Fundamentalism and Religion
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- Created on: 24-05-17 19:47
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- Fundamentalism and Religion
- Features
- Authoritative Scared Text - They believe and take literally
- Intolerant of religious diversity - refuse other religions/beliefs
- "Us and them" Mentality - Seperate themselves from the world and don't compromise
- Aggressive Reaction - Draw attention to threats to their beliefs and aim to shock with their reaction
- Use modern technology to spread their beliefs
- Patriarchal - believes in traditional gender roles
- Why is it happening?
- MODERNITY - DAVIE - Occurs when these of hold traditional beliefs are threatened by values of modernity.
- GLOBALISATION - GIDDENS - Product and action to globalisation which undermines traditional values.
- Globalisation brings about choice, uncertainty and risk. Fundamentalism can offer rigid and faith based answers.
- Fundamentalism is 'traditionalists who with to return to the fundamentals of their faith'
- Cosmopolitanism - a way of thinking that embraces modernity and change.
- RESPONSE TO POSTMODERNITY - BAUMAN - Postmodern societies bring freedom and choice and fragment religions.
- Attractive to some but others turn to Fundamentalism to have truth and certainty.
- CASTELLS - 2 responses to Postmodernity .......
- 1. Resistant Identity - Defensive reaction and retreat to fundamentalism
- 2. Project identity - Forward looking and engage with social movements, e.g. Feminism
- MONOTHEISM AND FUNDAMENTALISM - BRUCE - Defined to Monotheistic religions a they believe god's will is in one single text
- Fundamentalism has different origins ......
- The West - Reaction to change and diversity within society
- The Third World - Reaction to change being thrust upon a society, e.g. I ran Islamic Revoultion
- DAVIE - Secular forms of fundamentalism, distinguished between two phases of modernity .....
- Phase 1 - Gave rise to religious fundamentalism
- Phase 2 - Supporters of enlightenment ideologies turn to fundamentalism due to globalisation
- Fundamentalism has different origins ......
- Features
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