... ;a term he readily admits is not without its problems. It is on these twin points that I wish to disagree. Fundamentalism as defined by Cox is certainly losing. Looking back at its origin in the early 20th ... as hell when they bring their campaigns of purification into local congregations. However, fundamentalism of the consumerist-evangelical stripe is winning. Christians in the global South ...

... back, Don Roach asked in a comment what’s meant by the term ‘fundamentalism’. A good question, and it got me searching for the definition, only to find that it&# ... ;t like. Wikipedia has a good overview, but in the Christian religion there are as many degrees of fundamentalism as there are denominations. A good thing, too. We would not want people plucking out their eye, (Mark 9: ...

Is Najib 1Malaysia idealism a new form of religious fundamentalism? According to CNN over the past several months more than 20,000 bibles have been seized by Najib’s government. The seizures have fed fears among minority groups, which see signs of encroaching Islamic fundamentalism in the predominantly Muslim but multi-racial country. “There is a growing sense of

On China Beat, Liang Zheng asks whether Islamic fundamentalism may have played in the violent riots in July in Urumqi and points to the fact that many of the rioters appear to have been Uighurs from outside Urumqi: July 5th shocked Urumqi, the most prosperous city in Central Asia. Organized riots broke out at the same time in 50 different places across the city, according to the Chinese police ...

 By Peter Allen France is to adopt a series of measures to ‘reaffirm pride’ in the country and combat Islamic fundamentalism. They include everybody receiving lessons in the nation’s Christian history and children singing the national anthem. Using words which infuriated ethnic minority groups and Socialist opponents, immigration minister Eric Besson also said he wanted ...

... but the platform is quite visibly Scientology. The point of all this is, Why are the Scientologists aligning with Fox and Christian Fundamentalists? For recruitment? For political palatability? To hijack a powerful propaganda machine? Read and listen to what they actually say, and get back to me. Related posts:The Family: Trickle down fundamentalism.Scientology 101The many faces of Christianity