Fundamentalism and The Book of Genesis
Peter Besenbruch
On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 20:09:07 +0000, gryb <gryb@> wrote:
>In religion, Fundamentalism is an emphasis on basic articles of faith.
Fundamentalism varies from faith to faith. In Islam, fundamentalists
may wish to apply the laws of the Koran literally, but the articles of
faith of a Muslim fundamentalist differ little from that of their non
fundamentalist brethren. As I have said in a previous post, the tenets
of Christian fundamentalism differ from those of other Christians.
>There are Christian Fundamentalists, Jewish Fundamentalists and
>Muslim Fundamentalists.
Yes, and one must use care not to lump them together.
>Christian Fundamentalism emerged in the USA just after World War I
>as a reaction to theological modernism and the historical criticism of
>the Bible.
Blatantly false. Fundamentalism grew out of the much earlier revival
movements in the United States. The movement itself began in the 1870s
with a long series of conferences held at Niagara on the Lake in
Ontario.
>Fundamentalism insists on the belief in the literal truth of what is
>written in the Book of Genesis.
No, fundamentalism holds to the Fundamentals, published in 1902.
Fundamentalists take the scripture to be inspired by God and error
free. Just how they apply such a statement is another matter.
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