Fundamentalists in the Public Square: Evolution, Alcohol, and Culture Wars after the Scopes Trial (Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology)

by: Madison Trammel (Author)

Publisher: Lexham Academic

Publication Date: 2023/12/13

Language: English

Print Length: 200 pages

ISBN-10: 1683597184

ISBN-13: 9781683597186

Book Description

2023 Foreword Indies Book Award Finalist for HistoryA myth-busting work on fundamentalists and cultureThe Scopes Trial of 1925 is often regarded as a tuing point in the history of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism. It is claimed that Scopes was a public relations defeat that sent fundamentalism into retreat from mainstream culture. In Fundamentalists in the Public Square: Evolution, Alcohol, and the Culture Wars after the Scopes Trial, Madison Trammel argues that such a characterization is misguided. Using documentary evidence from newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s, Trammel shows that fundamentalists remained fully active in seeking to transform the culture for Christ, and they remained so through the rise of Billy Graham’s ministry. Grounded in historical evidence, Fundamentalists in the Public Square offers a fresh take on the relationship between fundamentalism, evangelicalism, and the public square.

About the Author

2023 Foreword Indies Book Award Finalist for HistoryA myth-busting work on fundamentalists and cultureThe Scopes Trial of 1925 is often regarded as a tuing point in the history of American fundamentalism and evangelicalism. It is claimed that Scopes was a public relations defeat that sent fundamentalism into retreat from mainstream culture. In Fundamentalists in the Public Square: Evolution, Alcohol, and the Culture Wars after the Scopes Trial, Madison Trammel argues that such a characterization is misguided. Using documentary evidence from newspapers in the 1920s and 1930s, Trammel shows that fundamentalists remained fully active in seeking to transform the culture for Christ, and they remained so through the rise of Billy Graham’s ministry. Grounded in historical evidence, Fundamentalists in the Public Square offers a fresh take on the relationship between fundamentalism, evangelicalism, and the public square.