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Saturday, January 10, 2004
Titles from Amazon.com on Fundamentalism
If you are desperately searching for a copy of Voyle Glover's detailed investigation of corruption in the pulpit of Jack Hyles at First Baptist of Hammond, you can check Amazon's used book offerings by clicking here for Fundamental Seduction: The Jack Hyles Case. Voyle's book is out of print, and copies are difficult to find, so best wishes as you search. Currently (Jan 10, 2004) Amazon has two used copies for sale, $50.00 and up, which is slightly more than twice the original price. But the book is thorough and comprehensive.
A Few Words From the Outside of Fundamentalism:
 | Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism by George Marsden. Here's a book that is more scholarly than outright critical of Fundamentalism. It shows the roots of Fundamentalism in a more detached presentation. If you grew up in an IFB church, you heard everything about Fundy history from the angle of God raising up great men, etc., etc. While Marsden's viewpoint is more secular and detached, he presents a necessary side of the history of Fundamentalism: a thorough presentation that looks at the history and the philosophical roots that fed the early popularity of the movement. Additonally, if you have become concerned that your grasp of history is weak, this book may introduce some larger ideas to you to start you on the terrific journey of learning more about church history. |
 | The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark Knoll. I have been tremendously discouraged by the incredible shallow and trite quality of Christian fiction, its refusal to address that which is pertinent, and its iron resolution never to show Christians as they really are. How refreshing to find a book with a first line that begins with the observation: "The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind." In an era when Christian political thought has been reduced to a formula to get Republicans into office and Christian literature has been reduced to the level of Chick Tracts, Knoll offers a detailed assessment and desperate call for intellectual and scholarly reform in Christian Evangelicalism (and Fundamentalism). |
