Fundamentalists in the Public Square (Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology)

Evolution, Alcohol, and Culture Wars after the Scopes Trial

Madison Trammel

• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN:
  9781683597193
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Christianity

A myth-busting work on fundamentalists and culture

The Scopes Trial of 1925 is often regarded as a turning 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.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Fundamentalist Historiography and the Peculiarity of Interwar Fundamentalism
• Chapter 2: Fundamentalism, Evolution, and Newspaper Reporting (1920–1933)
• Chapter 3: Fundamentalism, Alcohol, and Newspaper Reporting (1920–1933)
• Chapter 4: Fundamentalist Social Action and Dispensational Theology
• Chapter 5: Conclusion
• Appendix: Alphabetical Listing of Newspapers
• Bibliography
• Subject & Author Index
• Scripture Index