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Religion — Challenged
The 5 Tenets of Fundamentalism
360° view of Fundamentalism
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Put in simple terms, what is [religious] indifferentism?

It holds that religion is not relevant to one’s citizenship and political behavior.

100

Briefly define relativism.

It believes in the absence of truth and that all the religions are relative to each other.

100

Who’s more likely to be a fundamentalist:

  1. A man in a cave.
  2. A preacher.
  3. An engineer.
  4. All of the above. 

4. All of the above!

200

Which of these statements is a direct example of compartmentalization?

  1. “I identify as Christian, but there’s a common understanding of truth in all other religions.”
  2. “Sometimes I read the Bible, but I don’t go to church.”
  3. “I am Christian, but I’m not against corruption in business, because business is business!”
  4. “I hate Christians”

3. “I am Christian, but I’m not against corruption in business, because business is business!”

200

Why is Fundamentalism described as dualist?

  1. Because it believes that the human mind and body are separate.
  2. Because it believes in life and death.
  3. Because it supports the dichotomy of right and wrong.

3. Because it supports the dichotomy of right and wrong.

200

Which statement about Fundamentalism is more accurate?

  1. Fundamentalism adopts a traditionalist approach.
  2. Fundamentalism is selective of religious ideas.
  3. Fundamentalism is specific to the West.

2. Fundamentalism is selective of religious ideas.

300

How did the scholars of “the secularization theory” see the future of religion?

They predicted its isolation and detachment from the state, its privatization, and then its retreat from the face of the earth.

300

Why is Fundamentalism described as selective?

  1. Because it supports the idea of in-groups and out-groups.
  2. Because it is picky about certain ideas in traditional religions.
  3. Because religious fundamentalists consider their religion to be the only true tradition.

2. Because it is picky about certain ideas in traditional religions.

300

Which of these events is strongly associated with the rise of religious plurality?

  1. The Peace of Westphalia and its aftermath.
  2. The unification of Germany in 1871.
  3. WWI and its aftermath.
  4. 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq.

3. WWI and its aftermath.

400

According to the secularization theory, what prediction about religion proved to be wrong?

The privatization of religion / its retreat from the public life.

400

What ideological property of fundamentalism does this statement refer to:

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

Dualism
400

Raed is a Fundamentalist. Who can’t Raed stand the most?

  1. Traditionalists
  2. Morally somnolent co-religionists.
  3. Secularists
  4. Kim

2. Morally somnolent co-religionists

or Kim

500

Why does religious plurality contradict fundamentalist ideas?

It yields two “disturbing” phenomena of relativism and indifferentism. / Fundamentalists believe in absolute truth; religious plurality implies a plurality of truth. 

500

What are the 2 ideological properties of fundamentalism that go hand in hand together? Why?

Dualism and millennialism. These two properties justify the religious/political agenda by creating a sense of emergency and a need to defeat the unjust “cosmic” enemy.

500

Which of these statements is Fundamentalist?

  1. “We can’t use military power because traditional religion is against violence.”
  2. “Traditional religion is dying and we shall counter this in any way possible.”
  3. “In order to save religion, we shall follow everything God says.”

2. "Traditional religion is dying and we shall counter this in any way possible."