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Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism

by George M. Marsden · 1990

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In this historical overview of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism, Marsden provides an introduction to the growing religious movements and a deeper analysis of two themes that have been especially prominent and controversial in these traditions — views of science and views of politics.

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