Fundamentalism

THE QUESTION: What is "fundamentalism"? THE RELIGIOUS GUY'S RESPONSE: After the Presbyterian Church in America decided in June to withdraw from the National Association of Evangelicals, The Religion Guy questioned in the press…

I was a resident, young and naive, when I ran into my neighbor in the hospital hallway as he was leaving a psychiatrist's office. "Why are they you I asked, thinking my neighbor, a professor of theology, had a professional…

But, as the country celebrates, 170 million women nationwide will wake up with fewer rights than they had a month ago after a conservative cabal of unelected Supreme Court justices stripped them. of their bodily autonomy and took away their…

Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Following the brutal murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur, Rajasthan following a social media post, the BJP of Karnataka has called for the implementation of a 'yogi model' in order to…

I am convinced that fundamentalism is essentially a mode of reading and that literature equips us to identify the fallacies of this mode I am convinced that fundamentalism is essentially a mode of reading and that literature equips…

BENGALURU/SHIVAMOGGA: Condemning the beheading of a tailor in UdaipurRajasthan for supporting former BJP spokesperson Nupur SharmaKarnataka BJP leader Nalin Kumar Kateel has said the country should emulate the model of Uttar Pradesh Chief!-->!-->…

The new Netflix docuseries “Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey” delves into the Mormon pedophilia cult led by Warren Jeffs. Picture: Netflix There's an understated quality to "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey" that sets it apart from the salivating…

An empirical approach to the study of religion and religiosity has yet to take root in Kenya. This is why the study we conducted to explore the association between religious fundamentalism and attitudes towards sexual and gender…

It has been a year since unprecedented violence took place in West Bengal after the announcement of the Assembly election results. Why did Bengal experience violence (both in West Bengal and Bangladesh)? What was the original demographic…

The Liberal Party has wobbled too far to the right in its embrace of religious 'fundamentalists' and will 'die as a party' without serious reform according to a WA Liberal veteran, as parties jostle in the wake of a federal government…

A middle-aged couple who recently showed up at a local progressive church said, “We want to get away from doctrine. Apparently, they had decided that they could no longer bear the literalist Bible teachings of the church…

A middle-aged couple who recently showed up at a local progressive church said, “We want to get away from…

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The face of the Nigerian media turned wistful last week on Thursday when chilling news emerged from its hellish shell that a certain Deborah Samuel Yakubu had been killed for the offense of blasphemy. she committed against the only…

(Photo: Getty/iStock) Forget the Catholic Inquisition, Protestant iconoclasm or the Salem witch hunt -…

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On Thursday April 28, 2022, on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, a conference entitled “No to belligerence and fundamentalism” was held in London, in the presence of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, the President-elect of the National Council…

Scott Hahn, a former Presbyterian Bible scholar turned Catholic, teaches biblical theology at Franciscan University in Steubenville Professor Scott Hahn giving a lecture at the Franciscan University of Steubenville (Image: Youtube)…

This is the cover of the book "American Pope: Scott Hahn and the Rise of Catholic Fundamentalism" by Sean Swain Martin. The book is edited by Mitch Finley. (CNS Photo/courtesy Pickwick Publications) By Mitch Finley •…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn pinterest Reddit E-mail To print Maryam Rajavi: Islam is a messenger of freedom and the overthrow of the absolute rule of the clergy On Thursday April 28, 2022, on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, a conference…

Over the past few months, in various corners of the internet, I have begun to notice some backlash against a “neo-fundamentalism” that is (allegedly) emerging among conservative American Protestants. A common target of these…

The BJP is the largest political party by membership in India and the world, as claimed by its leaders. Surprisingly, his claim to success lies not so much in his achievements as in his openly declared objects of hatred - Muslims,…

Against fundamentalism? *Note to potential commenters: this is not a discussion forum; this is a moderated blog. If you choose to comment, be brief and specific (related to the blog post you are commenting on). Comments posted here…

Expressing deep concern over the campaign of violence and hatred unleashed by religious fundamentalists in the state, the executive committee of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) which met here on Tuesday said the Department of…

Triggering a fresh debate on the CPM's stance on fundamentalism, the party's central committee member and Kerala minister, MV Govindan, on Monday said majority fundamentalism was more dangerous than minority fundamentalism. Responding to…

The clash between two groups of students in a hostel at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over non-vegetarian food service on Sunday, the day of the Ram Navami celebration, is symptomatic…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn pinterest Reddit E-mail Impression Maryam Rajavi: Ramadan is the month of freedom from the clutches of religious tyranny, fundamentalism, terrorism and mullahs' warmongering On the occasion of the holy month…

