Fundamentalism

considerations, power dynamics and money corrupt evaluation and perhaps democracy.” (Patton, 2009, p. 526). Using the example of September 11 terrorist attacks, he wrote that the Bush administration used the occasion to exercise a “blend of religious fundamentalism in foreign and domestic policy, even in evaluation” (House, 2006, p. 120). Whether you agreed with the invasion of Iraq or not Ernie House wrote that evidence showed that the Bush regime manipulated, changed or omitted data from the…

In post 9/11 America, the topic of a Muslim woman’s status in regards to Islam and their choice of dress has received much attention in politics and Western media. Beginning with Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis on civilization clash, Huntington suggested that there were distinct cultural differences between the core values of the West and those of Islam. “Individually almost none of these factors was unique to the West. The combination of them was, however, and this is what gave the…

Knowledge of American History requires of several important sources with history textbooks being more valuable to schools. These textbooks have the ability to have a potentially large impact on the younger generations. Thus, censors see them as essential channels for circulating a more conservative view as Texas educators now must teach according to the new standards. Many of these new standards were changed to show a more conservative view of American History. These changes come from the many…

Throughout human history, people with mental illness have received a different forms of care than patients with medical conditions. After all, injuries and physical diseases have visible symptoms, while symptoms associated with mental illness are typically behavioral. For millennia, those with mental illness were perceived by society as suffering from some sort of crisis of the soul. They were stricken with madness by the gods or possessed by a demon. The treatment for such supernatural…

happens that is not reported to school officials. The Southern States are the most popular for corporal punishment in schools because of how religious these states and the people in them tend to be. “The Bible Belt states, where ardent Protestant Fundamentalism is strong, have been identified consistently as leading the nation in the use of corporal punishment as a disciplinary tool in schools (Milling, 1991)” (Richardson, 1994). This is mainly because of the amount of corporal punishment…

The “Yacoubian Building” revolves around the lives of tenants who face misfortune after misfortune. The film examines the worst of Egypt. The decline of Egypt mirrors that of the tenants, ending up in a storm of hate, drunkenness and subjugation. The tenants’ problems seem to revolve around the misuse of religion. The film warns Egyptians, how religion is more than just a nametag and how misguided and corruptible people are without it. A major issue in Egyptian society is the representation and…

started to face issues when they forgot the Christian aspects of their theology. By the end of 1919, the Seventh-day Adventist Church had already gone through two identity crises. Then, from 1919-1950, the issues and debates between liberalism and fundamentalism arose. Seventh-day Adventists were more on the fundamentalist side, since it held all the essentials that included the truth of the Sabbath, the state of the dead, and the two-phase heavenly ministry of Jesus. Many Adventists identify…

Putnam and Campbell states, evangelicals “sought to soften the hard edge of fundamentalism and reengage with American society” while they addressed post WWII American issues, such as prosperity and personal morality, race, and the family with the new norms of conservative (Putnam and Campbell 13). Also, a protestant evangelical preacher…

#1 Thomas L Friedman believes that the world’s economy can be summed up by five gas stations around the world, comparing and contrasting communist capitalist economies. He uses this analogy to support his conclusion, along with theoretical questions, connotations, and appeal to pathos, that America is infiltrating every culture through different medias so that they reflect American values. Friedman assumes that youth around the globe is happily eating up American media and does not acknowledge…

As main stream denominations continue to shrink and modern day evangelicalism has morphed into something more politically and conservatively centered, I found “Rescuing Jesus; How People of Color, Women and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelism”, by Deborah Jian Lee, enlightening, profound and hopeful as it centers on new, out of the box ways in which people generally pushed into the margins, are redefining their evangelical Christianity. “Evangelicalism is anything but a monolith; it is a…