BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 RDATE:20130310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 RDATE:20131103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131108T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131108T170000 LOCATION:JRHH 202 SUMMARY:Standing at Armageddon: The Rise of American Fundamentalism in a Global Age by Matthew A. Sutton (WSU) DESCRIPTION:Sutton's talk\, based on a forthcoming book\, will focus on t he role that apocalypticism played in the origins and evolution of Americ an Christian fundamentalism from the late nineteenth century to the rise of the modern Religious Right. Fundamentalists believed that the world wa s going to end—imminently\, violently\, tragically. This conviction sha ped who they were\, how they acted\, and how they related to those inside and outside of the faith. It conditioned their analysis of politics and of the economy. It impacted how they voted and for whom. It determined th eir perspectives on social reform\, moral crusades\, and progressive chan ge. It influenced the curriculum they brought into their schools and thei r views of American higher education. It defined their evaluation of alte rnative expressions of Christianity as well as competing religions. It fr amed their understanding of natural disasters\, geo-political changes\, a nd war. In sum\, fundamentalist and later evangelicals' anticipation of t he soon-coming apocalypse made them who they were. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Sutton's talk\, based on a forthcoming
book\, will focus on the role that apocalypticism played in the origins a
nd evolution of American Christian fundamentalism from the late nineteent
h century to the rise of the modern Religious Right. Fundamentalists beli
eved that the world was going to end—imminently\, violently\, tragicall
y. This conviction shaped who they were\, how they acted\, and how they r
elated to those inside and outside of the faith. It conditioned their ana
lysis of politics and of the economy. It impacted how they voted and for
whom. It determined their perspectives on social reform\, moral crusades\
, and progressive change. It influenced the curriculum they brought into
their schools and their views of American higher education. It defined th
eir evaluation of alternative expressions of Christianity as well as comp
eting religions. It framed their understanding of natural disasters\, geo
-political changes\, and war. In sum\, fundamentalist and later evangelic
als' anticipation of the soon-coming apocalypse made them who they were.<
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Sutto
n's talk\, based on a forthcoming book\, will focus on the role that apoc
alypticism played in the origins and evolution of American Christian fund
amentalism from the late nineteenth century to the rise of the modern Rel
igious Right. Fundamentalists believed that the world was going to end—
imminently\, violently\, tragically. This conviction shaped who they were
\, how they acted\, and how they related to those inside and outside of t
he faith. It conditioned their analysis of politics and of the economy. I
t impacted how they voted and for whom. It determined their perspectives
on social reform\, moral crusades\, and progressive change. It influenced
the curriculum they brought into their schools and their views of Americ
an higher education. It defined their evaluation of alternative expressio
ns of Christianity as well as competing religions. It framed their unders
tanding of natural disasters\, geo-political changes\, and war. In sum\,
fundamentalist and later evangelicals' anticipation of the soon-coming ap
ocalypse made them who they were.
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