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The term '''fundamentalism''' was first applied to Protestants in the United States in the 1920s, but it now represents a set of [[phenomena]] that can be observed in most [[cultures]] where [[religion]] has influence and especially in cultures where religion dominates. Fundamentalism is almost always associated with religion, but some scholars also see it as an [[Frame of reference|outlook on life]] that can characterize the non-religious as well. In fact, some scholars claim that those who are devoted without question to the [[Scientific method|scientific worldview]] sometimes approach it as uncritically as most scientists see religious fundamentalists defending their worldviews.

The term '''fundamentalism''' was first applied to Protestants in the United States in the 1920s, but it now represents a set of [[phenomena]] that can be observed in most [[cultures]] where [[religion]] has influence and especially in cultures where religion dominates. Fundamentalism is almost always associated with religion, but some scholars also see it as an [[Frame of reference|outlook on life]] that can characterize the non-religious as well. In fact, some scholars claim that those who are devoted without question to the [[Scientific method|scientific worldview]] sometimes approach it as uncritically as most scientists see religious fundamentalists defending their worldviews.

 

==History==

==History==

===Early 20th Century===

===Early 20th Century===

During the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90%27s 1990s], fundamentalists maintained their commitment to [[political]] [[action]], although developments at the national level, such as Pat Robertson's failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, led many to [[focus]] on local or grassroots efforts. Control of local school boards became one of the most common objectives of fundamentalists in their attempts to influence public policy. They also adopted a more direct approach to expressing their opposition to trends within the [[entertainment]] industry through boycotts of entertainment production companies and their advertisers. Thus, although its prominence in national politics had declined, fundamentalism continued to offer a substantive [[critique]] of [[mainstream]] American [[culture]]. Finally, it has also provided a [[model]] for understanding the resurgence of militant religious traditionalism in other regions of the world, within religious cultures as different as [[Islam]], [[Judaism]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism]. In this sense, the term "fundamentalism" now applies not only to a conservative wing of evangelical Protestantism in the United States, but to a variety of [[analogous]] social trends, sometimes accompanied by the [[violence]] of "Holy war," that have developed around the [[earth|globe]].—[http://findarticles.com/p/search/?qa=Roger%20W.%20Stump Roger W. Stump]

During the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90%27s 1990s], fundamentalists maintained their commitment to [[political]] [[action]], although developments at the national level, such as Pat Robertson's failed bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, led many to [[focus]] on local or grassroots efforts. Control of local school boards became one of the most common objectives of fundamentalists in their attempts to influence public policy. They also adopted a more direct approach to expressing their opposition to trends within the [[entertainment]] industry through boycotts of entertainment production companies and their advertisers. Thus, although its prominence in national politics had declined, fundamentalism continued to offer a substantive [[critique]] of [[mainstream]] American [[culture]]. Finally, it has also provided a [[model]] for understanding the resurgence of militant religious traditionalism in other regions of the world, within religious cultures as different as [[Islam]], [[Judaism]], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hinduism]. In this sense, the term "fundamentalism" now applies not only to a conservative wing of evangelical Protestantism in the United States, but to a variety of [[analogous]] social trends, sometimes accompanied by the [[violence]] of "Holy war," that have developed around the [[earth|globe]].—[http://findarticles.com/p/search/?qa=Roger%20W.%20Stump Roger W. Stump]

 

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The materialistic [[scientist]] and the extreme [[idealist]] are destined always to be at loggerheads. This is not true of those scientists and idealists who are in possession of a common [[standard]] of high [[moral]] [[values]] and [[spiritual]] test levels. In every age [[scientists]] and [[religion]]ists must recognize that they are on [[trial]] before the bar of [[human]] need. They must eschew all [[warfare]] between themselves while they strive valiantly to justify their continued survival by enhanced [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of human [[progress]]. If the so-called [[science]] or [[religion]] of any age is false, then must it either purify its activities or pass away before the emergence of a material science or spiritual religion of a truer and more [[worthy]] order.[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper132.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper132.html&line=51#mfs]

The materialistic [[scientist]] and the extreme [[idealist]] are destined always to be at loggerheads. This is not true of those scientists and idealists who are in possession of a common [[standard]] of high [[moral]] [[values]] and [[spiritual]] test levels. In every age [[scientists]] and [[religion]]ists must recognize that they are on [[trial]] before the bar of [[human]] need. They must eschew all [[warfare]] between themselves while they strive valiantly to justify their continued survival by enhanced [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of human [[progress]]. If the so-called [[science]] or [[religion]] of any age is false, then must it either purify its activities or pass away before the emergence of a material science or spiritual religion of a truer and more [[worthy]] order.[http://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper132.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper132.html&line=51#mfs]

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