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Fundamentalism and American Culture

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  Sizer, S. S., III:20, 22, 24; IV:4t, 5t, 6; V:12; VIII:14, 20; X:20; XXII:27; XXV:10

  Smith, H. S. et al., American Christianity, XXII:6t

  Smith, J. W., “Religion and Science,” I:35; X:29

  Smith, T. L., “Ethnicity,” XXII:24

  Smith, T. L., “Finney’s Synthesis,” VIII:13; X:6

  Smith, T. L., Revivalism, IX:7t

  Index

  Abbott, Lyman, 26, 32–33

  abolitionism. See anti-slavery

  abortion debate, 243, 245, 250

  activism. See practical or pragmatic activism

  Adams, Henry, 68

  African Americans, 324n.11, 327n.46. See also antislavery; racism

  alcoholic beverages, opposition to, 35–36, 66–68, 207, 220, 228. See also prohibition

  Alexander, Archibald, 111–12

  Alexander, “Charlie,” 47–48

  American Baptists, 243

  American Civil Liberties Union, 185

  American Council of Christian Churches, 245

  American Enlightenment, 250

  American Evangelicals: Embattled and Thriving (Smith), 255, 322n.5, 323n.11, 329n.61

  American Party, 29

  Ames, William, 60

  amillennialism, 270n.4

  Anabaptist tradition, 38, 92

  anarchism, 120, 126

  Anderson, M. B., 19–20

  Andover Theological Seminary, 25, 27, 104

  “Anglo-Saxons,” 204–5, 244

  anti-Christ, 49, 52, 249

  anti-communism. See communism, views of

  anti-evolution campaign. See Darwinism

  Anti-Evolution League, 189

  anti-intellectualism, 7, 26, 121, 130, 188–89, 199, 212, 213, 217, 219–21. See also intellect, views of

  anti-Masonry, 13, 29, 31, 207, 266n.34

  anti-modernism. See militancy, doctrinal

  anti-Semitism, 207, 210. See also Jews

  anti-slavery, 22, 27, 28, 29, 83, 207, cf. 86–87

  apologetics, 16–17, 20, 26, 57, 121, 219. See also intellect, views of

  Arminianism, 37, 44, 98–100, 105, 133

  Assemblies of God, 94

  Atkins, Gaius Glann, 106

  Auburn Affirmation, 180–81

  Augustine, Saint (of Hippo), 64, 115

  Baconism and Sir Francis Bacon, 7, 15, 19, 23, 55–62, 104, 111–12, 116, 121, 169, 214–15, 225, 227

  Bakker, Jim and Tammy, 254

  Baldwin, H. A., 95

  Baptism of the Holy Ghost, 75, 78, 93–94, 279n.38

  Baptist Bible Fellowship, 242

  Baptist Bible Union, 172, 179, 181–82, 190, 193, 203

  Baptist Congress, 105, 108

  Baptists, 4, 45, 46, 48, 83, 128, 131, 135, 250;

  Baptist fundamentalists, 159–61, 165–68, 171–72, 180–83, 190, 191–95, 203, 225, 298n.49; in Canada, 179–80, 191, 193; controversies before World War I, 104–9; Landmark Baptists, 103; Swedish Baptists, 195; and World War I, 142–43. See also Northern Baptist Convention; Southern Baptists

  The Baptist, 168–69

  Baur, F. C., 17

  Bavinck, Herman, 115

  “the Beast,” 52, 67

  Beecher, Edward, 266n.40

  Beecher, Henry Ward, 21–26, 28, 30, 33, 35, 60

  Beecher, Lyman, 11, 22, 27–28, 38

  Bethany Presbyterian Church (Philadelphia), 83

  Bible, views of, 16–18, 33, 51, 54–62; 103–108, 110–114, 119–121, 134, 159, and passim. See also Bible and civilization; inerrancy of the Bible

  Bible and civilization, 16–17, 133–34, 159, 163–64, 169, 207, 224 and passim. See also civilization, evangelical and fundamentalist concern for

