Editorial: Fundamentalisms in India Today
| Main Author: | Kunnumpuram, Kurien |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2003
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4288802 |
Daftar Isi:
- There is a growing consensus today that fundamentalist tendencies and fundamentalist movements are to be found in all the major religions of the world. Though the term “fundamentalism” was originally derived from American Protestantism, it is now widely used to designate certain tendencies and movements in different religions. Obviously, these tendencies and movements are not always exactly alike. Hence when we refer to them as “Fundamentalism” we mean “fundamentalist-like.” Here I intend briefly to deal with fundamentalism in the Catholic Church. My contention is that the rise of fundamentalism during the last two centuries points to the failure of the Church to respond creatively to the challenges o f the modern world. As Peter Berger observes: “In the wake o f the Enlightenment and its multiple revolutions the initial response by the Church was militant and then defiant rejection.” This radical rejection o f the modem world and all that it stands for is a withdrawal from that world and a refusal to engage it in conservation. According to Avery Dulles, “The Papal encyclicals from Gregory XVI (1831 - 46) to Pius XII (1939 - 58) continually deplore modem errors.”There is a growing consensus today that fundamentalist tendencies and fundamentalist movements are to be found in all the major religions of the world. Though the term “fundamentalism” was originally derived from American Protestantism, it is now widely used to designate certain tendencies and movements in different religions. Obviously, these tendencies and movements are not always exactly alike. Hence when we refer to them as “Fundamentalism” we mean “fundamentalist-like.” Here I intend briefly to deal with fundamentalism in the Catholic Church. My contention is that the rise of fundamentalism during the last two centuries points to the failure of the Church to respond creatively to the challenges o f the modern world. As Peter Berger observes: “In the wake o f the Enlightenment and its multiple revolutions the initial response by the Church was militant and then defiant rejection.” This radical rejection o f the modem world and all that it stands for is a withdrawal from that world and a refusal to engage it in conservation. According to Avery Dulles, “The Papal encyclicals from Gregory XVI (1831 - 46) to Pius XII (1939 - 58) continually deplore modem errors.”