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| − | 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. | + | 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. |
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Revision as of 11:14, 27 March 2014
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.
