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Abram Vereide and, 87–89, 104–5
World Prayer Center and, 301–4
Benjamin Wright and, 79–80
Prayer Breakfast meetings. See also National Prayer Breakfast
international spiritual war and, 155
Abram Vereide’s first, 109–12, 114–15, 121
Abram Vereide’s spread of, 137–41
prayer groups. See also cells (core groups)
Sam Brownback and, 264–65
Hillary Clinton and, 272–73
Costa Rican, 220–21
Family/Fellowship and, 19
international, 24–25
international spiritual war and, 281
Pentagon, 201–2
Suharto and, 247–49
White House, 230
premillennialism, 43–44
Presidential Prayer Breakfast, 195–98.
See also National Prayer Breakfast
Presidential Prayer Team, 344
presuppositionalism, 349–50
Prison Fellowship, 22, 233–40. See also Colson, Charles W.
Promise Keepers, 262
prosperity gospel, 87, 197–98
Protestantism, 43, 307, 343
providential history, 2–3, 339–56, 364–69, 408n. See also Christian educational movement
Pryor, Mark, 18
Quayle, Dan, 58, 380–81
Quie, Al, 238, 246, 396n
quiet man myth, 355
Quiet Time, Frank Buchman’s, 126–28
Radford, Arthur W., 202
radicalism, 104, 309
rationalism, 59, 338, 366–67, 383
Reagan, Ronald, 2, 19, 25, 43, 54, 58–59, 142, 210, 240, 398n, 413n
reconciliation as theological concept
Doug Coe and, 239, 278
exurban movement and, 311
labor-management, 103, 108–13, 142
postwar Nazi, 164–65, 168–77
poverty and, 382
suffering and, 371 (see also suffering)
Reed, Ralph, 310, 347, 431n
Regier, Jerry, 276
Rehnquist, William, 19
Reifel, Ben, 247
religion, 2–3, 15, 29–30, 61–62, 368–69. See also American fundamentalism; Catholicism; Christianity; Islam; Protestantism
Republicans. See also conservatism
Christian Right, 44, 132, 222–23, 383
Dwight Eisenhower vs. Robert Taft, 192–94
faith-based initiatives and, 379–86
Family/Fellowship and, 190
revirgining, 334
revivalism. See evangelism
Rhodes, John, 246, 396n
Robertson, Absalom Willis, 19, 154, 190
Robertson, Pat, 8, 19, 154, 186, 240, 259
Robinson, Clifton J., 205–8, 246, 248–49
Rohrbach, Paul, 166, 175
Roosevelt, Franklin, 96, 98, 136, 154, 157, 406n, 409n. See also New Deal
Royal Rangers, 315–19
Rushdoony, Rousas John, 191, 341, 346–51, 429n
Rwanda, 28
sabotage
labor union, 101–2
Nazi, 147–48
Sadat, Anwar, 24
St. Clair, William, 110–11
salvation
deliverance vs., 386–87
Jonathan Edwards on, 71
elite fundamentalism and, 220, 379–86
Savimbi, Jonas, 222
Scalia, Antonin, 258
scandals, sex, 293–94, 322–23
Schaeffer, Francis, 273, 342–43, 429n
Schenck, Rob, 257–60, 274, 276, 343, 357
Schmelz, Gustav, 166
school prayer, 225, 361
school segregation, 361
science
American fundamentalism and, 135
Jonathan Edwards and, 61, 68–69
homeschooling curricula and, 342, 346
Truth and, 376
Scopes trial, 277, 337
Scott, Winfield, 352
secrecy, Family/Fellowship, 19–21, 46, 223–24, 239, 243–45
secularism, 133, 155, 219, 265, 287–90, 349
Sekulow, Jay, 258
Selassie, Haile, 215, 248, 280
selflessness, 50–51, 58–59, 70–71, 127, 207. See also Jesus plus nothing theology; key man theory sexual purity movement, 322–35
author’s meetings with New York City men and, 324–27
Frank Buchman and confessions of sexual sins, 126, 128
foreign policy, abstinence-only sex education programs, and
Abstinence Clearinghouse books on, 327–34
Ivanwald brothers and, 40–41
