Examines the daily life of the congregation of a Fundamentalist church in a suburb in the Northeast.

Preface

ONE Introduction: Studying Fundamentalism
TWO Fundamentalist Forebears: Warriors Against Modernity
THREE Southside Gospel Church: Its History and People
FOUR Being Always Ready to Give an Answer: Explaining a Distinctive Way of Life
FIVE On Light and Darkness: Living in an Alien World
SIX The Assembling Together of Believers: Building a World to Call Home
SEVEN The Shepherd and His Flock: Authority, Structure, and Ritual
EIGHT Husbands and Wives
NINE Bringing Them In: Recruiting New Members
TEN The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord: Raising Children
ELEVEN Fundamentalists in the Modern World

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