Fundamentalism, we believe, is one maladaptive and aberrant response to these cultural changes. It is a transitional phenomenon, which attempts to keep alive the spirit of the previous dispensation by returning to a literal rendition of institutional faith. While fundamentalism clings to a literal interpretation to avoid the anxiety of change and the unknown, the S.B.N.R.s tend toward the other extreme by avoiding any trappings of traditional institutional religions in order to assert the greatest personal freedom in determining their spirituality. The S.B.N.R.s also tend to easily cross over
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