Date of Award
2000
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. Religious Studies Dept.
Advisor(s)
Thomas R.W. Longstaff
Second Advisor
Debra Campbell
Abstract
My research aims to understand how and why fundamentalists justify violence against people who do not fit their profile of "righteous" or "saved" persons, such as abortion doctors and clinic workers, gays and lesbians, and Jews. The first section of this paper travels through the history of fundamentalism since its origins in the British and American apocalipticism, or belief in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. However, my history of Protestant Fundamentalism in the United States will focus on the ways in which Fundamentalism developed in response to many changes in American social structure. I interpret Fundamentalism as an anti-modern movement seeking to reassert "traditional" Christian values.
Keywords
Christian Fundamentalism -- Religion -- United States -- Apocalipticism
Recommended Citation
Gagne, Laura M., "Consumed by Faith: The development of Christian Fundamentalism and its applications in contemporary society" (2000). Honors Theses. Paper 527.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/527
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