Photo credit: Hamas / Abu Ali ExpressHamas celebrates its arsenal of Russian Sam 7 rockets Like many Palestinians and Arabs, the Iran-backed Hamas movement that controls the Gaza Strip sees the Russian-Ukrainian war…

The largest annual gathering of feminists in the UK organized by FiLiA, an event regularly attended by 1000-1200 women, is a good entry point into issues of concern to British feminists. But what is atypical for British feminism, it has a…

By Roshni Kapour* Islamic fundamentalism and violence are on the rise in Bangladesh. Anti-France demonstrations, violent demonstrations during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and communal violence in Comilla demonstrate…

Author: Roshni Kapur, SingaporeIslamic fundamentalism and violence are on the rise in Bangladesh. Anti-France demonstrations, violent demonstrations during the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and communal violence in Comilla…

On Wednesday, several hundred students staged a protest against a mandatory religious revivalism program being held at a high school in Huntington, West Virginia. At least 150 students from Huntington High School walked out after a group…

VVery few Indian filmmakers attempted to make a film about the country's partition in 1947. BR Chopra and Yash Chopra took that risk with their film Dharmputra — the first Hindi film about the partition — in 1961, when the wounds were…

by Bob Hughes, Ed.D. According to KUOW reports, two schools in King County account for the overwhelming majority of juvenile COVID-19 cases in the county. Both schools are affiliated with churches belonging to the Assemblies of…

Malta's Equality Minister has warned of the dangers of religious fundamentalism as the country reels over outrageous comments made following the brutal murder of Polish national Paulina Dembska. "It's easy to say whatever you want, but…

Here is a list of some fundamentalist dogmas: There is only one set of correct beliefs. There is only one set of good roles for men, women and children. The secular laws of a country should reflect the laws of God. No separation…

Scott Morrison's religious fundamentalism is a potential danger to democracy, because this alarming situationMay article, which has received more than 19,000 views, proves it. ***** Electing candidates from churches like Scott…

Hmmm, everything has been closed, for a while. Then we learned that we can reopen many segments of the economy with mitigating precautions like masks and social distancing. Then the vaccines came along, giving us hope of a real…

The Saudi ban on Tablighi Jamaat, on the grounds that it misleads Muslims and opens “the doors to terrorism, even if they claim to the contrary”, is interesting. It's like the pot calling the black…

Loading"This kind of threats, intimidation, violence, extremism dangerous, it is useless and it will not change anything in the government ”, he declared.“All of this is worrying. You can't say it…

There seems to be an itch for a debate on Hinduism and Hindutva with various rulers stoking the embers in a way that can only be described as inflammatory. Certainly this is a very sensitive subject for most Hindus in India and in…

A Breakdown of the Fundamentalist Highlands Christian Schools ProgramJust a four-minute drive from Skyline University, first-year Trojan horse Sheryll Estipona looked at the text required for the 8th-grade Bible class - six chicks…

Mohamed Zamir | Posted: October 31, 2021, 8:15 p.m. Over the past three decades, we have watched with anxiety the use of indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror among the masses or fear to achieve a religious or…

Since my frame of reference in this series is Urdu poetry, alas, there will be a lot that I will miss in a country as rich in food and so culturally diverse as ours, but I hope it will. will serve to rekindle the memories of those who were…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit E-mail To print Within the Iranian Army of Terror and Oppression: The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Recent events in the region, from the Middle East to Central Asia and Europe, indicate…

Saturday, October 16, 2021, 7:19 a.m.Press Release: UN Special Procedures - Human Rights GENEVA (October 15, 2021) - On the first anniversary of the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty,…

GENEVA (October 15, 2021) - On the first anniversary of the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty, UN experts paid tribute to his commitment to teaching human rights values ​​and declared that the…

On the first anniversary of the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty, UN experts paid tribute to his commitment to teaching human rights values ​​and said the best way to honor him was to challenge…

Trip warning: it will piss off some! Disclaimer:By "evangelical" I am referring to anyone who believes they are evangelical.By "progressive" I mean anyone who thinks they are progressive.By "fundamentalist" I am referring to anyone to…

* Editor's note: This is the second in a five-part series. Make sure you read the first installment here. The term "fundamentalist" or "fundamentalism" was probably first coined by Curtis Lee Laws in the Baptist…

Pope Francis urged all the peoples of the world to put aside “partisan games” and all hostilities and to regard others as “like human beings” and…

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“No to religious fundamentalism and absolute nationalism,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said at the International Meeting of Religions and Cultures in Rome. Yesterday at the end of the afternoon,…

