Religious fundamentalism refers to a strict and uncompromising adherence to the basic principles and beliefs of a religion. It often involves interpreting religious texts literally and resisting any changes or modern interpretations. People who follow
religious fundamentalism may be resistant to accepting different perspectives or beliefs that challenge their own.
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At a moment when the role of
religious fundamentalism in the party is a central question for reformers, Gingrich, rather than making any kind of case for a new enlightenment, has in fact gone to great lengths to placate Christian conservatives.
If the Republicans want to win again, they need to step away
from religious fundamentalism and move towards a platform that is pro-freedom, pro-personal choice, fiscally conservative, nationalist, and pro-economic development.
An example for comparison might be what happened to the Ottoman empire which after embracing science and rising to world dominance slipped into a decline fueled
by religious fundamentalism where the ideas of popular religious individuals reigned supreme over the importance of scientific fact.
The film overlaps capitalism
with religious fundamentalism courtesy of Michael Fassbender's awful character Edwin Epps, a preacher who continually misinterprets scripture to suit his own prejudices and evil behaviour.
Creators Miss Lasko - Gross discusses her latest work, Henni, the story of a young girl struggling
against religious fundamentalism in a world that's drawn from several cultures.
It wasn't the only message being disseminated, of course: Merely suggesting abstinence as a public health measure was viewed by some as an irresponsible intrusion of
religious fundamentalism into politics.
I think more effort and resources would be more effectively and more critically placed into keeping our government secular, keeping Creationism out of the science class, and
religious fundamentalism away from interfering with women's reproductive choices — just to name a few priorities.
The book is not specifically religious, so I was a bit surprised to bump into what I thought was a really interesting assessment of
religious fundamentalism on page 63, where Godin writes:
Today religious fundamentalism dominates the religious scene in the US and to a lesser extent elsewhere, leaving the main - line churches with depleted membership and waning influence.
Major obstacles
include religious fundamentalism, which not only triggers conflicts but also contributes to the suppression of women; global warming, which might produce ecological crises that spur social unrest and violence; overpopulation, particularly when it produces a surplus of unmarried, unemployed young men; and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The 11 - day trial became a bitter contest
between religious fundamentalism and biological theory; the judge held, however, that only evidence on whether or not Scopes had taught evolution was admissible, and Scopes was convicted.
Snow hoped for a world that is quite different from how we live today, where indifference to science has,
through religious fundamentalism, sometimes morphed into open hostility about concepts such as evolution and the big bang.
Halassa was born in Amman, Jordan, amid the sociopolitical upheaval wrought by the rise of
religious fundamentalism across the Middle East in the late 1970s.
A heady concoction, then, with contemporary parallels for those who need them (liberal democracy
versus religious fundamentalism, confessions extracted under duress) and a swashbuckling climactic sea - battle straight out of Pirates Of The Caribbean.
This murderous family aren't a million miles away from Far Cry 3 «s Vaas Montenegro or 4 «s Pagan Min but are easier to process as antagonists because of the setting and the general sense of worry that everyone has
around religious fundamentalism these days.
The highest - grossing film in Israel in the past three years, this good - hearted, yet provocative comedic drama is about the power of women in a battle against
modern religious fundamentalism.
The Geometry of God is a novel one can read greedily, following four characters as their lives unfold against the backdrop of General Zia's Pakistan, where
religious fundamentalism gains ground and the mujaheddin is funded by gem sales and the Americans.
Forged in the fire and blood of martyrs, the Pentecost stones have been handed down through generations of Keepers who kept their power and locations secret.Until now.The Keepers are being murdered, the stones stolen by those who would use them for evil in a world transformed
by religious fundamentalism.
Whatever its origin,
religious fundamentalism which rejects change in religion or its social structure ends up by isolating itself from the influence of other religions or the values of secular humanism, and in the long run tends to make religious community centred on its self - righteousness and eventually its self - interest.
-- the only substantively new part of his book — ranges
from religious fundamentalism to Middle Eastern politics to the sexual - abuse crisis, yet it mentions Jesus Christ only once.