Fundamentalism In On The Origin Of Species By Means Of Natural Selection

The rise of Fundamentalism can be explained through these cultural developments because it first began as a reaction to liberal and progressive views in the nineteenth century. This reaction began to grow and gain popularity among people in society which led to Fundamentalism being formed. A major event that aided in the coming about of fundamentalism was the publishing of “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” by Charles Darwin. This caused many Fundamentalist Christians to believe that it was meant to personally offend them and even go against the words of the Bible in order to stem a separation from the church and the public. Another cultural development that occurred and helped to create Fundamentalism was the rise of liberalism in American society. This helped create and mold fundamentalism due to the fact that they are entirely opposite in their beliefs which allowed Fundamentalists to separate and form an opposing view. The

There is a lot of evidence to support this view such as in Livingston’s “Anatomy of the Sacred”, where he states that “many Jews and Muslims… reject [the term Fundamentalism] as not accurately describing their their conservative or even extreme reactionary movements” which could be due to them believing that their view on religion is better than, or more accurate than, any other view so it shouldn't be named differently especially since it wasn't always a pleasant name (Livingston, 2006). However, in Islam “modernization has become synonymous with westernization” which means that their view of Fundamentalism has been changed to be very similar to the western version of Fundamentalism. This showed that Fundamentalism is the final attempt to preserve the old opinions and views of religion by spreading their beliefs to other