15.05.2015 - 17:20 [ AlterNet ]

The Secret History of American Religion: Christian Fundamentalism Started As a Capitalist Ad Campaign

Christian fundamentalism was invented in an advertising campaign, according to a new book by historian Timothy Gloege, Guaranteed Pure: The Moody Bible Institute, Business, and the Making of Modern Evangelicalism. The all-American brand of “old-time religion” was developed by an early captain of consumer capitalism—who wanted to sell pure Christianity like he sold breakfast.