History of American Religion, 1865 to Present will consider the varieties of American religious experience while keeping in mind the importance of pluralism in the U.S. context.
In section two, Holiness, Marsden presents an analysis of the etiology of the fundalmentalist movement in the latter part of the 19th century. At that time, Holiness, Pentecostal and Fundamentalist belief systems emerged and dominated American evangelism. Each movement contained a common thread; interest in the work of the Holy Spirit in evangelistic effort. Dispensationalism, [...]
As have Winston, Wacker, and Marsden, I am compelled to disclose my relationship to the subject about which I am writing. I was raised in a fundamentalist church environment. Unlike Marsden, I have serious intellectual, moral and theological issues with fundamentalism. That said; I approached this book on the basis of trying to understand how [...]