Questions tagged [fundamentalism]
A Christian movement characterized by strict adherence to certain Christian doctrines, in reaction to Modernist theology
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For Evangelical/Fundamentalist Protestants, what is the motivation for supporting morality-based legislation?
Just to be clear, I'm only referring to activities that are victimless, or at least harm nobody except for those who willingly participate. If I understand Calvinist (TULIP) theology correctly, ...
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How do Christians / churches who self-identify as "post-Protestant" distinguish themselves from non-denominational or evangelical?
I came across a blog author Matthew Bryan who self-identify as a "post-Protestant", a term that I encountered for the first time. When I Googled what "post-Protestant" means, I ...
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Does the latest Scofield Reference Bible delete or substantially alter any of the original notes?
There's some controversy about differences between the original Scofield reference bible and the latest editions, which were edited by a committee after Dr Scofield's death. I'm wondering whether any ...
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Calvinism vs Independent Fundamental Baptist
I would like to know how does Calvinism differ from Independent Fundamental Baptist teachings. If someone can point main differences in a form of points (f.e. 1st point, 2nd point and so on for ...
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How did James Orr's view of the inspiration of the Bible differ from B. B. Warfield's?
Two of the intellectual fathers of Christian fundamentalism, and ultimately evangelicalism, were James Orr and B. B. Warfield. Both contributed to The Fundamentals, and are well known for opposing ...
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What is the relationship between YEC and rapture theology?
I'm curious about the relationship between those who adhere to young-earth creationism, and those who adhere to Rapture theology (as expressed in the Left Behind series, for example, and similar ...
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What does the "reformed and recovered Christian fundamentalist" mean?
I've been reading god is not Great by Christopher Hitchens. I'm a Muslim and this book is my most extensive introduction to Christianity so far, as well as other religions including mine, to some ...
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Do self-identified Christian fundamentalists have their own geographical communities?
Do self-identified Christian fundamentalists have their own geographical communities? Surely, it is known that the "Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints Church" has their own geographical communities, ...
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Biblical literalness and the speed of light [duplicate]
How do biblical literalists defend that if a star is 10 million light years away and we can see the light from it, therefore the Earth would have to be at least 10 million years old? That is, ...
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From a Fundamentalist Church standpoint, what is its equivalent of a catechumen?
From a Fundamentalist Church standpoint, what is its equivalent of a catechumen? In many denominations (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Episcopalian), there is a concept called a ...
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Why would Fundamentalists think Set Theory is anti-Christian?
I read this article entitled "What do Christian fundamentalists have against set theory" and was shocked since I grew up (Grade 1 - 8) in several (what could be described as) fundamentalist/...
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Why are Independent Baptist Fundamentalists labelled Protestants?
Something that always bothers me which I witness to Catholics: the well-meaning ones tell me I am a Protestant and say that "we protested the Catholic Church". This isn't true, the Baptist Church was ...
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You might be a "fundamentalist" if ___
What sources could one appeal to if trying to argue if a doctrine was or was not consistent with fundamentalism?
The question What is fundamentalism? identifies the historical source and some of the ...
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From a Fundamentalist viewpoint, what does it mean to "take the Bible literally"?
In my previous answer on this question, while discussing Biblical Inerrancy, I stated:
The doctrine of inerrancy does not imply hyper-literalism. As noted
above, in the second possible mechanism ...
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From a Fundamentalist standpoint, what does the phrase "Inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God" mean?
Many denominations teach that the Bible is the "inspired, inerrant, infallible Word of God." Detractors of Christianity, and even some denominations within Christianity, disagree with all or some of ...
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What is fundamentalism?
John Piper provides a list of traits that he respects about fundamentalists, yet he does not consider himself one.
In the context of Christianity (of course), what is a fundamentalist? And ...
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What "fundamentalist" beliefs are most commonly rejected by "moderate" Christians? [closed]
On this site there is plenty of information about what the "official" doctrines of various denominations are, but I doubt that the majority of Christians follow all of these to the letter.
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