Publication Date
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Ava Chamberlain (Committee Member), Jacob Dorn (Committee Chair), Nancy Garner (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Humanities (MHum)
Abstract
John R. Rice and his newspaper, The Sword of the Lord, were highly influential in the fundamentalist movement and the larger evangelical world in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. A comparison between Rice's writings and those of fellow fundamentalists J. Frank Norris in The Fundamentalist and Carl McIntire in The Christian Beacon reveal differences among fundamentalists that contributed to the split between fundamentalism and new evangelicalism in the 1950s. An examination of the men's attitudes toward separation, handling of conflicts and disagreements, political rhetoric and involvement in politics, and attention to social and cultural issues show that Rice is consistently more moderate and conciliatory than Norris and McIntire, avoiding the extreme positions characteristic of many in the fundamentalist movement.
Page Count
120
Department or Program
Humanities
Year Degree Awarded
2013
Copyright
Copyright 2013, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
