Christian Fundamentalism And Nuclear Threat Summary

The occurrence of nuclear destruction is a way to assist the return of Jesus. This end-time belief is a topic Christian fundamentalists tend to imagine for the future. Christian Fundamentalism and Nuclear Threat is an article by Charles B. Strozier and Laura Simich who conduct a study on Christian fundamentalists. The authors’ findings were to comprehend the Christians Fundamentalists nuclear war mindset and analyze how ethnic races and class have different attitudes of this end-time prophecy. A white Assembly of God congregation, an independent black Pentecostal, a self-styled “end-time” church, a Southern Baptist church, and a Bible study group were the four different churches across America used to compare and contrast their nuclear war

Strozier and Laura Simich, aim to inform readers that Christian Fundamentalists have several nuclear end-time thinking depending on their class and race. Charles B. Strozier and Laura Simich conducted a study on a variety of Christian fundamentalists across America by attending Sunday service or Bible studies of four different churches to understand their view on nuclear war. The authors were able to collect opinions from different churches. Through this collection, they were able to establish that black Christian fundamentalists were attracted to end-time imagery and hoped for nuclear war to occur in order for Jesus to return. Contrastingly, they were able to find white and middle classed fundamentalists who stated that humans are helpless and believe the end of the world will occur far in the

Strozier and Laura Simich’s goal of the article is to prove the Christian fundamentalist aspect of nuclear motif and how they range from different races and classes. This has been achieved by collecting opinions from different members of the church, pastors, and reverends. For example, the authors were able to collect information from a central figure among upper-class fundamentalists who said they didn’t believe in nuclear destruction. The authors’ ability to provide supporting evidence through quotes, stated by churchgoers, was a strength of their work. The quotations from various facets of fundamentalists provide reliable information to convince readers that their argument is true due to the fact they were from many fundamentalists. The various quotations supported the fact that fundamentalists had diverse views depending on where they are from and how they were raised. Moreover, the organization of this article was another strength demonstrated. First off, the article was organized into four different topics, an introduction, end-time thinking, nuclear images, and a discussion. These four areas enabled the readers to grasp a greater understanding of Christian fundamentalists until the main idea of the article is introduced. The different topics remained on its main focus and touched upon important ideas the readers needed to know making it easier to understand. These included introducing the Christian fundamentalists, describing end-time thinking, opinions of