The Hidden History of the Historic Fundamentalists, 1933-1948: Reconsidering the Historic Fundamentalists' Response to the Upheavals, Hardship, and Horrors of the 1930s and 1940s

by Jim Owen

Overview

Over the last forty years, historians' interpretation of the historic fundamentalists—circa the 1930s and 1940s—has accused them of social and political indifference to the hardships people experienced during the Great Depression and the Holocaust. In this book, Jim Owen examines historic fundamentalist magazines and journals to determine why there is such a radical disparity between what historians have written and what historic fundamentalists actually did. Through Professor Owen's investigation, we see a compassionate movement very involved—socially and politically—during the Great Depression, and a group that was vocal in combating anti-Semitism and denouncing the horrors of Nazi persecution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761828976
Publisher:	University Press of America
Publication date:	10/15/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	426
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 8.92(h) x 1.29(d)

About the Author

Jim Owen holds an M.A. in Humanities (1979) from California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is Associate Professor of History at the Master's College in Santa Clarita, California.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Foreword Chapter 3 Preface Chapter 4 Acknowledgments Chapter 5 Introduction Chapter 6 Historic Fundamentalism and its Critics: "It Ain't Necessarily So!" Chapter 7 Historic Fundamentalism and the Great Depression: Seeing it from Their Perspective Chapter 8 Historic Fundamentalism and the Oversight of God: Judgment and Mercy Toward a Prodigal Nation Chapter 9 Historic Fundamentalism Speaking Politically: The Duties and Passions of the Christian Citizen Chapter 10 Historic Fundamentalism Post World War II: The Evangelical Obligation to Save America Chapter 11 Historic Fundamentalism Post World War II, Part II: Saving Protestant American Democracy from Roman Catholicism Chapter 12 Historic Fundamentalism and the Jews: Responding to European Anti-Semitism Chapter 13 Historic Fundamentalism and the Jews: Is this Suffering Nothing to You Who Pass By? Chapter 14 Historic Fundamentalism and Anti-Semitism: Refuting Undeserved Accusations, Reclaiming Sullied Reputations Chapter 15 Historic Fundamentalism and the Supernatural: A Non-Conformist Historiography Chapter 16 Epilogue Chapter 17 Author Biography Chapter 18 Index