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about the Fundamentalist Movement.
What was the Fundamentalist Movement? The Fundamentalist Movement
was a religious movement established by
American Protestants as a reaction to
theological modernism, which aimed to revise
traditional Christian religious beliefs to
accommodate new theories and developments in
science.
Where was the goal of Fundamentalist Movement?
The goal of the Fundamentalist Movement was
to revive old morals and Protestant
religious values and restore traditional
interpretation of the Bible by reacting
against “modernist” theology and biblical
criticism.
Fundamentalist Movement Cartoon: The
1922 Fundamentalist cartoon portrays
Modernism as the descent of Modernists from
Christianity to atheism.
What were
Fundamentalist Movement Beliefs:
The Fundamentalists in the movement
believed that the Bible was literally true
and without error and rejected ideas such as
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution
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Fundamentalist Movement Fact 1:
Fundamentalism rejected the new, modern consumer culture
and relaxed ethics and morals and many condemned any
other religious beliefs.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact
2:
The term 'Fundamentalism' derived from a series a twelve
volume set of 90 essays by different authors entitled
"The Fundamentals". The essays outlined orthodox
Christian doctrine and were published by oil millionaire
Lyman Stewart (1840–1923). The essays were distributed
to Protestant churches free of charge.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 3:
"The Fundamentals" provided an overview of the bible,
the inerrancy and inspiration of the bible, basics of the Christian
faith such as sin, atonement, grace and justification
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 4:
Fundamentalists reacted against Urbanization which saw
rural workers moved towards manufacturing centers in towns and
cities, with the temptations associated with modern city life, which
they believed symbolized the nation’s moral decline
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 5:
Fundamentalists did not like the influence of
jazz, or the new way in which women, especially
Flappers, dressed
and behaved.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 6:
Fundamentalist Movement was led by conservative
evangelical Christians in reaction to modernism and
liberalism. Fundamentalist worship practices were
heavily influenced by evangelism and revivalism.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact
7: The Fundamentalists believed strongly
and literally in everything written the Bible. They
totally rejected the ideas of Charles Darwin
theory of evolution and prevented it from being taught
in schools.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact
8: The Fundamentalists launched a fierce
attack on the ideas of evolution detailed in 'On the
Origin of Species' by Charles Darwin. A major Biblical
Conference, the World’s Christian Fundamentals
Association, organized a campaign against the
teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution in American
schools. Charles Darwin had said that humans had evolved
from apes over millions of years. The
Fundamentalists especially disagreed with the idea that
men and monkeys had evolved from the same creature.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact
9: The Fundamentalist campaign resulted
in laws being passed in six states prohibiting the use
of Darwin’s books in schools and making it illegal to
teach the theory of evolution.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact
10: The Fundamentalist campaign resulted
in laws being passed in six southern states in the
'Bible Belt', prohibiting the use of Darwin’s books in
schools and making it illegal to teach the theory of
evolution.
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11: The law were challenged by an
outraged John Scopes who defied the fundamentalist law
and continued to teach evolution in schools in his
biology lessons in order to make a political point.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 12:
The 'Monkey Trial': John Scopes, and the American
Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), fought a well publicized court case,
referred to in the press as the 'Monkey Trial', for teaching
Darwinism. John Scopes was accused of teaching Darwinism, the theory
of the evolutionary origin of man, rather than the doctrine of
divine creation..
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 13:
The 'Monkey Trial': William Jennings Bryan (1860
– 1925), a firm believer in a literal interpretation of the Bible,
acted as solicitor for the fundamentalists.
Clarence Darrow was
chief defense counsel for John Scopes in the State of Tennessee v.
John Thomas Scopes that began on July 14, 1924 - nicknamed
the 'Monkey Trial'.
The 1925 'Monkey Trial'
cartoon ridicules anti-evolutionists.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 14:
The 'Monkey Trial': John Scopes was found guilty
of teaching the theory of evolution to his pupils and was fined $100
(later overruled).
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 15:
The much publicized court battle
proved a victory for supporters of evolutionary theory
but the Fundamental Christians continued with their
crusade helped by the charismatic evangelists and ardent
Fundamentalists Aimee Semple McPherson and Billy Sunday.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact
16: Billy Sunday (1862 – 1935) started
his career as a professional baseball player and became
a popular, highly animated, evangelical preacher of the
Fundamentalist Movement attracting huge crowds to his
revival meetings. His fame and influence grew as a
"nationally renowned phenomenon" and he counted Theodore
Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover and John D.
Rockefeller, Jr. as friends.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact
17: Aimee Semple McPherson (1890 – 1944)
was another Fundamentalist evangelical preacher and a
media celebrity. Aimee Semple McPherson was also a faith
healer. She was a spellbinding speaker and conducted her
sermons, revivals and faith healings like theatrical
performances in which bible stories would come to life.
Aimee Semple McPherson used the best actors, set
designers, lighting, costumes and make-up artists and
attracted a massive following.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 18:
The fundamentalists denunciation of
modernist theology led many of them to reject
contemporary education and gave the impression of many
outsiders that fundamentalism was essentially
anti-intellectual.
Fundamentalist Movement Fact 19:
By the end of the 1920s,
fundamentalists had lost control of the major
denominations and the movement began to decline.
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