Evangelical Terrorism: Censorship, Falwell, Robertson & the Seamy Side of Christian Fundamentalism [Paperback]

Arthur Frederick Ide (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 193 pages
• Publisher: Scholars Books (September 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938659014
• ISBN-13: 978-0938659013
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,095,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good work on Reagon politics, televangelism, & sexuality, August 27, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Evangelical Terrorism: Censorship, Falwell, Robertson & the Seamy Side of Christian Fundamentalism (Paperback)

Dr. Ide let's his opinion out in this summary of what appears to be his life's work. Almost every paragraph is footnoted although not all of these notes seem easy to locate and then deliver the information asserted. He has an excellent style and a wide vocabulary.
In the end I learned a great deal about Reagon politics and the women bashing, religous fundementalist, movements of the all to powerful televangelists of the 80's.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Clear prose on the evils of the far right..., November 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Evangelical Terrorism: Censorship, Falwell, Robertson & the Seamy Side of Christian Fundamentalism (Paperback)

Sums up the lunacy of the far right in a great, well-written book.

5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Obviously has no clue - just check the title, August 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Evangelical Terrorism: Censorship, Falwell, Robertson & the Seamy Side of Christian Fundamentalism (Paperback)

Evangelicalism is a DISTINCT religious movement from Fundamentalism. The fact that the author IN HIS OWN TITLE confuses two different religious movements proves immediately that his book is just a slice of knee-jerk liberal paranoia.
In fact, most Fundamentalist writers (the vast majority of whom are self-published) have dwelt obsessively on the "apostasy" of Evangelical Christians in recent years. Even Jerry Falwell himself, when he thought he could take control of the Fundamentalist bus, wrote a book ("The resurgence of Conservative Christianity") that called Evangelicalism a movement led by "academics" that was "in neutral" while Fundamentalism was "in overdrive." Of course, the years have proven Falwell wrong, as Fundamentalism has declined and fragmented into a degenerate cultic fringe.
Confusing Evangelicals and Fundamentalists is like confusing Roman Catholics and Russian Orthodox. Ide should write about something he knows about.