Category Archives: fundamentalism
Things I’ve learned from Fundamentalism and American Culture
George Marsden Fundamentalism and American Culture New ed. (Oxford: OUP, 2006). This book’s been a page turner for me, partly because of my morbid fascination with fundamentalism and partly because it is well researched and smoothly written. It’s a historical … Continue reading
Filed under book review, fundamentalism
Authority in science and religion, with short reflections on climate change, creation science and house church
The popular challenge to climate change science raises interesting questions about authority, expertise and the gap between popular opinion and the ‘experts’. For many scientists, academics and politicians, there isn’t a debate about the science – or there shouldn’t be. … Continue reading
Filed under environment, fundamentalism, house church, politics
For The Bible Tells Me So: A Review
I watched the documentary For The Bible Tells Me So a couple of weeks ago. It had me crying in one point, as a woman describes how her lesbian daughter committed suicide. The woman had followed the advice of Dr … Continue reading
Filed under DVD, ethics, fundamentalism
‘Sponsored by Elusive Brethren and Right Wing American Fundamentalist Groups’
Increasingly I just can’t tell whether fundamentalists are joking or not. Or whether their site has been hacked. At http://christiannews.co.nz/, the subheading is ‘Sponsored by the Elusive [sic] Brethren and Right Wing American Fundamentalists’ and they have a barcode to … Continue reading
Filed under fundamentalism, links
Basics #1: a guide to labels and why they matter – fundamentalist, evangelical and pentecostal
(Here’s a post written for nvc.org.au that you might want to read. I realise I don’t ever write about any of the basics; this might be the first in a series. If you’ve studied theology, all of this will be … Continue reading
My big brown Strong’s Exhaustative Concordance, or how I think the Bible is being read badly
(I’m going to sound grumpy, but I’m not, I’ve just been thinking a lot about the use of the Bible.) It concerns me how badly the Bible is used by most evangelicals. Much of it stems from a failure to … Continue reading
An army that sponsors satanic rituals…
One of my bad habits is to check the ‘recent deaths’ page on Wikipedia much too often. So I learned today that Paul Weyrich died. I hadn’t heard of him, but he was friends with Jerry Falwell and helped found … Continue reading
Filed under fundamentalism, pacificism
If you have been left behind
In my journey out of fundamentalism over the last ten years, I started off being angry at it. I wanted to argue with every fundamentalist, to show them why they were wrong. Then I went through a period of morbid … Continue reading
Filed under fundamentalism, my spiritual journey, theology
