Current Trends - Fundamentalism

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T/F: Fundamentalists originated in the early 20th century

liberal theology, evolution, critical methodology in Biblical studies

Fundamentalism came about as a reaction to three things

Curtis Laws (Watchmen Examiner) or 12-pamphet series (The Fundamentals)

two possible places the term “fundamentalist” originated

Presbyterians, Baptists

two groups involved in early Fundamentalism

Machen

founded Westminster Seminary as a conservative alternative

Westminster Seminary

conservative alternative school founded by J. Gresham Machan

Southern Baptists

denomination least bothered by liberalism early on

semenaries

battlefield of liberalism

Norris

hyper-fundamentalist with reputation for fear mongering and divisiveness

pluralism

the belief that truth exists in everybody’s theological pov

pluralism

biggest problem for the Northern Baptists

GARBC

formed in 1932 when the Northern Baptists separated to maintain purity of doctrine as schools they used to support turned liberal

Scofield Reference Bible

Bible most separatist fundamentalists began to identify themselves with because of its view on dispensationalism

Bible Institute

major contributor to the expansion of neo-fundamentalism

50

number of Bible Institutes in existence in the 1930s

John R. Rice

launched Sword of the Lord in 1934

birth of Bible Baptist Fellowship

one of the most important events in the history of Fundamentalism

church planting, missions emphasis, publications

three ways the BBF left a mark

Bible Baptist Fellowship

the largest fundamentalist denomination according to Smith

fundamentalists

had an overwhelming number of the 100 largest churches in 1992 according to Smith

10 million

number of fundamentalists worldwide in 1992

separation from other Christians who did not see their faith in the same absolute terms

Smith’s definition of “secondary” religious seperation

Jerry Falwell

founded the Moral Majority

Moral Majority

political action group inviting all religions holding to traditional values

1989

demise of the Moral Majority

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T/F: Fundamentalists have influenced society beyond their proportional size.

the inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible, the virgin birth and the deity of Jesus, the substitutionary Atonement, the literal, physical resurrection of Jesus, the literal, physical return of Christ

Five theological aspects of Fundamentalism word perfect

inerrancy of Biblical autographs

the one major doctrine of Fundamentalism

dispensationalists

what the bulk of Fundamentalists identify as

promotion of personal purity acting as restraining force against excess

why western society owes much to Fundamentalism

division, reactionary nature

supposed downside of Fundamentalism according to Smith