  Bible Champion, 118

  Bible churches, 196, 252–53, cf. 194

  Bible conferences, summer, 62, 132–33

  Bible Crusaders of America, 189–90

  Bible Institute of Los Angeles, 119, 144, 148. See also King’s Business

  Bible institutes, role of, 62, 129, 233. See also Bible teachers and evangelists, movement of

  Bible League of North America, 118, 176

  Bible Presbyterian Church, 312n.l9

  “Bible reading,” 60–61

  Bible schools. See Bible institutes

  Bible Student and Teacher, 118

  Bible study groups, 60, 62, 74

  Bible teachers and evangelists, movement of, 62, 72, 79–85, 88–91, 94–96, 99–101, 118–19, 122, 128–29, 158, 194, 212. See also dispensational premillennialism; Keswick

  Bible Union of China, 167–68

  Biblical criticism, 17–18, 20, 26, 48, 70, 105, 119–21, 190, 220, 222, 225–26

  Biblical World, 147–48, 166

  Bibliotheca Sacra, 123

  Bishop, George S., 122

  Blackstone, William E., 51, 68, 70, 71, 119, 269n.9

  Blaine, James G., 66

  Blanchard, Charles, 27, 31–32, 46, 219–21, 266nn.36, 42

  Blanchard, Jonathan, 27–31, 32, 83, 86, 219, 266nn.34, 36, 40–41, 269n.14

  Bliss, Philip P., 75, 87

  Boardman, William E., 75, 77

  Bob Jones University, 194, 233, 238

  Bolshevism, 153–56, 159, 208–9, 232. See also communism, views toward

  Booth, Catherine, 84

  Booth, William, 75

  Bowne, Borden P., 104

  Bridget, Saint, 81

  Briggs, Charles A., 71, 117

  Bright, Bill, 238, 241, 243, 278n.24, 326n.31

  Brookes, James H., 46, 51, 56, 70, 71, 271n.13

  Brooks, Phillips, 26, 60

  Brougher, J. Whitcomb, 182

  Brown, John, 238

  Brown, William M., 178

  Bryan, William Jennings, 4, 5, 132–35, 136, 138, 143, 161, 170, 171, 174, 189, 208, 216, 217, 256, 284n.27; and Scopes trial, 6, 184–88, 212–14, 222

  Bryan Bible League, 189

  Bryan Memorial University, 138, 189

  Bryant, Anita, 242

  Bush, George W., 329n.63

  Bushnell, Horace, 112, 227

  Butler, Joseph, 16

  California, revivalism in, 238

  Calvinism, 4, 16, 23, 25, 46, 59–60, 72, 74, 75, 78, 96, 98–101, 104, 123, 133, 228; social views of, 7, 50, 86–87, 90, 92, 138, 282n.4; views toward intellect, 7, 44, 109–18, 138, 225

  Cameron, Robert, 271n.17

  Campus Crusade, 241, 243, 278n.24, 326n.31

  Canada, fundamentalism in, 172, 179–80, 191, 193, 314n.17

  Candler, Warren A., 309n.12

  Carter, Jimmy, 242, 243

  Case, Shirley Jackson, 105, 146–47

  catastrophism, geological, 65–66

  Chafer, Lewis Sperry, 98

  Chapman, J. Wilbur, 70, 83, 84, 95, 130, 132, 269n.14

  charismatic movement, 236

  China Inland Mission, 97

  Chipps, D. E., 190

  “Christendom,” “Christian civilization,” views toward, 66–68, 125, 149–51, 157, 160, 162–63, 207–9, 223. See also civilization, evangelical and fundamentalist concern for; Bible and civilization; Darwinism, and civilization

