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Fundamentalism
New and Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology
  • William Vance Trollinger, University of Dayton
Document Type
Encyclopedia Entry
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Abstract

In America fundamentalism is a movement within Protestantism that was organized immediately after World War I in opposition to "modernism," which included liberal theology primarily, and also Darwinism and secularism. A subgroup of evangelicalism, fundamentalism staunchly affirmed with evangelicals "fundamentals of the faith," including the deity of Christ, his virgin birth, his bodily resurrection, and his substitutionary atonement. What distinguishes fundamentalists from other evangelicals is their strident opposition to modernism. They are, to quote George Marsden, "militant anti-modernist evangelicals."

Inclusive pages
206-209
ISBN/ISSN
978-0-687-09112-6
Document Version
Published Version
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Permission pending from publisher. Any content used from this publication must be cited appropriately. Citation information:

  • Trollinger, William Vance. "Fundamentalism." In New and Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology. Donald W. Musser and Joseph L. Price, editors. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003 (pp. 206-209).

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Publisher
Abingdon Press
Place of Publication
Nashville, TN
Citation Information
William Vance Trollinger. "Fundamentalism" Revised editionNew and Enlarged Handbook of Christian Theology (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bill_trollinger/16/