Definition and Meaning of "Fundamentalism"

Not in most circles, unfortunately.

 

Unfortunately. Nevertheless the distinction remains and it's a big one.

 

I believe one really should read THE FUNDAMENTALS: A Testimony to the Truth before jumping too far, too quickly, here.

One can find this at this site.

http://www.xmission.com/~fidelis/index.php

There were initially more than 100 essays defending orthodoxy which were contributed to "The King's Business" and from which these 90 were chosen.

Much of what is espoused as "Fundamentalism: today would be foreign to these, the initial "fundamentalists."

Likewise, some of what they would agree to would not be accepted by some of today's 'fundamentalists.'

I'll just say that a strong stand for the truth does not necessarily equate with some of the extremism that has, these days, seemingly come to mark the "Fundamentalist movement" one may see, today.

Ed

 

First of all, fundamentalism did not exist 150 years ago. Even historians such as Ernest Sandeen who say that as a movement fundamentalism preceded the publishment of "The Fundamentals" (1910-1915) do not put its beginning any where near 1859!!

Secondly, fundamentalism as a movement has never had a stand of any kind in favor of government education. No fundamentalist leader has ever explicitly supported government education to my knowledge. In fact, beginning in the 1970's, there was a strong Christian school movement in fundamentalism. Then in the 1990's a strong home-schooling movement developed in fundamentalism.

I'd like to suggest that you study the history and beliefs of fundamentalism before making such unfounded claims. There have been a number of threads in this forum on the subject over the years with comments from some of us who know the movement intimately. That should help you get started.

God bless.

 

It seems nothing has changed.

 

Well, other than the fact that Luther reigned over his denomination much before the beginning of fundamentalism, you're on target as usual, Squire. But of course you knew that about Luther. :thumbs:

I'm with you here. But I've never read anything that blamed prohibition specifically on fundamentalists the way the Scopes trial was played up as being our fault and failure. That would make an interesting doctoral thesis: The Influence of Fundamentalism in the Prohibition Movement." I suspect the conclusion would be that a broad range of people worked together to bring about prohibition, much like Falwell's "Moral Majority."

 

Thanks for that link Ed. Right off I noticed the photo of Phillip Mauro and sure enough he is a contributor of at least two essays I seen. I have several of his books but 'The Seventy Weeks and the Great Tribulation' (1921), was, to say the least, a book that had a profound effect on my view on eschatology.