The Sword of the Lord
Subtitle: the roots of fundamentalism in an American family
Publisher: Chiara Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Seattle, Wash.
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781453843758
Notes: "Pre-release edition" is the term used by the author to describe copies purchased from the book website (http://swordofthelordbook.com) prior to the official Amazon release on May 15, 2011.
Table of contents: title: Part I : Why we care about fundamentalism.; title: The funeral of John R. Rice; title: In defense of fundamentalism; title: Part II : Revolution, slavery, war.; title: The roots of fundamentalism; title: The Missouri slave rush; title: The "peculiar institution"; title: The Civil War as a theological struggle; title: The aftermath of the war; title: Searching for God in a new century; title: Part III : Launching the fundamentalist movement.; title: Damned and saved in Dundee; title: Billy Sunday and the premillennialists; title: "The fundamentals"; title: Race and fundamentalism in the South; title: Dundee to Decatur; title: The struggle against modernism; title: Called to preach; title: Unfortunate associations; title: The Scopes Monkey Trial; title: A soul-winner's fire; title: Part IV : Revive us again : fundamentalism in mid-century.; title: The Sword of the Lord ... and of John R. Rice; title: Out of the cradle : from Dallas to Wheaton; title: The Jim Crow challenge; title: The uneasy conscience of fundamentalism; title: Segregation and separatism; title: Consolidating the fundamentalist base; title: "I am a fundamentalist"; title: Jesus has other sheep; title: Part V : Revisiting the fundamentals.; title: Reframing fundamentalism; title: My post-fundamentalist family