worthen: let us begin. my name is molly worthen.

. >> next on lectures in history, university of north carolina at chapel hill professor molly worthen teaches a class about the history and the intellectual underpinnings of protestant fundamentalism in 20th century of america. she begins with the 1925 scopes monkey trial, which taught evolution versus creationism in public schools and gained national attention. later, she delves into the origins and growth of pentecostalism, which strives for a connection with the divine and includes aspects such as speaking in tongues. her class is a little over an hour.

. >> lectures in history, molly worthen teaches a class about history and the intellectual underpinnings of protestant fundamentalism and 20th century america. the 1925 scopes monkey trial, which pitted the teaching of evolution versus creationism in public schools and gained national attention. later, she delves into the origins and growth of pentecostalism, which drives for a personal connection with the divine and includes such aspects as faith healing and speaking in tongues. her class is a little over

worthen: let us begin. my name is molly worthen. we are at the university of north carolina at chapel hill and today's lecture is on the history of american fundamentalism and pentecostalism. i will try to answer three big questions today. number one, what is protestant fundamentalism? what does the term mean? 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? i am curious, is fundamentalism, fundamentalists -- are these terms that you hear today? do you know people who call themselves fundamentalists or use this label? i can see some nodding. any examples? >> is that how they describe groups that do terrorist attack? it is a term that you hear more often in the context of islam. what about here, among american christian groups? >> i am from up north. and many of the christians down here we call fundamentalist christians. often as a perjorative. prof. worthen: that lines up with my own exper

worthen: let us begin. my name is molly worthen. we are at the university of north carolina at chapel hill and today's lecture is on the history of american fundamentalism and pentecostalism. i will try to answer three big questions today. number one, what is protestant fundamentalism? what does the term mean? second, how did fundamentalists relate to mainstream culture? and third, why has fundamentalism been so much more influential in the united states then in any other society in the western world? curious, is fundamentalism, fundamentalists --are these terms that you here today? do you -- that you hear today? do you know people that use this label? i can see some knotting. any -- some nodding. any examples? term that you here more often in the context of islam. what about here, among american christian groups? >> i am from up north. and many of the christians down here we call fundamentalist christians. often as a per jordan of. ive.ften as a perjorat prof. worthen: that lines up with my own experience. i have met some proud, in

. >> lectures in history, molly worthen teaches a class about history and the intellectual underpinnings of protestant fundamentalism and 20th century america. the 1925 scopes monkey trial, which pitted the teaching of evolution versus creationism in public schools and gained national attention. later, she delves into the origins and growth of pentecostalism, which drives for a personal connection with the divine and includes such aspects as faith healing and speaking in tongues. her class is a little over an hour. worthen: let's begin. today's lecture is on the history of american fundamentalism and pentecostalism. i'm going to try to answer three big questions today. number 1 -- what is protestant from the mental i fundamentalis? what does the term mean? second, how did fundamentalists relate to mainstream culture? third, why has fundamentalism and so much more influential in the united states than in any other society in the western world? curious. terms that you here today? do you know people who call themselves fundamentalist or use this label? i can see some nodding. any examples?

worthen on 20th century fundamentalism and the origins of growth in pentecostalism. worthen: protestants who militantly oppose -- "militant" is important -- new ideas about the bible, science, and society. >> at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "reel america," a 1989 documentary "i let of hope, island of tears." >> men and women passed this way, pass through rooms and corridors, haunted with a special stillness that remains iny in places once noisy human life. they bought tickets for 1000 places in america. here they traded their drachmas, their liras, the rubles for dollars. they sang their first american songs, experienced their first american christmas and hanukkah. here they waited to be given permission to pass over to the new land. eastern, at 10:00 a.m. and interview for the west point center of oral history with , the wifest moreland of whom commanded forces in vietnam. almost every day in and themese hospital, and then i went to do red cross work. american history tv every weekend on c-span3. tuesday morning, we are live in jackson, mississippi for the next up on the c