His interpretation of Islam excludes the slightest deviation from orthodoxy. Its penal code imposes corporal punishment reminiscent of the Middle Ages. They separate women from the public space and when they have access to them, they…

At the end of my article last Tuesday, I alluded to a brewing controversy at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. So I'm grateful to Greg Rosauer for sharing a guest post today that expands on this story and draws a useful…

Fundamentalism is the belief in ancient and traditional forms of religion or the belief that anything written in a holy book is true. This was particularly evident in the 20th century, which seeks to reclaim and publicly institutionalize…

David Bullard wonders if the Taliban are really the Reformers they claim to be now TO EAT LUNCH On a warm winter day with a clear blue sky, I often hear fish eagles…

Pinarayi Vijayan said the teachings of Sree Narayana Guru were a panacea for the world torn apart by communal and racial conflict.Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday (August 23rd) condemned the rise of religious fundamentalism…

The foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Israel, Nikos Dendias, Nikos Christodoulides and Yair Lapid respectively, met in Jerusalem last Friday and, in fact, publicly declared that their countries share the values. Mr. Dendias…

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday that the powerful stream of humanism that animated the teachings of 19th-century social reformer Sree Narayana Guru was a panacea for the world torn by communal and racial strife.…

Afghan refugees demonstrate outside the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees demanding refugee status/cards for all Afghans, the option of resettlement in a third country and security from UNHCR and the…

On Monday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the current situation in Afghanistan is a lesson for humanity on how communal discord due to religious fundamentalism can burn nations. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the…

Afghanistan is a lesson for humanity that communal discord in the name of religious fundamentalism can burn peoples and nations and therefore we must hold humanity above caste and religion, said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on…

Afghanistan is a lesson for humanity that communal discord in the name of religious fundamentalism can burn peoples and nations and therefore we must hold humanity above caste and religion, said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on…

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said the Afghan crisis is a great lesson for humanity. The Chief Minister said that if a fire was started in the name of religious fundamentalism, it would burn peoples and…

By PTI T'PURAM: Afghanistan is a lesson for humanity that communal discord in the name of religious fundamentalism can burn peoples and nations and therefore we must hold humanity above caste and of religion,…

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With the arrival in power of the Taliban, the question of religion takes a preponderant place. However, there is still hesitation among intellectuals and silence in political circles to discuss the issue of religion and fundamentalism.…

Until the #MeToo movement broke the internet in 2017, women have always been discriminated against, exploited and silenced by abusive people in their respective industries and communities. The collective voices of women who fearlessly…

If Islam is seen as the reason why women experience violence in Islamic countries, why don't we hold Hinduism responsible for violence against women in India? Hinduism calls women untouchable, slaves and devoid of all rights. She only…

This is how Tara received the news. On a piece of paper scribbled with spiders: “Father is dead. Call Surjo. The message reached her in this way because she had not replied to the many messages left at the…

Some nations and cultures experienced a phase of fundamentalism as they sought to reach a higher level of civilization. This has happened in predominantly Western cultures in all areas of this phase of the history of human…

The Israeli NGO Impact-reports that the Saudi authorities are continuing their work of "moderation and openness" in textbooks. The definitions of "infidels" and "enemies of God" have been removed. Society remains traditional, gender…

This week, an anonymously created open source website called S * lli Deals named for an insult against Muslims went live. It had the photographs, names and social networks of many Muslim women in India, and the…

“Vote for us in this election because we lost the last election” may sound like an odd campaign call, but it's a theme many Republican candidates have embraced for the 2022 midterm.They wouldn't phrase…

"It is a pivotal moment. We decide as a people whether we are going to stay on target. Are we going to be distracted by politics? Or are we going to take seriously the gospel and the difference it makes, the transformational difference…

ISTANBUL The recent Israeli attacks on the Palestinians, as well as the reactions of some Israeli politicians and journalists, as well as some extremist groups, to the unfolding events have demonstrated how…

AIMING UPEdwin Poots has announced his intention to stand as a potential successor to current DUP chief and Prime Minister Arlene Foster, who will be stepping down from both posts soon.Photo : Twitter / @ edwinpootsMLAOn…

Sfour years ago, Carl FH Henry, the first publisher of Christianity today, produced its watershed volume The uneasy awareness of modern fundamentalism. This work represented Henry's bugle call to evangelicals to engage in the social evils…

It is now widely accepted that political polarization poses major challenges for universities. “People grow up in silos and echo chambers,” said Morton Schapiro, president of Northwestern University.…