Introduction
1) Christian Reconstructionist Theology
2) Christian Reconstruction as the Groundwork for the Religious
Right
3) Building a Reconstructed Society: Gary North's Biblical
Blueprint Series
4) Raising a Godly Generation: Christian Schools and Home
Schools
5) The Skeleton of a Biblical Worldview: Creationism
6) Doug Phillips and Vision Forum
Notes
Index
Julie J. Ingersoll is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at University of North Florida. She is the author of Evangelical Christian Women: War Stories in the Gender Battles (2003).
" [Ingersoll] make[s] a compelling and sobering case for the
significant impact of this extremist movement
Recommended."--CHOICE
"A thoughtful and important resource for scholars and students
wishing to know more about an important movement in modern American
religion and politics."--Church History
"This is the first book-length study of the shadowy but influential
right-wing Christian Reconstruction movement. Julie Ingersoll
reveals it all--its history, ideas, and current political
impact--with sensitivity and laser precision. This is a major
contribution to the study of religion in public life, the book to
read in understanding the dark potency of America's religious
right." --Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Terror in the Mind of God:
The Global Rise
of Religious Violence
"During the last four decades, Christian Reconstruction, a
theological movement seeking to remake the United States on the
basis of biblical law, has shaped American evangelicalism. With
scholarly acumen and subtle argument, Building God's Kingdom traces
this influence in contemporary struggles over education, the
family, and politics. In these pages, Ingersoll guides readers
through Reconstruction and finds a logical, successful, and
authoritative
worldview that has been embraced by legions of pastors, well-known
politicians, and popular pundits. This is not a conspiracy book.
Instead, with quiet intensity, it reveals the power of religious
influence to
change the direction of a culture." --Diana Butler Bass, author of
Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a
New Spiritual Awakening
"Historians have long debated the role of Reconstructionism in the
formation of fundamentalist politics. Julie Ingersoll's intrepid
research and astute analysis demonstrates that the thought of
Rousas John Rushdoony and others did indeed shape the nascent
discontent that emerged in the late 1970s as the Religious Right."
--Randall Balmer, author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory
"Ingersoll has turned a bright spotlight on a little-known group.
Building God's Kingdom exposes the Reconstructionists' many areas
of influence and is crucial both for a better understanding of
American politics and a more thorough understanding of right-wing
religious groups."--Nova Religio Reviews
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