Sentences with phrase «see fundamentalism»

The editors saw fundamentalism as a backwoods, over the hill, jerkwater phenomenon that had already outlived its time.

Not exact matches

My initial reaction was that New Atheism has come full - circle and descended into the sort of self - parody seen on the fringes of Christian fundamentalism.

We can see the importance of this vision in Carl Henry's critique of fundamentalism in the late 1940s.

The abnormalities of atheistic beliefs are in today's timelines littering profusely many cherished religious societies whose fundamentalisms have been a social consistency for many good years... Even though I am distasteful of today's religions in that they are usurping the least wealthy, I see their mismanaging of financial dexterities due each religion's hierarchies needing more money for themselves than for their communal poor folks...

Islam lends itself to fundamentalism even more than does Christianity, for the strength of fundamentalism lies, as we have seen, in its appeal to Holy Scripture.

With such major centers of the new evangelicalism as Fuller Seminary now showing a good deal more affinity to neo-orthodoxy than to fundamentalism (see Gerald T. Sheppard, «Biblical Hermeneutics: The Academic Language of Evangelical Identity,» Union Seminary Quarterly Review 32 [Winter 1977, pp. 81 - 94]-RRB-, surely we must be cautious both about assuming flatly a «decline» of classic liberalism and about implying a one - to - one relation between the liberal ideologies, whatever their current condition, and the oldline denominational structures.

The only alternatives seemed to be either a return to the pre-modern form of the religious tradition that ends in fundamentalism, or the radical shift to secularism which, seeing no possible re-interpretation of the tradition, rejects the tradition in toto.

My personal belief might be seen as «fundamentalism» by some — as if I am somehow embarrassed by the idea that I believe the Bible is accurate and inerrant — but if we begin degrading the validity of

It is necessary however to state that scholars like Ashish Nandy see no genuinely religious motivation in Communalism, and therefore avoids relating it to Fundamentalism which has a basic religious concern in its motivation.

Conservative Protestant theology — especially those elements influenced by fundamentalism — is seen as suffering a kind of hubris with regard to truth - claims.

Look at the songs of Fundamentalism: «That will be glory for me... I shall see Him face to face... My sins are gone... I'm so happy... I'm saved, saved, saved... Love lifted me... He holds my hand... Now I belong to Jesus... Safe am I... My Lord is real, yea, real to me...»

As he once castigated the Pharisees for being «blind guides», so fundamentalism fails to see in the secular global world genuine signs of what Jesus once talked about in terms of the Kingdom of God.

I begin with Christian fundamentalism since the Christian tradition, as we shall see, has a special relationship with the modern secular world.

It is sadly ironic that fundamentalism, which sees itself as the guardian and preserver of Christianity, now constitutes one of Christianity's chief obstacles to its natural and logical development.

As we saw in the first chapter, Christian fundamentalism first became evident when one section of Protestants, sharing a particular set of dogmatic convictions, unconsciously imposed these on the Bible.

For Niebuhr's views of fundamentalism see his «Fundamentalism», Encyclopedia of Socialfundamentalism see his «Fundamentalism», Encyclopedia of SocialFundamentalism», Encyclopedia of Social Science, vol.

We see it in the flourishing of fundamentalism; in the controversy raging in the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod; in the phenomenon of the Jesus freaks, the spreading charismatic movement, the popularity of Transcendental Meditation; in attacks on the National and World councils of churches and the cooling of ardor for such social issues as racial justice, world peace, and the abolition of hunger and malnutrition.

So I think that's what you're seeing right now: The dominant force in the discussion about religion in America since the late»40s and»50s has been American Protestant fundamentalism.

Perhaps this is why we see such a strong connection between the extreme political right and religious fundamentalism in the United States and in other primitive backwaters of the world.

For both critical and appreciative critical responses, see the Center for Process Studies bibliography, «Process Thought, Anglo - American Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism.»

You know you've been on Christian internet too long when you see a «Switch to Progressive» ad and think it's about leaving fundamentalism.

In reaction to the violence and distemper we see displayed in so - called fundamentalism (of whatever religious brand), many people are touting a kind of uncritical pluralism that would amalgamate divergent faith traditions into one homogenized whole.

As an Evangelical at UC Berkeley, I was smart enough to sense that academia had me cornered — that I was being forced to decide between fundamentalism and secular Enlightenment — but not smart enough to see beyond the dichotomy on my own.

I think we are starting to see that the beast -LCB- fundamentalism -RCB- is dying, and it is starting to scream out in agony.

I saw a debate between him and some hindu teacher, and another man who was questioning his Christian faith, and his every word seem to be bathed in arrogant fundamentalism....

You see attempts to find this everywhere — from experimental spirituality to resurgent fundamentalism.

All three of the main political parties are stuck in a dangerous Cold War time warp, unable to see that the world has changed and that modern security threats such as climate change and fundamentalism can't be tackled with nuclear weapons.

Market fundamentalism that not only trivializes democratic values and public concerns, but also enshrines a rabid individualism, an all - embracing quest for profits, and a social Darwinism in which misfortune is seen as a weakness and a Hobbesian «war of all against all» replaces any vestige of shared responsibilities or compassion for others.

By then, we'd seen profound and disturbing changes in America: a rise in religious fundamentalism, the muddying of the line between church and state, infringements on civil rights in the name of patriotism and national security.

This fits the behavior pattern I've seen in my life in settings where racism, political extremism, homophobia, and religious fundamentalism prevail and are integrated in society.

What we are seeing is the emergence of «scientific fundamentalism» married quite often to extreme left and «back to medieval utopia» beliefs.

I'd suggest that we have seen some fine examples of secular fundamentalism in the news this week.

To continue fighting a war that was won twenty years ago only distracts people from seeing where the real evil is growing in our society, such as the rapacious growth in power of multi-national corporations, or the undermining of democracy by elite fundamentalism.

I may not like the religious fundamentalism inherent in the niqab and the burqa but politically I'm reluctant to tell people what to do and legally I can't see this law going anywhere.