PSYCO239 Lecture Notes - Operation Blue Star, Euthanasia, Biblical Inerrancy
15 Mar 2014
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Religion is often thought of as a social dinosaur. Often the media makes it look like islam is the only group experiencing religious revival. but many groups have. Sri lanka - tamil uprising. theravada majority elected monks to govt in response to keep tamil"s down. Operation blue star, 1984. sikh uprising. assasination of pm. Reaction against secularism and modernity and its values. Reaction against locating ultimate authority in human institutions rather than divine scriptures or religious leaders. Term came from the usa during early 19c, production of booklets in 1910 called the fundamentals. affirmed the inerrancy and infallibility of the bible. Fundamentalism is not just orthodoxy, it is orthopraxy - practiced. Fight back against people who do not conform: homosexuals, abortion doctors, sub/altercultures, atheists, other religions. The use of the term or category started in the usa but since the 70s, the category has extended beyond the american christian realm. ie hindu nationalism, radical islam, etc.
