Religious fundamentalism
- Created by: annagaskell
- Created on: 24-02-19 16:18
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- Religious fundamentalism
- a literal belief and strict adherence to religious scriptures
- characteristics
- use modern technology, anti modern culture, believe creationism should be taught, unwilling to compromise, traditional conservative religious values, aggressive reaction
- causes/ responses to
- westernisation/ capitalism
- liberalism
- choice,consumerism and seculariation of religion
- national identities being threatened
- Bouman
- due to uncertain post modern society, sacred texts offer holy truth, provides security, comfort
- bruce
- twofundamentalisms
- west
- response to liberalism, reassert religion
- middle east
- reaction to changes in society by the west. resist modernisation
- west
- twofundamentalisms
- Giddens
- period of late modernity, uncertainty and risk.
- cosmopolitainism
- tolerance of others
- some reject this, too riky, want rigid rules
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