The Sword of the Lord: Book Review
Some months ago I purchased The Sword of the Lord: The Roots of Fundamentalism in an American Family by Andrew Himes. It was one of those impulse Kindle purchases that I made because of some recommendation or another of the book that I read in a magazine. Then I promptly put it on the virtual shelf in my iPad. I had other books to read at the time, and wasn't sure when I would get around to it. To my surprise when I picked up The Sword of the Lord recently, I couldn't put it down. It was an amazing read about an amazing family---perhaps the "first" family of Christian fundamentalists in America: The Rice's. Full disclosure: I was born and raised a fundamentalist Baptist. My dad graduated from Bob Jones University, and I only attended fundamentalist Baptist churches, and went to fundamentalist Baptist schools. I have baggage. In fact, I have only recently begun to deal with my baggage in a productive way. ...