Exporting the American Gospel Global Christian Fundamentalism [Paperback]

As the pressures of globalization are crushing local traditions, millions of uprooted people are buying into a new American salvation product. This fundamentalist Christianity, a fusion of American popular religion and politics, is one of the most significant cultural influences exported from the United States. With illuminating case studies based on extensive field research, Exporting the American Gospeldemonstrates how Christian fundamentalism has taken hold in many nations in Africa, Latin America and Asia.Susan Roseis Associate Professor of Sociology at Dickinson College; Paul Giffordis Professor of the Study of Religions at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London; and Steve Brouweris author of Conquest and Capitalism.