What does a term mean . Second how did fundamentalists relay to mainstream culture . And third, why has fundamentalism been so much more influential in the united states, then in any other society in the western world . Im curious, is fundamentalism, fundamentalists, are these storms that you hear today, do you know people who call themselves a fundamentalist, or use this label . I see some nodding. And examples . Yes . So i have a question islam who are trying to describe alternate groups. So its a term that you hear more often in the context of islam. What about here, among american increased groups . Do you hear the label . Im from up north, and many people are called fundamentally fundamentalists christians, i dont think its often, in my experience, not often used by the fundamentalist themselves. So youve heard it more as a pejorative term . Thats interesting. That lines up with my own experience. I think, today, there are exceptions, i certainly met some proud independent baptize
Creationism in Public Schools and gained national attention. Later, she talks about the origins and growth of pentecostalism which strives for the divine and faith healing and speaking in tongues. All right. Lets begin. My name is molly worthen, were at the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and its american fundamentalism and pentecostalism and ill try to answer three Big Questions today. Number one, what is protestant fundamentalism . What does the term mean . Second, how did fundamentalists relate to main street culture . And third, why has fundamentalism been so much more influential in the United States than in any other society in the western world . Im curious, is fundamentalism, fundamentalist, are these terms that you hear today . Do you know people who call themselves fundamentalist or use this label . I see some nodding. Any examples . Yes. Trying to describe alternate groups. It is a term that you hear more often in the context of islam. What about here among Ameri
Obviously important. We have started our one in our , i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. We have talked about the aspects and political of the Great Depression. But what i want to do today is to show that the Great Depression is a big event and has influences and consequences and go beyond just politics the stock market crash. I will try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of American Culture in the 1930s. How does it affect the family . And again probably you and i think the family is just static throughout history. Never changes. But if you stop and think about it, even in American History, the nature of the family is going to change. It will change rather dramatically in the 1930s. The role that religion plays in American History is going to var y from the good from decades. There is a Surprising Development in religion during the 1930s that somewhat relate to the Great Depression. , and weAmerican History will continue to look at it as we
When we met. Riod i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. We have talked about the economic and the political aspects of the Great Depression. But what i want to do today is to show that the Great Depression is a big event and has influences and consequences that go beyond just politics and go beyond just the stock market crash and the economic woes. And i am going to try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of American Culture in the 1930s. How does it affect the family . And again, probably you do, and i do sometimes, think the family is just static throughout history. It never changes. But if you stop and think about it, even in American History, the nature of the family is going to change. And it is going to change rather dramatically in the 1930s. The role that religion plays in American History is going to vary from decade to decade. From different era to different era. And there is a Surprising Development in religion during the 1930s, which
University professor kroll abrams teaches a class on American Culture during the Great Depression. He describes changes to family life the role of religion and the rise of hollywood films. He also talks about new deal programs such as the civilian conservation corps and Social Security. This class is about 50 minutes. Prof. Abrams we have talked about big events in our survey of history, and they are obviously important. We have started our one in our last class, i think we met last friday, we dealt with the new deal. We have talked about the economic and political aspects of the Great Depression. But what i want to do today is to show that the Great Depression is a big event and has influences and consequences that go beyond just politics and the stock market crash. I will try to spend our time divided evenly among these three aspects of American Culture in the 1930s. How does it affect the family . And again probably you and i think the family is just static throughout history. Never