Religious Fundamentalism

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.

External Links and References

• Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion' and Atheist Fundamentalism by Simon Watson

• Luca Ozzano, Religious Fundamentalism and Democracy