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Jonathan Edwards: A LifeJonathan Edwards: A Life by Professor George M. Marsden
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Best current bio of Edwards
America's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham LincolnAmerica's God: From Jonathan Edwards to Abraham Lincoln by Mark A. Noll
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important work, title says it
The Democratization of American ChristianityThe Democratization of American Christianity by Nathan O. Hatch
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Case studies from 19th century american relgious movements transitioning into their unique forms
Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition)Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition) by George M. Marsden
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the centerpiece of any study of american fundamentalism
Revive Us Again: The Reawakening of American FundamentalismRevive Us Again: The Reawakening of American Fundamentalism by Joel A. Carpenter
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Tracks the transition from old-time fundamentalism to the new evangelicalism as epitomized by Billy Graham
Reforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New EvangelicalismReforming Fundamentalism: Fuller Seminary and the New Evangelicalism by Mr. George Marsden
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Fuller seminary as a case study of the new evangelicalism
Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in AmericaMine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America by Randall Balmer
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Thoughtful vignettes into the evengelical expeience of the 1980s, made into a PBS Frontline video
The Scandal of the Evangelical MindThe Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark A. Noll
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Personal critique and call for a more academically credible evangelicalism
The Making and Unmaking of an Evangelical Mind: The Case of Edward CarnellThe Making and Unmaking of an Evangelical Mind: The Case of Edward Carnell by Rudolph Nelson
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Fascinating bio of conflicted former president of Fuller seminary
The Variety of American EvangelicalismThe Variety of American Evangelicalism by Donald W. Dayton
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Dayton qualifies the Reformed perspective of evangelicalism from these by giving background from the holiness/methodist/pentecostal perspective
Growing Pains: Learning to Love My Father's FaithGrowing Pains: Learning to Love My Father's Faith by Randall Balmer
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Autobiographical and moving reflections of growing up fundamentalist and moving through higher academia
Baptist Battles: Social Change and Religious Conflict in the Southern Baptist ConventionBaptist Battles: Social Change and Religious Conflict in the Southern Baptist Convention by Nancy Tatom Ammerman
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To understand what has happened in SBC life
Protestants in an Age of Science: The Baconian Ideal and Ante-Bellum American Religious ThoughtProtestants in an Age of Science: The Baconian Ideal and Ante-Bellum American Religious Thought by Theodore Dwight Bozeman
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Intellectual history backdrop behind Marsden and company, highlighting the role of Scottish common sense realism philosophy on American religion and the Princeton tradition that developed the doctrine of inerrancy in particular
The roots of fundamentalism: British and American millenarianism, 1800-1930The roots of fundamentalism: British and American millenarianism, 1800-1930 by Ernest Robert Sandeen
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Gives the first good historical account of the role of Darby and dispensationalism and the effect on American religious thought
In Pursuit of Purity: American Fundamentalism Since 1850In Pursuit of Purity: American Fundamentalism Since 1850 by David O. Beale
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Gives an insider perspective, especially of fundamentalist Baptists, from a Bob Jones University professor
Smell of Sawdust, TheSmell of Sawdust, The by Richard J. Mouw
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Easy to read reflections on evangelicalism balancing a fundamentalist heritage with an ecumenical perspective
Fundamentalisms Observed (The Fundamentalism Project)Fundamentalisms Observed (The Fundamentalism Project)
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an authoritative work on the socio-cultural dimensions of a variety of forms of fundamentalisms.