Monotheism and Fundamentalism
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- Created on: 31-10-14 19:28
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- Bruce: Monotheism and fundamentalism
- He sees the main cause of fundamentalism as the perception by religious traditionalists that globalisation threatens their beliefs and lifestyles.
- This leads them to develop rigid rules about belief and behaviour.
- Fundamentalism is confined to monotheistic religions.
- For example
- The Klu Klux Klan in Christianity
- Isis in Islam
- For example
- Polytheistic religions that include the belief in many Gods are unlikely to produce fundamentalism.
- For example: Hinduism
- Two Fundamentalisms
- In the West
- Fundamentalism is a reaction to change within society
- For example: trends towards diversity and choice.
- The New Christian Right in America has developed in opposition to family diversity sexual permissiveness, gender equality and secular education.
- For example: trends towards diversity and choice.
- Fundamentalism is a reaction to change within society
- In the third world
- Fundamentalism is usually a reaction to changes being thrust on a society from the outside.
- For example: Western values imposed by foreign capitalism. Here, fundamentalism involved resistance to the state's attempts to reduce the social of religion.
- Fundamentalism is usually a reaction to changes being thrust on a society from the outside.
- In the West
- He sees the main cause of fundamentalism as the perception by religious traditionalists that globalisation threatens their beliefs and lifestyles.
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