2006-11-30 01:26:13 · 11 answers · asked by Byron A 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Fundamentalism:
After the century of the Enlightenment, it emerged in Protestantism as a bulwark against liberal exegesis. The actual term "fundamentalist" is connected directly with the American Biblical Congress held at Niagara, New York, in 1895.
At this meeting, conservative Protestant exegetes defined "five points of fundamentalism":
the verbal inerrancy of Scripture,
the divinity of Christ,
his virginal birth,
the doctrine of vicarious expiation
and the bodily resurrection at the time of the second coming of Christ.
Evangelicalism
A British historian, David Bebbington, defines an "Evangelical Christian" as a person exhibiting four beliefs and behaviors:
Conversionism: the belief that lives of all humans need to be changed by way of a "born again" decision to repent of their sins and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Activism: the expression of the gospel in various ways, including missionary outreach and social reform.
Biblicism: a particular regard for the Bible as the Word of God and the ultimate authority for religious belief and morality.
Crucicentrism: a stress on the substitutionary atonement by Christ on the cross.
Both hold to Martin Luther's opinions to a large extent.
2006-11-30 01:37:32 · answer #1 · answered by Illuminator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People often get confused between the terms evangelical and fundamentalist. They mean two different things. Evangelicals are a very broad group. It's probably a third or 40 percent of the population of the United States. Fundamentalists are a subset of that. They are very conservative politically. Have a literalist view of the Bible.
Evangelicals have a much wider range of political views. A lot of them are conservatives, but not all of them. About a third of evangelicals voted for Al Gore. So it's a pretty broad range.
And you tend to think of evangelicals as being fundamentalists because the most well known evangelicals are people like Jerry Falwell who are fundamentalists and are very conservative. But in fact, the evangelicals who are part of Bush's inner circle are not all fundamentalists. They are often very devout evangelicals. But their approach to politics is much more nuanced than the fundamentalist approach. …
2006-11-30 01:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by pops 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evangelicalism was once the term that fundamentalists leaned on as an define to their faith as being different than all different denominations - basically that they have been born returned Christians who practiced the super value; preaching the be attentive to the Gospel. NOW that be conscious has been stolen by using left wing activists and suedo Christians with an time table that's different than the Gospel message yet has a non secular spin on it. SO real born returned Christian's have desperate to be noted as fundamentalists yet quickly that be conscious gets scooped because it turns into user-friendly and valuable factors potential.
2016-10-13 10:30:11 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fundamentalist(or fundie) is someone who takes the Bible for it's word. It's the only honest position to take for a True Christian(tm) as the Bible is the only source for information about how to be a Christian. All others are just basing a new religion of their own off of Christianity by using secular ethics to decide which parts of the Bible they would like to follow.
An Evangelical Christian is someone who actively tries to drag members to the cult.
2006-11-30 01:37:47 · answer #4 · answered by AiW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can be one or the other, or you can be both. I was raised as a fundamental Christian in the 1940's and in christians circles that was looked up to. Today the term fundamental has become associated with extremeism, mostly because of Islam, so today we are looked down on and ridiculed. In reality what we are are those who accept the Bible as the literal Word of God and do not accept any other "authority" for what we believe. Any other groups that have more than one authority are not considered fundamentalist. Catholics accept the Pope, Traditions, etc. Mormons, the book of Mormon, Pentacostals experiences and miracles and "the Lord told me". Liberals - human reeason. Ecumenicals - compatibility. Humanists - existance. etc etc.
We are a unique breed, but we fully believe that God's Word is the Bible and it has everything in it that we need to know God and live for Him.
Evangelism is preaching the gospel, and you can be an evangelical in any demonination. I would see myself as evangelical.
2006-11-30 01:52:35 · answer #5 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really much difference. Evangelical Christians evangelize as I do think Fundamental Christians do, too.
2006-11-30 01:28:11 · answer #6 · answered by newcovenant0 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was a time when there was a difference, however that is not really true today.
They are both ecumenical, and neither are truly Pro-test-ants any longer, they have joined the world and are not even attempting to be separate from the world and refuse to devote themselves unto the Almighty.
2006-11-30 01:31:29 · answer #7 · answered by David R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing.
One says "Evangelical", the other says "Fundamentalist".
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2006-11-30 01:38:02 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. T, formerly known as Shadow. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very little.
2006-11-30 01:28:55 · answer #9 · answered by SB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
unsure cuz Im mainstream
2006-11-30 01:28:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