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To: Bill who wrote (15310)	3/14/2000 4:34:00 PM
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Just in case there is least bit of doubt: cti.itc.virginia.edu Fundamentalism -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Profile Report Name: Fundamentalism Founder: No one person can be credited with founding Fundamentalism. Nor does any single group comprise the history of the movement. The label ?Fundamentalist? is used as both an adjective and a noun. Accordingly, trying to understand the phenomena requires more than knowing a few names and dates. Curtis Lee Laws, editor of a conservative publication entitled Watchman-Examiner is credited with coining them "fundamentalism." Origin of the Concept: The term ?fundamentalism? has its origin in a series of pamphlets published between 1910 and 1915. Entitled ?The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth?, these booklets were authored by leading evangelical churchmen and were circulated free of charge among clergymen and seminarians. By and large, fundamentalism was a response to the loss of influence traditional revivalism experienced in America during the early years of the twentieth century. This loss of influence, coupled with the liberalizing trends of German biblical criticism and the encroachment of Darwinian theories about the origin of the universe, prompted a response of conservative churchmen. The result was the pamphlets. In 1920, a journalist and Baptist layman named Curtis Lee Laws appropriated the term ?fundamentalist? as a designation for those who were ready ?to do battle royal for the Fundamentals.? Date of Birth: Second decade of the 20th century Birth Place: The United States Year Founded: Concept coined in 1920 Sacred Texts : The Bible is the sacred text of the Christian Fundamentalists. Indeed, if there is one single thing which binds Fundamentalists together, it is there insistence that the Bible is to be understood as literally true. Further, Fundamentalists see themselves as the guardians of the truth, usually to the exclusion of others' interpretation of the Bible. Fundamentalism in other faith traditions similarly proclaims guardianship of truth. Cult or Sect: The goals of the Religious Movements Homepage are to (1) provide resources for objective understanding, (2) encourage appreciation of religious diversity, and (3) promote religious tolerance. The opportunity to pursue these goals is diminished when the language employed in public discourse silently carries highly negative presuppositions. The concepts "cult" and "sect" have rather precise and technical meanings when used by social scientists who study religion, and they are employed free of normative or evaluative presuppositions. In popular discourse, the concepts usually imply highly negative connotations that cloud objective understanding while promoting prejudice (i.e. pre-judgment). The misunderstandings resulting from confusion of social science and popular meaning of these concepts has led us to the conclusion that the goals of this page are not well served by using the concepts "cult" and "sect" to identify specific groups profiled on these pages. We do discuss the meaning of these concepts elsewhere on this site. Indeed, a major segment of the Religious Movements Homepage is devoted to the examination of cult controversies. Topics include popular culture and technical uses of the concepts cult and sect, the explosive issue of brainwashing or mind control, and an in depth examination of anti-cult and counter cult movements. We encourage readers to explore these resources. Toward the end of promoting religious tolerance and appreciation of diversity, we encourage the use of concepts that are free of implicitly negative stereotyping. In place of "cult" and "sect," we recommend concepts like "new religious movements," "religious movements," or, simply "religious group." Size of Group: The size of this group depends on how fundamentalism is defined. Conservatively estimated, there are at least 30 million Christian fundamentalist in the U.S. alone. Fundamentalism stands with Pentecostalism as the most successful religious movements of the 20th century.