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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 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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This past weekend members of the Westboro Baptist Church brought their vitriolic message to Brooklyn.
Known for picketing the funerals of soldiers with signs that read "GOD HATES FAGS" and similar wholesome messages, the Kansas-based group didn't get much traction with their protest, and were drowned out by about 200 counter-protesters.
The extremist Christians had also rallied in front of Brooklyn Technical High School on Thursday.
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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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PUNE, India (BP)--After more than a decade of severe persecution, India's Christian minority is growing increasingly concerned over the mushrooming of newer, more violent Hindu extremist groups. Gone are the days when Christians had to watch out only ...
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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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