Fundamentalism

“watching the film nevertheless ‘picked me up and transported me’ back in time to a time in my life when everything about life was simple, clear, uncomplicated, warm, meaningful, even exciting. God was real to us.” - Olson

“The historic five fundamentals remain an important aspect of fundamentalism’s history and heritage, though they are not exclusive identifying marks of the movement.” - P&D

“My personal ecclesiastical heritage stems from what I would call historical fundamentalism…. what follows below is my own understanding of the term historical fundamentalism as used in a Christian context.” - P&D

“This context is one of the few in which I would use the word fundamentalist for myself. …someone who believes in the ‘fundamentals’ of the faith—the historicity of the biblical accounts, the Virgin Birth, the substitutionary atonement, the bodily resurrection, a visible and physical Second Coming” - CToday

“The problem is that religious authorities — the voices journalists quote – keep pinning this label on others. Thus, one expert’s ‘evangelical’ is another’s ‘fundamentalist.’” - GetReligion

DBTS: Fundamentalism May Feel Safe, Because It Is

9Marks: Fundamentalism May Feel Safe, But It’s Shortsighted

The Theologically Driven podcast marked its 100th episode this week by posting its collected series on fundamentalism.

“One thing should be very clear, Bill Gothard and IBYC/IBLP was not a fundamentalist group. It was a broadly evangelical ministry.” - P&D

“I say Temple was ‘historic’ because its founding went back to 1892 and it was led for several years by a well-known but notorious pastor, J. Frank Norris… ‘The combined membership of the two churches was roughly 25,000’” - Ken Brown