Now on American History tv, Cornell University history professor Lawrence Glickman describing how the modern concept of Free Enterprise formed in the 130s during the rise of the new deal. Professor in american studies in the department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise and American History in 1919, he has written four other books including buying power a history of consumer activism in america published in 2009 and a living wage, American Workers and the making of Consumer Society published in 1997. He writes on a regular basis for popular publications including the washington post, though im not sure we would call that a popular publication. The Boston Review and dissent. His article was named one of the, i quote, most loved essays in the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you. Thank you to rachel for all the behind the scenes work and, pete, and eric and christian and all of the organizations that helped make this possible. Im really grateful. Thanks for all of you comi
Second, how did fundamentalists relate to mainstream culture . And third, why has fundamentalism been so much more influential in the United States than in any other society in the western world. Im curious fundamentalism, fundamentalists, are these terms that you hear today . Do you know people who call themselves fundamentalists and use this label . I see some nodding. Any examples . Yes. Trying to describe alternate groups that can do terrorist attacks. Its a term that you hear more often in islam. What about here with American Christian groups . From up north, many people we would call fundamentalist christians. I dont think its often at least in my experience, its not often used by the fundamentalists themselves. Youve heard it more of a pejorative term. Thats interesting. That lines up with my own experience. There are exceptions. I have certainly met some proud independent baptists who claim that term fundamentalist, but generally it seemed to be used as an insult. Its not a lab
Creationism in Public Schools and gained national attention. Later, she talks about the origins and growth of pentecostalism which strives for the divine and faith healing and speaking in tongues. All right. Lets begin. My name is molly worthen, were at the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and its american fundamentalism and pentecostalism and ill try to answer three Big Questions today. Number one, what is protestant fundamentalism . What does the term mean . Second, how did fundamentalists relate to main street culture . And third, why has fundamentalism been so much more influential in the United States than in any other society in the western world . Im curious, is fundamentalism, fundamentalist, are these terms that you hear today . Do you know people who call themselves fundamentalist or use this label . I see some nodding. Any examples . Yes. Trying to describe alternate groups. It is a term that you hear more often in the context of islam. What about here among Ameri
143 homes have been destroyed more than 26,000 structures are still threatened calfire post same this video on twitter today and you can see smoke filling the napa county sky near the Robert Louis Stevenson state park flames from the glass fire have devoured swaths of brush and trees as we mentioned a red flag warning has been issued as the weather is expected to take a turn for the worse. Our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here to begin our coverage tonight, yeah guys a little bit of a break the last couple of days we see more of a westerly wind that has been carrying with it. Some of that moisture right off the ocean to bring up the humidity slow down the fire, but also pushed the fire different directions. These some of the winds around the fire now you can see fairly light. For the better part of the day now beginning to pick up a little bit the very conditions you can see some of those winds now 11 miles an hour saying lena 10 miles an hour outlets peak 10 miles an hour in
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