  Christian and Missionary Alliance, 75, 202

  Christian Broadcasting Network, 243

  Christian Century, 148, 166, 168, 175, 178, 191–92, 206

  Christian Coalition, 248–49

  Christian Cynosure, 29–30

  Christian Economics, 241

  Christian Endeavor, 71

  Christian Freedom Foundation, 241

  Christian Fundamentals in School and Church, 160, 209

  Christian Herald, 84, 133, 145, 149

  Christianity Today, 241, 243

  Christian Reconstructionism, 248

  Christian Reformed Church, 195, 239, 314n.14, 316n.27

  Christian School movement, 246

  Christian Science, 220

  Christian Workers Magazine, 150, 154–55. See also Institute Tie, and Moody Monthly

  Christlieb, Theodor, 18

  church, vie
w of, 34, 36, 51–54, 63, 68–71, 73, 127, 224. See also separation from major denominations; separation of church and state

  Church of God (Anderson, Indiana), 75

  cities, views of, 66, 128. See also rural/urban themes

  civilization, evangelical and fundamentalist concern for, 3–8, 13–17, 27, 32, 38–39, 48–49, 66–68, 124–38, 149, 152–53, 207; following World War I, 153–63. See also Darwinism, and civilization; Bible and civilization

  civil rights movement, 237, 324n.14

  Civil War, 11, 29, 67

  Clarke, Edgar Young, 189

  Clarke, William Newton, 48, 50, 105

  Coffin, Henry Sloan, 145, 184

  Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 56

  colleges, 11, 14, 28–32, 160, 166–67, 194

  Columbia Bible School, 96

  common sense, 15–16, 61, 62, 107, 108, 111, 211, 213, 215–21. See also Common Sense philosophy

  Common Sense philosophy, 7, 16–18, 20, 23, 28, 55–56, 74, 104, 216, 219, 221, 225, 227, 251, 263n.22; and Princeton theology, 110–16; summarized, 14–16

  communism, views toward, 66, 90, 120, 144, 147, 152, 153, 207, 208–10, 221, 232, 239, 240, 245, 248

  Concerned Women for America, 246

  confessions and confessionalism, 4, 105, 109, 167, 172, 182

  Congregationalists, 25, 28, 30, 44, 47, 104, 105, 123, 165

  conservatism, political, 91–93, 206–8, 233, 244, 247, 254. See also politics, views of; Religious Right

  Conservative Baptist Association of America, 193

  consumerism, 254, 255, 330n.71

  conversionist evangelicalism, 252–53, 322n.2

  Conwell, Russell, 83

  Cooper, Thomas, 18

  Crapsey, Algemon Sidney, 104

  Crosby, Fanny J., 75

  Crusaders’ Champion, 189

  Dallas Theological Seminary, 123, 194, 237

  dancing, 156–57, 162–63, 228

  Darby, John Nelson, 46, 54, 70

  Darrow, Clarence, 185–89, 210, 212–14

  Darwin, Charles, 116

  Darwinism, 4, 5, 18–21, 24, 26, 48, 64, 104, 116, 122–23, 127; campaign to keep evolution out of schools, 164, 169–70, 171, 179, 184–89, 246, 311n.10; and civilization, 90, 148–49, 152, 161, 164, 169–70, 179, 199, 205, 207, 209, 212–15, 224–25, 228; in England, 222, 225–26

  Dayton, Tennessee. See Scopes trial

  Defenders Magazine, 210

  Defenders of the Christian Faith, 189

  De Haan, Martin R., 313n.30

  democracy, views toward, 126, 127–28, 152, 161, 296n.19; theological liberal views of, 146–47. See also politics, views of

  Democratic Party, 66, 132, 237

  denominational system, 70–71

  Des Moines University, 190–91

  DeVos, Richard M., 241

  Dewey, John, 214

  Disciples of Christ, 102, 166, 178

  dispensational premillennialism, 4–5, 7, 27, 44, 46–48, 102–3, 104, 107, 108, 112, 118–23, 194–95, 200, 221, 222, 224, 228, 233, 268n.28; and aftermath of World War I, 153–58, 160–64; and Baconianism, 55–62; Cold War and, 246–50; compared with Keswick, 100–101, 287n.32; and controversies of the 1920s, 165–84 passim, 193; list of dispensations, 100–101, 272n.20; relation to holiness teachings, 80, 85, 93–94; and social views, 38, 66–71, 82–93, 125–32, 208–11; summary of teachings, 51–54; view of history, 62–66, 226; and World War I, 143–53. See also Bible teachers and evangelists, movement of

