The cultural contradictions of: Christian fundamentalism: in the second part of his essay, Guy Rundle continues to make links between Christian fundamentalism and hyper-modernity.(Critical essay)

From: Arena Magazine | Date: August 1, 2006| Author: Rundle, Guy | Copyright information

For many years, the more extreme forms of fundamentalism found their most receptive audiences among individuals and groups damaged or marginalised by the society around them. The lonely, the ignored, the beaten down, criminals, alcoholics and others were attracted and transformed by both the unambiguously proselytised notion of a loving, anthropomorphic, interventionist God, and by the techniques for self-development that such churches offered. For many this was accomplished by the...

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