fundamentalism

fundamentalism
noun
  1. [mass noun]a form of Protestant Christianity which upholds belief in the strict and literal interpretation of the Bible, including its narratives, doctrines, prophecies, and moral laws
    基要主义(基督教新教的一个教派,坚信对《圣经》[包括其中的叙述、教义、预言和道德法则]所作的严格的字面意义上的解释)
    ■strict maintenance of ancient or fundamental doctrines of any religion or ideology, notably Islam
    (尤指伊斯兰教的)原教旨主义(指严格维护一切宗教或意识形态,特别是伊斯兰教的古代的或基本的教义)
  2. Modern Christian fundamentalism arose from American millenarian sects of the 19th century, and has become associated with reaction against social and political liberalism and rejection of the theory of evolution. Islamic fundamentalism appeared in the 18th and 19th centuries as a reaction to the disintegration of Islamic political and economic power, asserting that Islam is central to both state and society and advocating strict adherence to the Koran (Qur'an) and to Islamic law (sharia), supported if need be by jihad
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fundamentalist
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