamentalism?; 'True Americans': the origins of Protestant fundamentalism; 'God's chosen': the importance of being 'chosen'; The 'right' way: orthodoxy and orthopraxy in everyday life; 'Counting down the days': apocalyptic urgency and agency; 'Us or them': an oppositional worldview; 'Fighting for God': the politicisation of fundamentalism; 'Taking it to the world': fundamentalism in a global context; Bibliography; Index.
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