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Religious Fundamentalist Sub-Tradition Fundamentalist the Thesis

For fundamentalists, law and authority come from God.

This is true not only in formally theocratic societies, like Iran, but can also be seen expressed in the views of fundamentalist U.S. Christians, who have an obsession with having the Ten Commandments displayed outside of secular buildings, advocate school prayer and the need for laws to be justified by Judeo-Christian values.

Female sexuality must be contained; boundaries must be established between men and women.

The female body is an obsession: hence the obsession with women staying home and not working in fundamentalist Christian circles, as well as the extreme control of women by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Sexual behavior is a major concern of all fundamentalists

Opposing gay marriage, abortion...

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This can only be achieved through God's rule -- through the national executive and legislature itself. Hence the importance of bringing about a government that will prioritize the right morals and right culture for the nation -- relegating other (economic) functions to a secondary place" (Godfrey 2007). Achieving other ideals of secular society such as economic success is devalued while achieving theocratic orthodoxy is prioritized
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In what way is the rise of religious fundamentalisms connected to modernity? How does postmodernity arguably give birth to secular forms of fundamentalism? What, if anything, distinguishes secular forms of fundamentalism from religious ones?

Early 20th century modernism's emphasis on secularism, national as more important than traditional religious identity, progress, and scientific

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