Fundamentalism
- Created by: hannahmoore
- Created on: 04-05-15 14:54
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- Fundamental Religions
- Religions which aim to take society back to traditional beliefs, following exact words of literature
- Reject other religions and beliefs (opposite to cosmopolitan)
- A response to Western religions and secularisation
- Causes conflict with other religions and those who see fundamentalists as a threate
- Often associated with extremism/terrorism
- Response to change, seen as conservative force
- Radical
- Examples? New Christian Right, ISIS, Al Qaeda, BJP
- Bruce
- Modernism and rational thinking undermines religion
- Main cause: secular society
- Cultural defence: Reaction to western forces
- Modernism and rational thinking undermines religion
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