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university of north carolina at chapel hill professor molly worthen on 20th century fundamentalism and the origins and growth of pentecostalism. >> fundamentalists are conservative protestants who militantly opposed, militantly opposed, that militance, the bible and society. >> and on real america, the 1989 documentary, "island of hope, island of tears." . >> over 12 million, men women and children passed this way through rooms and corridors haunted with a special stillness which remains only in places once noisy with human life. bought tickets for a thousand places in america. here they traded their drachmas, rubles and lira for dollars. and song their first songs and christmas and hanukkah and waited to give permission to pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10 a.m. eastern, an interview from the west point center for oral history, with katherine westmoreland, wife of u.s. army general william westmoreland who commanded u.s. forces in vietnam. >> my main work was red cross and i did-- i really worked almost every day i worked in vietnamese hospital and the-- our hospital and then

eastern on lectures in history, university of north carolina at chapel hill professor molly worthen on the origins and growth of pentecostalism. >> fundamentalists are conservative protestants who militantly opposed -- militantly opposed -- that militants is important -- new ideas about the , and society. like senate 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1989 documentary "island of hope, island of tears." over 12 million men, women, and children passed this way, through rooms and corridors haunted with a special stillness remained in areas that were once full of human life. here they traded their money four dollars. here they sang their first american songs, experienced the first american christmas and hanukkah. here they waited and were given permission to pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview from the west point center for oral history with catherine must moreland -- catherine west moreland. , i worked almost every day. i worked in the vietnamese hospital. our hospital. and then i went to prague once a work.o do red cross >> brought to american hi

eastern on "lectures in history," university of north carolina at chapel hill professor molly worthen on 20th century fundamentalism and origins and growth of pentecostalism. >> fundamentals are conservative protesants that proposed new ideas about the bible, science, and society. >> at 10:00 p.m. eastern on "real america," the 1989 documentary, "island of hope, island of tears." >> over 12 million men, women and children pass this way. passed through rooms haunted wil stillness that remains only in places once noisy with human life. bought tickets for 1,000 places at america. here they traded their liras and their ruples for dollars, sang their first american songs, experienced their first american christmas and hanukkah. here they waited to be given permission to pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview with the west point center for oral history with catherine westmoreland, wife of william westmoreland who commanded u.s. forces in vietnam. >> my main work was red cross and i did -- i worked almost every day. i worked in the vietnamese hospital and th

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eastern on lectures in history, university of north carolina at chapel hill professor molly worthen on 20th century funneled. allism and the origins and growth of pentacostalism. >> they're conservative protestants who militantly opposed new ideas about the bible, science, and society. >> and at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1989 documentary island of hope, island of tears. >> over 12 million men, women, and children passed this way. passed through rooms and corridors haunted with a special stillness which remains only in places once noisy with human life. here they sang the first songs, experienced their first american christmas and hanukkah. here they waited to be given per politician to pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview from the west point center for oral history with katherine west moreland, wife of general william westmore land who commanded u.s. forces in vietnam. >> my main work was red cross and i did -- i really worked almost every day i worked in the vietnamese hospital. and our hospital and then i went to natrong once a week t

university of north carolina at chapel hill professor molly worthen on 20th century fundamentalism and the origins and growth of pentecostalism. >> fundamentalists are conservative protestants who militantly opposed, militantly opposed, mill danmill dance is important, new ideas about the bible, science, and society. >> at 10:00 p.m. eastern on real america, the 1989 documentary "island of hope, island of tears." >> over 12 million men, women and children passed this way. passed through rooms and corridors haunted with a special stillness which remains only in places once noisy with human life. they bought tickets for a thousand places in america. they traded their drachmas and lires for dollars. they sang their first american songs. experienced their first american christmas and ana cau. here they waited to be given permission to pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview from the west point center for oral history with katherine westmoreland, wife of u.s. army general william westmoreland, who commanded u.s. forces in vietnam. >> my main work was red cro