Christian Extremism

Christian Extremism

Christian extremism is a poorly understood and often neglected phenomenon. Although we are constantly hearing about Muslim extremists, America is plagued with a Christian extremist movement which we ignore at our peril. Christian... [more]

Christian extremism is a poorly understood and often neglected phenomenon. Although we are constantly hearing about Muslim extremists, America is plagued with a Christian extremist movement which we ignore at our peril. Christian extremism includes the components of Christian fundamentalism (i.e., biblical inerrancy, evangelism, premillenialism, separatism/sense of persecution, and biblical literalism with regard to creation) and adds some additional components (e.g., exclusivity, anti-intellectualism, social conservatism/anti-liberalism, intolerance, theocratic strivings, and militant opposition to modernism).

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I have repeatedly used this blog as a platform to call attention to the dangers of Christian extremism in the United States. Unfortunately, this label has still not caught on. Far too many remain content to view religious extremism as something Muslims do that doesn't apply to Christians. I used to think that the explanation was as simple as people not wanting to acknowledge that Christianity could be every bit as dangerous as Islam for fear...  
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UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council Tuesday "strongly condemned" the ongoing attacks and acts of violence of Uganda's Christian extremist rebel group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Great Lakes region of Africa. "The (15) members of the ...  
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Regarding the ongoing discussion of Islam's role in terrorists' justification of their actions in general and Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's self-justification in particular, there's a tendency among the government, academics, and the media to engage in religious equivalency and suggest that Islamic extremism is really no different than Jewish and Christian extremism.  To counter such notions, Raymond Ibrahim's article, "Are Judaism and...  
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I agree completely with Americans United for Separation of Church and State that there are important lessons in the recent elections in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the abolition of civil rights in Maine. Christian extremism is alive and well.According to Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of AU,I wish I could say the Religious Right is dead, but this election shows that reports of its demise are inaccurate. The pundits who...  
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No world religion preaches mass murderRed and BlackBut this brand of Islamic extremism is no more permanent than the Christian extremism seen in the Crusades and the Inquisition. And it could be changing. ...and more »  
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I know we're still in November at Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet, but that has not stopped Christian extremist groups such as the American Family Association from whining about the "war on Christmas." It seems that this has been such a great source of fundraising for the far right that it has become an annual tradition. Well, it also happens to be what I like most about Christmas.You and I both know that there is no war on Christmas...  
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Today's ZamanWould you dare to say this to Bartholomew and Dink?Today's ZamanSo, the favorite “AK Party critic” of The New York Times is an anti-Semitic, anti-Christian extremist who gets paid by the deep state for carrying out hate ...  
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Fort Hood killings raise tension at mosqueAZ Central.comI've never heard the word Christian terrorist.' Why, if something happens with a Muslim named Hasan, why do we call him a terrorist? ...and more »  
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