... the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith. They proudly called themselves fundamentalists, and their opponents called them that, too. The chapter then shows that the defining characteristics of global fundamentalism have often been said to include a penchant for reading texts literally, a proclivity...

... established views on the role of women in ritual magic during this period, the book provides a new narrative of the ways in which magic was embedded within the foundational assumptions of western European society, informing how people understood the cosmos, divinity, and their own Christian faith. As the book...

... in Timoleon thus embodied the new religious situation of postbellum America in which a more extensive and open questioning of Christian faith was now possible. Melville Herman fiction and nonfiction of Melville Herman poetry of “After the Pleasure Party ” All Souls Unitarian Church Arnold Matthew...

...Shedding new light on both classic and lesser-known works in the Melville canon with particular attention to the author's literary use of the Bible, this book examines the debate between religious skepticism and Christian faith that infused Herman Melville's writings following Moby-Dick...