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* 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…

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…

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.…

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…

Is it possible to separate religious influences from secular societal customs? And if so, how does a journalist go about it?It is not an easy task. It goes double for journalists - perhaps most journalists - with little exposure to the…

The Vatican continues to plead its cause against Christian and Catholic fundamentalism. La Civiltà Cattolica, a Jesuit magazine linked to the Vatican, published a long article on the genesis and effects of fundamentalism…

Much of my recent career has been spent analyzing and resisting right-wing politics, often mixed with religion. But today I say that there is also something to worry about on the left. There is left-wing (or anti-religion) politics and…

A decades-old debate continues to simmer at the intersection of religion and lexicography: When is it fair to apply the word “fundamentalism” outside of its original Protestant Christian context?Today, "fundamentalism" is often applied as a…

For many years, much has been said about the fall of religions under the influence of the Enlightenment and modernity, leading to "disenchantment” as argued by Max Weber. Some extreme moves even sought to eliminate religion…

What do you expect from your employer this Easter? A chocolate egg? A big slice of Simnel cake? A little free time? An invitation to attend a Christian religious service? Or nothing at all, because you don't find Easter…

In April, David Klinghoffer noted a story in the the Wall Street newspaper on how psychologist Deborah Kelemen of Boston University advocates "suppressing" belief in a "God-like designer" by trying "to make young children understand…

I have a mantra about life that I want to share with you: ignorance enslaves, fuels hatred and extremism; as knowledge liberates, nurturing compassion and understanding. Fundamentalism, which I define as a very non-pluralistic approach…

Don't look now, but religious fundamentalists and those whose ideological beliefs border on the extreme and can be potentially harmful to society may soon be branded lunatics - in the medical sense. Oxford University neurologist…

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One day Anna, the 5-year-old daughter of two “proudly secular and well-educated urban Danes”, asked her mother if God had created the world. Frederick, his father, carefully explained:…