Fundamentalism

Causes From The 21st Century Although many of the surges in Islamic Fundamentalism happened during the 19th and 20th century, Islamic fundamentalism has gained many of its members through different attributes and advantages of the 21th century. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 1.57 billion Muslims of all ages living in the world today, representing 23% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion (Pew Research Center). Some of these causes…

Throughout the play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee the theme of fundamentalism vs. the freedom to think is sustained. Fundamentalism is a form of a religious movement that maintains the belief of the literal interpretations of religious scriptures.The leaders in the small Southern town of Hillsboro are very religious, which pressures the citizens to follow suit, which leaves no room for their freedom to think. Because of the constant drive for the idea of creationism,…

Couching it in the history of social movements, Lienesch analyzes fundamentalism as he might most other social issues—civil rights, women’s rights—in U.S. history. He casts a refreshing light on the movement by focusing less on what other historians address and by emphasizing such social factors as the newfound identity fundamentalists…

In his work the territorial imperative Philips, draws from the Zoological parallels and indicates that in a paradox, a threat to peoples' security at the personal level is an effective stimulus to seek a certain identity (5). A good example is when the society is in conflict. Religion gains the greater prominence when there is no security and helps nurture a particular identity that is under threat or undermined. In such conditions, the societies are able to develop the need for identification,…

Klonoski’s Approaches Klonoski had identified four approaches to corporate social responsibilities which are fundamentalism, social institutions (social institutionalism), moral personhood and moral agency (moralism), and other approaches to corporate social responsibilities (Carter & Burritt, n.d.). “…… In an effort to defuse some of this complexity, I will present an overview of this debate and attempt to sort out the various approaches taken towards determining the responsibilities of…

the 1990’s. Once Arab nationalism lost its appeal, the new way to be “free from the West” became Islamic fundamentalism. While the real national interest of American security remained unchanged throughout the Cold War and into the 1990’s, American policy makers learned the dangers of focusing on only one enemy. Focusing all efforts against Communism allowed for the rise of Islamic fundamentalism, the new enemy of the United…

this caused enough tension for many citizens to change their views and beliefs. The 1920’s saw a new way of life for Americans. Fundamentalism became a new religion that many people garnered. The new religion was a branch of christianity. Their main belief was that everything written in the bible was true and written by God himself. The complete opposite of fundamentalism…

In this episode of NOW with Bill Moyers: Karen Armstrong on religious Fundamentalism, Karen Armstrong is interviewed on her life of being religious and where she stands with religion at the time of the interview. She was a former roman catholic nun and after years of not being happy with the way the practices of that religion she had left her convent. She continues to speak of how certain religions lacked compassion, that they use fear to control people. She speaks of violence in religions…

“Born with religion", Marji is a very faithful child in the graphic novel, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi (Satrapi 6). Marji aspires to be the next prophet and “every night [she has] a big discussion with God (8). At the beginning of the novel, their relationship is very close. Marji feels “safe [in] the arms of my friend” (53), referring to God. In the graphic novel, God is colored in with white, since he is a light, holy being. In times of darkness, Marji seeks the light by going to God. To…

she turns. Satrapi portrayed these graphic pictures in black and white instead of color. Throughout her book, she uses the color black and white for the pictures to symbolize opposites. These opposites are freedom vs. oppression, modernism vs. fundamentalism, and peace vs. war. Satrapi also uses the colors black and white to symbolize her coming of age. The color black is associated with authority and is a symbol of power. It is a dominant color, and sometimes represents depression. This…