sex scandals and, 293–94, 322–24
sexual payoff for, 334–35, 337
Sezibera, Richard, 28–29
Sheldon, Louis P., 259
Silk Road Strategy Act, 266–67
Silva, Costa e, 24, 222
Simon Wiesenthal Center, 167–68
Sims, Gannon, 5–6, 17, 31–32, 52
sin
Frank Buchman and sexual, 126, 128
Jonathan Edwards and, 70
elite fundamentalism and, 220
forgetting of, 278–79
Abram Vereide and, 107, 110
Smith, H. Alexander, 139
Smith-Connally Act, 142
Social Gospel
Catholic, and faith-based initiatives, 381
Hillary Clinton and, 274
Charles Colson’s Prison Fellowship and, 236–40
Jesus plus nothing theology vs., 370–79 (see also Jesus plus nothing theology)
Abraham Kuyper and, 350
Abram Vereide’s rejection of, 110, 153
social order, 255, 371, 378, 385
socialism, 155, 215, 280, 409n, 429n
Somalia, 25, 222, 279–84
Soulforce pro-gay ministry, 323
soul surgery, 124–26, 128, 130–31, 156
South Korea, 24, 215, 250
South Vietnam, 199, 205–8, 248
Soviet Union, 150–51, 162, 171–72, 280. See also Cold War anticommunism; communism
Spain, 227, 396n, 407n
Sparkman, John, 140
Speidel, Hans, 166, 175
spiritual war
Harry Emerson Fosdick on, 135–36
Ted Haggard, New Life Church, and, 297, 301, 304
international, 155, 217, 281 (see also foreign politics; Worldwide Spiritual Offensive)
Ivanwald brothers and, 1, 29, 39, 42
Stonewall Jackson as model for, 355–56
sports, 15, 30, 41
Staggers, John, 238–39
Stalin, Joseph, 252, 255, 380, 400n
Stark, Rodney, 312–13, 427n
stealthiness, 19–20, 91–92, 190. See also secrecy, Family/Fellowship
Stennis, John, 25, 140
Stockstill, Larry and Melanie, 301
Stoddard, Solomon, 65
Stoeker, Fred, 330–31
Stone, Clement, 26, 199
Stone, Donald C., 151–52, 154
Stone, I. F., 201
strikes, labor union, 104–8, 122. See also labor unions
Stoll, David, 413n
submersion strategy, 223–24. See also secrecy, Family/Fellowship
submission, 70–71, 262–63, 344. See also obedience
subversion strategy, 208, 218–24
Sudan, 267–68
suffering
Bruce Barton on, 136–37
deliverance and, 386–87
labor unions and, 102
Social Gospel vs. Jesus plus nothing theology on, 370–79
theodicy and, 93, 160–62, 311
Truth and, 377–79
Suharto, 24, 221, 245–52, 423n
Sullivan, William H., 206, 417–18n
Summit Ministries, 322
Sunday, Billy, 87, 113
Sundberg, Bruce, 249–50, 424n
Swaggart, Jimmy, 322
Taft, Robert, 187–89, 192–94, 199
Taft-Hartl
ey Act, 142, 193
Talmadge, Herman, 19
Tanzania, 384
Tarrant, Tommy, 240
Teamsters Union, 99–100, 104, 231
televangelists, 43, 293–94, 322–23
Temple, Paul, 227, 398n
Tempting Faith: The Inside Story of a Political Seduction (book), 379, 383, 431n
Terry, Randall, 343
theocracy
American fascism and, 121–24 (see also American fascism)
American history of, 8, 336–39
Frank Buchman on, 130
Doug Coe on, 223
democracy vs., 6–7, 277–78, 366–69
Jonathan Edwards and, 59–60
faith-based initiatives as, 379–86
of Family/Fellowship, 56–58
Arthur Langlie and, 121
Rousas Rushdoony on, 347–48
theocentric worldview vs., 342–43
as totalitarianism of God, 151–52, 155
Abram Vereide’s Idea about (see Vereide, Abraham [Abram])
theodicy, 93, 160–62, 311. See also suffering
theology. See American fundamentalism; Jesus plus nothing theology; religion
theonomy, 191. See also biblical capitalism
Thieu, Nguyen Van, 248
Thomas, Clarence, 26
Thomas, Rusty, 357–60, 364–66
Thune, John, 18
