Word: fundamentalistism
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Alice was raised in sunny Phoenix, the son and grandson of ordained ministers. Since their fundamentalist sect does not allow its ministers to receive salaries, Father Ether Furnier earns his living as an engineer for Goodyear Aerospace Corp. Though the Furniers are obviously proud of their son and his success, Ether admits: "It is quite a shock when you expect to sire a gospel missionary and instead you get a rebel rock star...
Many Americans are finding a measure of transcendence in the growing ranks of the doctrinally conservative Protestant churches, some of them evangelical, some of them frankly fundamentalist. The most impressive example of growth is the Southern Baptist Convention, which has maintained a staunchly biblical faith. Young people of all faiths are also turning to one aspect or another of the Jesus movement (TIME, June 21, 1971). Some elect the totalitarian disciplines of the Children of God; others choose milder groups, stressing love and salvation more than hellfire and brimstone. On campuses and in outdoor extravaganzas like last year...
...also criticized individuals who turn to the fundamentalist approach of the Jesus movement. "The truly religious person must take responsibility for his country's politics, he can't isolate himself," he said...
...helps parents recapture children who have taken up with exotic religious sects. Patrick, a church-going Methodist, began heretic hunting as a leader in the FREE COG (Free Our Children from the Children of God) movement, a parents' vigilante group organized to reclaim offspring who joined that authoritarian fundamentalist sect (TIME, Jan. 24, 1972). Now Pat rick claims to have an underground network of deprogrammers throughout the U.S. They have recovered, he says, some 600 youths from 61 different fundamentalist, pentecostal or Oriental religious sects during the past two years. "Team members" of the underground network say that Patrick...
...compare him with Price," said Marc A. Pembroke '74, a member of Harvard-Radcliffe Christian Fellowship and a fundamentalist Christian, "I think Gomes is much more strongly dedicated to preaching the Gospel without equivocation. Price made an effort to teach a view that didn't demand committment to Jesus and the truth of the Gospel...