Fundamentalism
In a comment on a previous posting by me, Dr. Dawg writes: "Fundamentalism of all kinds is the enemy. I don't think we should pick and choose." I encourage Dr. Dawg to purchase my book, Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity.
It is interesting how certain people, when you criticize Christian fundamentalism, are quick to cheer. Then when you turn around and criticize Islamic fundamentalism, which frankly is a much more alarming phenomenon, the same people are quick to condemn you for not criticizing Christian fundamentalism in the same breath.
posted by Bruce Bawer @ 11:15 AM
2 Comments:
Context, Bruce. You lump in all forms of Islam, including the Tunisian version (Ennahda) that supports women's rights and democracy, as supposedly extreme and dangerous.
I think we have more to worry about with the US Christian Right than we do about alleged "Islamism" in Tunisia and Turkey, which reminds me more of the "Christian" in "Christian Democrats" than of the more extreme American versions.
I do think so called "Christian fundamentalism" - which is usually opposite to the real fundamentum of Christianity - is more dangerous because of the very strongly organized international network of the Church. I have a post about this topic in my own blog: http://kaleidoscope.blog.hu/2011/09/22/significance_of_homophobia_presenting_in_the_central_and_east_european_societies_onto_the_global_ack
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