Word: fundamentalistism
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...matters of faith, U.S. Presidents have ranged from fundamentalist to High Church, from mavericks to doubters. Lincoln discovered a tortured personal belief after anguished self-searching. Rutherford B. Hayes seemed proud to say "I belong to no church," though he refused to be publicly inaugurated on the scheduled day because it fell on a Sunday, and later attended the Foundry Methodist Church in Washington, D.C. James A. Garfield was not only a member of the Disciples of Christ but a minister, whose success as a preacher led to his success as a political crowd pleaser...
Some men Cursillistas have jeopardized their marriages by losing interest in their wives and homes. Not all bishops will even permit Cursillos in their dioceses. Critics of the movement also charge that the Cursillo relies on simplist theology and a fundamentalist approach to Scripture, tends to create prudish zealots who are convinced, like Moral Re-Armers, that they alone possess the real key to spiritual living...
Denominational Identity. The Four-square Church, which ranks among the nation's most fundamentalist Christian bodies, pays considerably more attention to faith healing than theology. Its members adhere strictly to Aimee's fourfold teaching of Christ as saviour, healer, baptizer and coming king, supplement the Bible with a booklet of her teachings. Most of today's members never saw hypnotic Aimee in the flesh, but they teach a hagiographic account of her life, celebrate every Oct. 9, her birthday, as Founder...
...speeches. Graham, like Goldwater is often criticized for presenting simple answers to complex problems. The words of each man, read in cold print, seem fantastically foolish to some people. Yet when he presents his views in person, each man wins the approval of almost any audience. Graham's semi-fundamentalist views win applause at Rindge Tech just as Goldwater's discourses on poverty receive standing ovations from his listeners...
Stupid Samson. No fundamentalist, Staack constantly relates archaeological findings to Scriptural passages, he believes that the divine revelation coming to man in the Bible is expressed within the limitations of a historical frame work. Thus he violently opposes the "glorification" of Biblical figures that commonly takes place in Sunday school teaching. "Look at the use God makes of humans," he says. "Moses was hotheaded, but God loved him and used him. Stupid Samson was found useful; so was cruel Joshua. Throughout the Scriptures, real people are used by God -not people who have been placed on an artificially high level...