Fundamentalism is a 20th century phenomenon. At the time of World War One, there were big concerns not only about the German troops, but about major advances in science. The Bible, as the literal word of God was being put to the test by new theories about the origin of the holy book and the origin of the world itself. Darwin’s theory that man evolved over millions of years was considered as an attack of the integrity of the Bible. There was also a profound worry that Darwinism had resulted in the German atrocities. Part of the war propaganda was to present the Germans as monsters, killing babies and doing all kinds of appalling things. So Darwinism became a symbol of everything that was evil and murderous. By the 1960’s however, many felt they were embroiled in a war with a secular world that wanted to eliminate God, and their way of life. Every fundamentalist movement is rooted in a deep fear and a profound terror of annihilation. In other words, there is a tribal consciousness that try to protect their truth from contamination. They become defensive about it to keep falsehood out, so they can preserve something very powerful within.
This video helped me further understand the topic of Fundamentalism, as it has always been for the most part a very vague topic for me. After learning about Fundamentalism in class from the T.A. and the watching the video I learned that Fundamentalism is very strong in Islam and that religions who have a strong belief in Fundamentalism are very against major advances in science, western ideologies, and other viewpoints or opinions on their certain religion.
I found this video very interesting because I am a christian and its always cool to learn something new about my religion or get taught more elaborately on something I already know.
This video helped me to understand more about Christianity as I am trying to learn as much as I can about this religion which is one of, if not the most important here in Miami. However, I feel like this video had "big words" and it was a bit hard to follow as I don't know much about the religion.
Prior to this video, I did not know about Dwight Moody and Billy Sunday. So, I enjoyed learning more about their evangelization and roles in Christian fundamentalism. I thought Sunday's journey to becoming a preacher was interesting.
Fundamentalism is a 20th century phenomenon. At the time of World War One, there were big concerns not only about the German troops, but about major advances in science. The Bible, as the literal word of God was being put to the test by new theories about the origin of the holy book and the origin of the world itself. Darwin’s theory that man evolved over millions of years was considered as an attack of the integrity of the Bible. There was also a profound worry that Darwinism had resulted in the German atrocities. Part of the war propaganda was to present the Germans as monsters, killing babies and doing all kinds of appalling things. So Darwinism became a symbol of everything that was evil and murderous. By the 1960’s however, many felt they were embroiled in a war with a secular world that wanted to eliminate God, and their way of life. Every fundamentalist movement is rooted in a deep fear and a profound terror of annihilation. In other words, there is a tribal consciousness that try to protect their truth from contamination. They become defensive about it to keep falsehood out, so they can preserve something very powerful within.
ReplyDeleteThis video helped me further understand the topic of Fundamentalism, as it has always been for the most part a very vague topic for me. After learning about Fundamentalism in class from the T.A. and the watching the video I learned that Fundamentalism is very strong in Islam and that religions who have a strong belief in Fundamentalism are very against major advances in science, western ideologies, and other viewpoints or opinions on their certain religion.
ReplyDeleteI found this video very interesting because I am a christian and its always cool to learn something new about my religion or get taught more elaborately on something I already know.
ReplyDeleteThis video definitely helped me understand what fundamentalism is all about. Though lengthy, it is very rich in information.
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Fundamentalism has always been a confusing topic to me! But this video depicts how Christianity has grown and continues to through globalization!
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This video helped me to understand more about Christianity as I am trying to learn as much as I can about this religion which is one of, if not the most important here in Miami. However, I feel like this video had "big words" and it was a bit hard to follow as I don't know much about the religion.
ReplyDeletePrior to this video, I did not know about Dwight Moody and Billy Sunday. So, I enjoyed learning more about their evangelization and roles in Christian fundamentalism. I thought Sunday's journey to becoming a preacher was interesting.
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