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1、WhatIsTheDifferenceBetweenFundamentalismandEvangelicalism?InChristianandnon-Christiancircles,youoftenhearthewordsfundamentalistorevangelicalusedtodescribeChristians.Often,peoplerefertothosewhoareinmegachurchesasevangelicals.Likewise,peopleoftenrefertoChristianswhomarestaunchi
2、ntheirbeliefsasfundamentalists.Thesepopulardescriptionsmakeitnecessarytoaskwhatisthedifferencebetweenfundamentalismandevangelicalism.Whatisthehistoryofthetermfundamentalism?Christianfundamentalismbeganasamovementfromthelate1800’sthatwasaresponsetoliberalismandtheteachingsofCh
3、arlesDarwin.ThetermwasinitiallyusedbyconservativePresbyteriansfromPrincetonUniversityandestablishedasamovementattheNiagaraBibleConference,whichbeganmeetinginthelate1800s.Inthelate1800sthroughearly1900smensuchasJohnNelsonDarby,DwightL.Moody,WilliamB.Riley,andBillyGrahambrought
4、fundamentalismtotheforefront.Theiractivities,preaching,andwritingsconstantlytargetedanti-Biblicalteachingandpracticesthatwereinfiltratingchurches,schools,andinstitutions.WilliamB.RileyandBillyGrahamwerelaterostracizedbymanyfundamentalistsforadoptingbeliefscontrarytotheorigina
5、lmovement.Whatdofundamentalistsbelieve?Fundamentalistsholdthefollowingfoundationaltheologicalbeliefsamongstothers:Theinspiration,inerrancy,andliteralinterpretationoftheBible;ThevirginbirthofChrist;ThebeliefthatChristdiedonthecrosstopayforthesinsoftheworldandrosefromthedead;Th
6、ehistoricalrealityofChrist’smiracles.Asthefundamentalismgrewinpopularity,conflictarosewiththosewhoheldtoamoreliberalandindividualizedinterpretationofScripture.Thisledtosomefundamentaliststorejectthosewhodidnothavesimilarconservativebeliefsorworshippractices.Thisattituderesult
7、edintherejectionoffundamentalistsbyliberaltheologiansasintolerant,hateful,bigots.Fundamentalistsarestilldefinedbymanyinsocietytodaytoasintolerant,racist,evil,right-winged,andhateful.WhatisthehistoryofthetermEvangelicalism?Theterm“evangelical”comesfromtheGreekwordmeaning“thego
8、odnews”orthe“gospel.”Itwasnotuntilthe1730sthatthetermevangelicalwasu