Fundamentalism

Fundamentalism usually has a religious connotation that indicates unwavering attachment to a set of irreducible beliefs. However, fundamentalism has come to be applied to a tendency among certain groups–mainly, although not exclusively, in religion–that is characterized by a markedly strict literalism as it is applied to certain specific scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, and a strong sense of the importance of maintaining ingroup and outgroup distinctions, leading to an emphasis on purity and the desire to return to a previous ideal from which advocates believe members have strayed. Rejection ...more

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Educated
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Battle for God
Escape
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
Letter to a Christian Nation
The Handmaid's Tale
Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity
The Sound of Gravel
Fundamentalism and American Culture (New Edition)
Breaking Free
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamist Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs

Ahmed Sofa
মৌলবাদের প্রধান চরিত্র লক্ষণ হল যুক্তিহীন অন্ধবিশ্বাস। মৌলবাদ রোখার সবচাইতে বড় হাতিয়ার হল যুক্তিনিষ্ঠ চিন্তার চাষ করা। মানুষকে সংস্কৃতিবান এবং চিন্তাশীল করতে পারলেই মৌলবাদ বাধা দেয়ার সবচাইতে বড় কাজটি করা হয়। আজকের দিনে দেশের যে সমস্ত কবি সাহিত্যিক দেশে-বিদেশে মৌলবাদের বিরুদ্ধে প্রচন্ড বক্তব্য রাখছেন, তাদের কথাবার্তার মধ্যে যুক্তিনিষ্ঠা এবং চিন্তাশীলতার অংশ কতটুকু? অজ্ঞ, নির্বোধ এবং নিরক্ষর মানুষের বিশ্বাসের ওপর আক্রমণ করে, তাঁকে চেতিয়ে তুলেই মৌলবাদের বিরুদ্ধে বড় জঙ্গাটা করা হয় বলে মনে করেন তাদের ...more
Ahmed Sofa, নিকট ও দূরের প্রসঙ্গ

Yann Martel
But we should not cling! A plague upon fundamentalists and literalists! I am reminded of a story of Lord Krishna when he was a cowherd. Every night he invites the milkmaids to dance with him in the forest. They come and they dance. The night is dark, the fire in their midst roars and crackles, the beat of the music gets ever faster - the girls dance and dance and dance with their sweet lord, who has made himself so abundant as to be in the arms of each and every girl. But the moment the girls be ...more
Yann Martel, Life of Pi

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