num_pages: 368
description: Christian fundamentalism in America emerged a century ago the faith of generations of immigrants who had experienced war and revolution removal and upheaval. The Scots-Irish who had settled the South inherited both an evangelical legacy of abolitionism and social reform on the one hand and responsibility for the painful and destructive consequences of human slavery on the other. Himes comes from a long line of fundamentalist preachers including his dad his granddad John R. Rice the dean of American fundamentalists for decades until his death in 1980; and his great-granddad Will Rice who was both a Baptist preacher and a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Texas. This book brings the story of fundamentalism to life through the generations of the Rice family -- immigrants soldiers farmers slaveowners refugees and preachers. This is a work of history memoir and personal testimony about the shape of faith and an image of God that can help us transform ourselves and change the world.
language: English
title: The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family
publisher: None