  Dixon, A. C., 37, 79, 83, 101, 118, 160–61, 170, 217, 222, 237

  Dobson, James, 253

  Dominion Theology, 248

  Dryer, Emma, 31, 35

  Dwight, Timothy, 11, 38

  “dynamics of unopposed revivalism,” 223–25. See also revivalism

  Eagle Forum, 242

  ecumenism, 101, 166, cf. 12–21. See also Federal Council of Churches; Evangelical Alliance

  Edwards, Jonathan, 11, 44, 49, 64, 99, 115, 130

  Einstein, Albert, 214

  empire-building, 34, 62

  England, 34, 54, 77, 78; English

  evangelicalism, 221–27

  Episcopalians, 82, 104, 178, 243

  Equal Rights Amendment, 242, 245

  Erdman, Charles R., 168, 181, 183–84

  Erdman, William J., 37, 46, 269n.14

  ethics. See morality, views of

  ethnicity and fundamentalism, 201, 204, 222–23. See also immigration and fundamentalism

  European evangelicals, 17–18. See also specific country

  Evangelical Alliance (meeting of 1873), 12–21, 133

  Evangelical Free Church, 194

  Evangelical Friends, 195

  Evangelical Mennonites, 195

  evangelism, 44–48, 80–85, 90–92, 120, 181–83 and passim; conversionist evangelicalism, 252–53, 322n.2; Moody’s, 32–39; new evangelism, 233–39. See also practical or pragmatic activism; revivalism; witnessing

  evolution. See Darwinism

  Fall, of mankind: effect on culture, 136; effects on intellect, 115

  “the False Prophet,” 52, 67

  Falwell, Jerry, 234–35, 237, 238, 242, 247, 248, 328n.57

  family, views of, 37, 240, 241, 242, 253

  Federal Council of Churches, 91, 106, 131, 133

  “filling” with the Holy Spirit, 73, 78, 87, 100, 253. See also holiness teachings

  Finney, Charles, 13, 27, 31, 32, 35, 45, 47, 74, 79, 82, 86–87, 90, 267n.11

  Fitt, A. P., 130

  “five points of fundamentalism,” 117, 292n.30, 308n.3

  “five points,” Presbyterian, 117, 136–37, 167, 172, 180

  Focus on the Family, 253

  Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 171–73, 181, 210

  Foster, George Burman, 105

  Freemasons. See anti-Masonry

  Free Methodists, 75

  free will, 16, 46, 74, 99–100

  Frost, A. J., 66, 68, 71

  fundamentalism, definition of, 4; today, 195, 232–33, 234, 235

  Fundamentalist Federation, 193

  Fundamentalist Fellowship (“General Conference on Fundamentals”), 159, 167

  The Fundamentals, 96, 118–23, 141, 144, 158, 161, 168, 181, 222

  future punishment, 3, 23, 25, 35

  Gaebelein, Arno C., 93, 125, 127–28, 131, 156, 210, 271nn.13, 17, 275n.23; and World War I, 143–44, 148, 150

  General Association of Regular Baptists, 193

  geology, 65

  German theology and Biblical views, 18, 61, 105, 121, 148–50, 159, 161, 169, 271n.13

