A Question About Christian Fundamentalism...
Posted: July 12th, 2007, 2:12 pm
Hi all,
My question is pretty simple, though the answer might be complicated. What are the characteristics of a 'fundamentalist' Christian? In other words, what beliefs or practices make someone a fundamentalist?
And I have a related question: is someone who attends a church that people consider 'fundamentalist' automatically fundamentalist himself? (That may seem like an odd question, but lots of people who are not particularly Orthodox nonetheless attend Orthodox synagogues.)
And here's another related question: is an Evangelical Christian and a fundamentalist Christian the same thing?
I'm not looking to argue or debate about Christian fundamentalism, by the way. I'm just trying to understand what the label 'fundamentalist' means.
~Rosemary
My question is pretty simple, though the answer might be complicated. What are the characteristics of a 'fundamentalist' Christian? In other words, what beliefs or practices make someone a fundamentalist?
And I have a related question: is someone who attends a church that people consider 'fundamentalist' automatically fundamentalist himself? (That may seem like an odd question, but lots of people who are not particularly Orthodox nonetheless attend Orthodox synagogues.)
And here's another related question: is an Evangelical Christian and a fundamentalist Christian the same thing?
I'm not looking to argue or debate about Christian fundamentalism, by the way. I'm just trying to understand what the label 'fundamentalist' means.
~Rosemary