FUNDAMENTALISM

July 21, 1925

Scopes “Monkey” Trial

The Fundamentals (1910)

90 essays published to defend the core beliefs of the Princeton School

Fundamentalism

anti-modernist reaction against Protestant Liberalism that seeks to prove rationality of Christian beliefs

Princeton Theology

a philosophical movement at Princeton School that emphasizes the compatibility of Enlightenment rationality with Sola Scriptura

Hodge, Warfield, and Machen

Princeton theologians, crafted belief in Plenary Inspiration, God is involved in all scriptures because he worked through humans

Five Fundamental Beliefs

1. Inerrancy of the Bible

2. Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ

3. Christ’s death atones for our sins

4. Christ resurrected from the dead

   1. Christ’s miracles are historic events

Billy Graham

Evangelical Superstar, shapes evangelical salvation, provides a model prayer (“O God I acknowledge…”)

Graham quotes

“tidy little formula”, “first, recognize what God did”, “second, you must repent for your sins”, “third, you must receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord”

Evangelicals

stresses personal conversion experience, drops anti-modernist attach and calls to separate from thee (modern) world

1942

national association of evangelicals, the start

Fundamentalists

concentrated in South, anti-intellectualism, reaction to the loss of dominance and assumed certainties, essentially evangelicals difference is they are anti-modernist, they separate from a denomination if it becomes corrupted by Protestant Liberalism

Scopes “Monkey” Trial

fundamentalist sympathizer William Jennings Bryan argues that teaching “evolution” in public schools should be prohibited, he wins the trial but skillful defence by Clarence Darrow causes fundamentalism to lose the PR war

Moral Majority

mobilized conservative Christians and aligned them with Republicanism (ex. Regan), evangelicals use technology and politics to change society and restrict sin

Prosperity Gospel

theres nothing wrong with money, the problem is greed and love of money

Inerrancy

the belief that the Biblical text contains no “errors” of any kind, including scientific or historical inaccuracies

authority

Inerrancy is a way to protect the _____ of the Bible, which was under fire

Verbal Inspiration

1. Scripture is divine revelation

2. God is a rational God

3. A rational God would never introduce error into his own revelation

   1. Therefore, the accuracy of the Bible is beyond reasonable doubt

Anti-intellectualism

fundamentalist characteristic, not stupid but distrusting of the educated elite

Nationalism

fundamentalists, anti-progressive movement