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Elesha Coffman is associate editor of Christian History.

Read "Fundamentalism Revisited" an excerpt from Mouw's book that ran on ChristianityToday.com in November.

Christianity Today also ran three articles on fundamentalism, "The Secret History of Fundamentalism", "The New Scarlet Letter", and "Modernism's Moses."

For a breakdown of the denotative and connotative definitions of fundamentalism, click here.

An entire issue of Christian History (issue 55) was devoted to fundamentalism, including:

Fundamentalist Internet | The people, conferences, and organizations that made up the fundamentalist family.

A Return to Bondage | Fundamentalism's most gifted theologian critiques liberalism.

The Rise of Fundamentalism: 1870-1950

Here We Stand | A fundamentalist historian answers the critics of fundamentalism.

An Army of Conservative Women | Women played a surprisingly prominent role in early fundamentalism.

Right Jabs and Left Hooks | All fundamentalists fought with modernists—but not for the same reasons or in the same way.

Christian History Corner appears every Friday at ChristianityToday.com. Previous Christian History Corners include:

Christian History Corner: Singing the Old, Old Story | Hymns are one of the only remaining doors for the church's past to enter congregational life. (Jan. 12, 2000)

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God | Like Paul, Galileo believed that God made himself known through creation. (Jan. 5, 2000)

Festive Flora | Deck the halls with boughs of pagan significance, falalalala, lalalala. (Dec. 22, 2000)

Peace on Earth? | Christmas Carols and the Civil War (Dec. 15, 2000)

Why December 25? | The month and day of Christ's birth have been hotly disputed for centuries. (Dec. 8, 2000)

The Book Everyone Should Buy | Or at least know about, anyway. (Dec. 1, 2000)

The Saga of St. Chad | A tale of political maneuvers and positioning. Sound familiar? (Nov. 22, 2000)

Accidental Radical | Jan Hus's ideas seem normal now, but in his age they were revolutionary enough to merit death. (November 17, 2000)

Top 10 Reasons to Read This Book | A list of Christian books that changed the century introduces authors and their impact on evangelicalism. (Nov. 10, 2000)

The Un-Denomination | The Southern Baptist Convention has been historically Un-Conventional. (Nov. 3, 2000)

Soul Crisis at the Conference on Faith and History | Academics gather asking questions like, "What does 'Christian history' actually mean?" (Oct. 27, 2000)

Case of the Missing Relic | A piece of Jesus' cross is stolen from a Toronto cathedral—or is it? (Oct. 20, 2000)

The Politicians' Patron | Is Thomas More a saintly model? (Oct. 13, 2000)

General Revelations | Reconsidering Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. (Oct. 6, 2000)

Olympia Revisited | Christianity and the Olympic Games were once competitors, but at other times have been on the same team. (Sept. 29, 2000)

Weighty Matters | Gwen Shamblin's teachings sound an awful lot like some in the early church—and not in a good way. (Sept. 22, 2000)

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