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This series of lectures, delivered as part of the 2006 Regent College History Conference, covers a broad range of topics relating to modern Christian fundamentalisms in North America, including political engagement, support of Israel, doctrinal developments, and social demography. The conference was made possible by the generous support of the Reid Trust. Lectures present;
George Marsden, How 'Otherworldly' Fundamentalism Became Political Power
Donald M. Lewis, 'Evangelicals and Jews Together': The Origins of Christian Zionism
Michael J. McClymond, Why Five? Articles of Faith, Creedal Subscription, and the Foundamentalist Call for Doctrinal Consensus
Darren Dochuk, The Southern Errand: Making Sense of Region, Religion, and the Rising South in Post-World War II American Politics
George Marsden is the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at University of Notre Dame. His books include The Soul of the American University, The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship, and Jonthan Edwards: A Life.
Donald M. Lewis is Professor of Church History and Academic Dean at Regent College. He is the editor of Christianity Re-born: The Global Expansion of Evangelicalism in the 20th Century and The Blackwell Dictionary of Evangelical Biography 1730-1860 and author of Lighten Their Darkness: The Evangelical Mission to Working-class London, 1828-1860.
Michael McClymond holds the Clarence Louis and Helen Irene Steber Chair in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. His recent publications include Embodying the Spirit: New Perspectives on North American Revivalism (Johns Hopkins, 2004) and Familiar Stranger: An Introduction to Jesus of Nazareth (Eerdmans, 2004). PhD (University of Chicago).
Darren Dochuk (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is Assistant Professor of History at Purdue University. He completed his PhD in History in February 2005 and received his MA from Queen's University of Kingston, Ontario in 1998. His PhD dissertation was entitled From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain Folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Southernization of Southern California