The Book of Jerry Falwell: Fundamentalist Language and PoliticsNational polls show that approximately 50 million adult Americans are born-again Christians. Yet most Americans see their culture as secular, and the United States is viewed around the world as a secular nation. Further, intellectuals and journalists often portray born-again Christians, despite their numbers, as outsiders who endanger public life. But is American culture really so neatly split between the religious and the secular? Is America as "modern" and is born-again Christian religious belief as "pre-modern" as many think? |
Contents
CHAPTER ONE Speaking Is Believing | 33 |
CHAPTER TWO Fundamentalist Exile | 61 |
CHAPTER THREE The Art of Jerry Falwell | 85 |
CHAPTER FOUR Sacrificial Economics | 105 |
CHAPTER FIVE Cultural Exodus | 125 |
CHAPTER SIX The Moral Majority Jeremiad | 153 |
CHAPTER SEVEN The ProLife Gospel | 183 |
CHAPTER EIGHT The Creation Museum | 210 |
CHAPTER NINE The Last Days | 228 |
CHAPTER TEN The BornAgain Telescandals | 247 |
POSTSCRIPT | 270 |
Notes to the Chapters | 283 |
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Credits | 329 |
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