  Germany, views of during World War 1, 142–50

  Goldwater, Barry, 238

  Goodchild, Frank M., 172

  Gordon. A. J., 37, 46, 67, 79, 81, 83, 84, 94, 95, 269n.14, 279n.37, 280n.14

  Gothard, Bill, 253

  Gould, Ezra P., 105

  Graham, Billy, 193, 233, 234, 238, 240, 243

  grassroots politics, 243, 246

  Gray, Asa, 123

  Gray, James M., 4, 37, 46, 81, 89, 122, 129–32, 138, 145, 150, 154–55

  Hadley, S. H., 84

  Hague, Dyson, 121

  Haldeman, Isaac M., 125–27

  Hamilton, William, 111

  Harding, Warren, 164, 241

  Hargis, Billy James, 210, 232

  Harper, William Rainey, 105

  Harris, Samuel, 11

  Hatch, Nathaniel, 251

  Havergal, Frances R., 75–76

  healing, divine, 94, 286n.5

  hell. See future punishment

  Henry, Carl F. H., 233, 241, 243

  higher criticism of the Bible. See Biblical criticism

  Hills, A. M., 95

  history, views toward, 50–55, 62–66, 113–14, 211, 226, 259–60. See also dispensational premillennialism; premillennialism; postmillennialism

  Hitchcock, Roswell, 17

  Hodge, Archibald Alexander, 113

  Hodge, Charles, 19–20, 111–13, 227

  holiness teachings and groups
(general), 4, 33, 37–38, 45, 61, 72–101, 102–3, 227, 253. See also Holiness teachings and groups (Methodist tradition); Keswick

  Holiness teachings and groups (Methodist tradition), 72, 73–75, 77–78, 82–83, 87, 93–96, 180, 194–95, 202, 321n.17

  Holmes, Oliver wendell, Sr., 17

  Holy Spirit, 260. See also holiness teachings; Holiness teachings and passim

  Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (New York), 82

  Hopkins, Mark, 13

  Horsch, John, 318n.8

  How Shall We Then Live? (film series), 245

  Hoyt, William, 56

  humanists, 138. See also secular humanism

  Hume, David, 15

  Hybel, Bill, 253

  hymns, 26, 36, 38, 45, 47–48, 75, 224, 271n.12, 316n.27

  Idealism (philosophy), 20, 25–26

  immigration and fundamentalism, 194–95, 204–5. See also ethnicity and fundamentalism

  inclusive pluralism, 257

  Independent Board for Presbyterian Foreign Missions, 192

  individualism, 37, 71, 85, 92, 100–101, 208, 224

  Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W), 147, 221

  inerrancy of the Bible, 5, 51, 54, 56–57, 107–8, 113, 116, 117, 122, 165, 169, 180, 205, 224, 228, 234, 244, 272n.7, 323n.8

  Institute Tie, 129–32. See also Christian Workers Magazine; Moody Monthly

  “institutional church,” 82–83

  intellect, views toward, 7–8, 26, 28, 43–48, 73, 109–18, 121, 126, 129–30, 136–38, 174–75, 188–89, 212–21, 225–27. See also anti-intellectualism; practical or pragmatic activism; science, view toward

  Interchurch World Movement, 166, 303n.57, 305n.24

  International Church of the Four Square Gospel, 94

  International Church Workers Association, 81

  International Prophecy Conferences, 46, 51, 61, 66, 68–69, 82, 93, 151

  Ironside, H. A., 95–96

  Islam, 48, 57, 150; Islamic fundamentalism, 227–28, 250

  Israel, premillennialism and, 249–50. See also Jews and Zionism

  Jefferson, Thomas, 15, 18

  Jenkins, Jerry B., 249

  Jews: and anti-Semitism, 207, 210; and Zionism, 52–53, 70, 125, 151

  Jones, Bob, Sr., 179, 194, 238, 309n.12

  Kant, Immanuel, 20, 56, 215

  Kellogg, Howard, 148

  Kellogg, Samuel, 84

  Kennedy, David S., 158–59

  Kershner, Howard, 241

  Keswick, 77–85, 94–101, 118–19, 222, 279n.36; compared with dispensationalism, 100–101, 287n.32. See also Bible teachers and evangelists, movement of

  Kingdom of God, 11, 24, 28, 48–50, 54–55, 60, 86, 90, 92, 105, 136–38, 145, 146, 254. See also millennium

 

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