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Religious fundamentalism has been prevalent in society since the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is a response to increasing [[globalization]] and modernization. Religious fundamentalism developed as a result of a fear of external infiltration and annihilation due to an increase in information and cultural exchange resulting from societal progression and development. It is an attempt to ‘protect’ religion by imposing a traditional black and white or strict interpretation of religion based on religious texts. Religious Fundamentalism is intolerant of more moderate interpretations of religious texts. | Religious fundamentalism has been prevalent in society since the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is a response to increasing [[globalization]] and modernization. Religious fundamentalism developed as a result of a fear of external infiltration and annihilation due to an increase in information and cultural exchange resulting from societal progression and development. It is an attempt to ‘protect’ religion by imposing a traditional black and white or strict interpretation of religion based on religious texts. Religious Fundamentalism is intolerant of more moderate interpretations of religious texts. | ||
[[Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary]] | [[Category:The Cultural Diplomacy Dictionary]] | ||
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| + | == External Links and References == | ||
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| + | *[http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/ap1502/1502Watson.htm Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion' and Atheist Fundamentalism by Simon Watson] | ||
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| + | *[http://www.politicsandreligionjournal.com/images/pdf_files/engleski/volume3_no1/luca%20ozzano.pdf Luca Ozzano, Religious Fundamentalism and Democracy] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:22, 8 April 2014
Religious fundamentalism has been prevalent in society since the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and is a response to increasing globalization and modernization. Religious fundamentalism developed as a result of a fear of external infiltration and annihilation due to an increase in information and cultural exchange resulting from societal progression and development. It is an attempt to ‘protect’ religion by imposing a traditional black and white or strict interpretation of religion based on religious texts. Religious Fundamentalism is intolerant of more moderate interpretations of religious texts.