Thurmond, Strom, 19, 140, 225, 265, 395–96n
Tiahrt, Todd, 29–30
Tice, Jayson, 303–4
totalitarianism. See American fascism; European fascism; fascism; German fascism; theocracy
Traditional Values Coalition, 259
Trask, Thomas E., 298
Travis, William Barret, 345
Trotman, Dawson, 210–11
Trueblood, Elton, 186
True Love Waits, 327
Truman, Harry, 150, 154–55
Truth, 374–79
Turner, Carl, 219–20
Uganda, 23, 46, 52–54, 223, 328–29
Ukraine, 304
“under God,” U. S. Pledge of Allegiance and, 26, 198–99
unions. See labor unions
United Nations, 157, 224–25
United States. See also American fascism; American fundamentalism; Congress, U. S.; domestic politics; foreign politics; politics
as Promised Land, 221–22
providential history, 2–3, 339–56, 364–69 (see also Christian educational movement)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 224–25
Unruh, Leslee, 327–29
unschooling, 342. See also Christian educational movement
Unumb, Greg, 241–45, 251–52, 278
Values Action Team (VAT), 18, 265–66, 328
Vandenberg, Arthur, 148, 157
Vereide, Abraham (Abram), 87–113
Frank Buchman and, 124–30
conversion, immigration, and ministry of, 92–101
death of, 121
Jonathan Edwards and Charles
Grandison Finney vs., 87, 113
elite fundamentalist key man Idea of, 89–92 (see also elite fundamentalism; key man theory)
fascism and, 122–23, 150–52, 156–74 (see also American fascism; German fascism)
Finding a Better Way pamphlet and spread of prayer breakfasts by, 137–41
first National Prayer Breakfast of, 197 (see also National Prayer Breakfast)
as founder of Family/Fellowship, 8, 21 (see also Family/Fellowship) labor-management reconciliation by, 99–113 (see also reconciliation)
Arthur Langlie and, 114–21
retirement of, 205
on Suharto’s coup in Indonesia, 245–46
Billy Sunday vs., 87–89
vision of international spiritual war by, 152–55 (see also foreign politics; spiritual war)
Vereide, Warren, 88–89, 91
Vessey, John, 25, 282
Vietnam War, 199, 205–8
virginity, 40–41, 316, 323. See also sexual purity movement
Vision Forum, 345–47
von der Ropp, Baron, 172, 180
von Gienanth, Ulrich, 147–49, 172–74
von Neurath, Konstantin, 167, 411n
WallBuilders, 342
“wall of separation,” Thomas Jefferson and, 339. See also church/state separation issue
Wamp, Zach, 19, 264
war criminals, Nazi, 158–59, 165–68. See also German fascism
Warren, Earl, 199
Washington, George, 366
Washington, Walter, 237
Watt, James, 26
Wayne, John, 203–4
Webster, Daniel, 349
welfare, privatization of, 381
White, Mel, 323
Whitehead, John W., 349
White House prayer cell, 230
Wilberforce Foundation, 22
Wiley, Alexander, 139, 168–71, 176, 180, 199
Willis, Raymond, 139
Willowbank retreat, 32
Wilson, Charles E., 201–2, 204
Wings of Eagles, The (film), 204
Wolf, Frank, 19
women
culture and, 376
feminism, 20, 213–14, 269
Potomac Point house for, 28, 30, 40, 42–43
sexual purity movement and, 332–34
World Prayer Center, 293, 301–4, 312
World Vision agency, 209
Worldwide Spiritual Offensive, 155, 206, 217, 264, 288. See also foreign affairs Wright, Benjamin, 77–80
Wright, Christian, 23
Wright, J. Elwin, 155
Wurm, Theophile, 176–77
Yeaworth, Irvin “Shorty,” 181–83
York, Alvin, 343–44
Young Life, 22, 239, 295
Youth Corps, 46–47
Youth For Christ, 152
Zapp, Manfred, 144–52, 177–79, 417n
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