Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian

fundamentalism

Select a Category Uncategorized

Select a Month April 2025 February 2025 December 2024 October 2024 September 2024 July 2024 May 2024 January 2024 November 2023 September 2023 July 2023 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 December 2022 November 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017

September 2023

September 04, 2023

More Bad News for Religious Leaders

Not only are religious leaders/pastors/theologians learning they are losing members, especially young people, along comes...

February 2023

February 07, 2023

Pluralism For Me but Not For Thee

The next bogeyman the leaders of the white fundamentalist-evangelical world are ready to foist upon...

August 2022

August 24, 2022

Do Evangelicals Hate America?

Correct, that title was mostly to get your attention. Yes, hate is a strong word...

July 2022

July 09, 2022

Abortion Ruling Headline: “Dog Catches Car”

I’m reluctant to comment on the recent Supreme Court ruling, wherein both Roe and Casey...

June 2022

June 26, 2022

What Tom Ascol Really Means

As I’ve stated before, I was raised up in Southern Baptist churches, the convention (SBC),...

May 2022

May 26, 2022

The Chickens Come Home

Anyone aware of my personal story knows that before leaving the fundamentalist/evangelical world, I was...

May 10, 2022

Doug Wilson Prefers Cheap Wall Paper

At the top of her fame, Roseanne Barr once infamously remarked that she was America’s...

March 2022

March 30, 2022

Finding Your Feet After Fundamentalism

What do you do in a pandemic? You write a book. A compilation really. If...

February 2022

February 15, 2022

Deconstruction Isn’t a Fad—It’s Part of the Christian Journey

The current evangelical-fundamentalist hysterics over deconstruction is disappointing but hardly surprising. Like Critical Race Theory...

December 2021

December 10, 2021

The Sufficiency of Scripture Slogan is a Dodge

What do Protestants in general, specifically fundamentalists/evangelicals, mean when they speak of the sufficiency of...

October 2021

October 01, 2021

Don’t Tell Me You Care About My Soul—When it’s Clear You Don’t Give a Damn About My Body

What do Christian fundamentalists/evangelicals feel is a key distinctive of their tradition or understanding of...

June 2021

June 01, 2021

Evangelicalism: May 15, 1957—January 6, 2021

On May 15, 1957, evangelist Billy Graham preached for the first time at Madison Square...

January 2021

January 09, 2021

Frankenstein

What we saw on January 6, 2021 lumbering from the President’s Park South toward the...

October 2020

October 20, 2020

Some Problems with Originalism

With the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court the topic of originalism...

June 2020

June 06, 2020

Who’s Afraid of Progressive Christianity?

Clearly, Alisa Childers is. Obviously, I write on the Progressive Christianity platform created by Patheos....

March 2018

March 24, 2018

A Consuming Fire

We are told our God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12). This is hardly a...

March 10, 2018

Not all Fundamentalism is Religious

Putting aside the paradox that perhaps all fundamentalism is religious because the narratives we inhabit...

January 2018

January 27, 2018

To Leave or Not to Leave—That is the Question

I think I’ve mentioned before I don’t think everyone is “led,” “called”— (not sure what...

October 2017

October 15, 2017

Thank You President Trump

Even a perfunctory perusal of most media (social or otherwise), and serious respected commentary (and...

September 2017

September 22, 2017

“Funda-gelicalism”

Why do I call it “funda-gelicalism?” Good question. It’s not original to me—I read it...

September 16, 2017

The “You are the Man” Moment

Growing up in the fundamentalist/evangelical world, I was told there were enemies “out there.” This...

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Fundamentalists Are Too Modern

The great irony of fundamentalism is its delusional belief it is something that conserves or...