The term [Fundamentalism] was born when conservative Protestants in early-20th-century America committed themselves to defend the five "fundamentals" of their faith -- the inerrancy of the Bible, virgin birth and deity of Jesus, doctrine of atonement, bodily resurrection of Jesus, and His imminent return.
-- from the thread The many forms of fundamentalism
Fundamentalist: A term created during the turn-of-the-20th-century Protestant church splits to define those who held to the “fundamentals” of Christianity—the inerrancy of the Bible, the virgin birth of Jesus and his literal resurrection from the dead. The term is now considered pejorative. (Wheaton College philosophy professor Alvin Plantinga famously observed, “The full meaning of the term...can be given by something like ‘stupid sumbitch whose theological opinions are considerably to the right of mine.’”)Related threads:
-- from the thread New Kids In The Flock
The many forms of fundamentalism
The word is evangelical, not fundamentalist
Put that cup of coffee down [re the proper use of the religious term "fundamentalist"]
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“Fundamentalism is a form of organised anger in reaction to the unsettling consequences of rapid social and religious change.”
The reformers were “fundamentalists” by all definitions thrown around on this thread and the reformation was the CAUSE of social and religious change.
Not where I come from.