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i think that there's a sociological definition of christian fundamentalism--like msd said, literal interpretation of the bible is, if i remember correctly, one of the main features, as is a social conservatism. this lets you include movements like the pentacostalism which doesn't stick to traditional denominational boundaries. i'm not an expert of the sociology of religion in the united states by any means, so am not sure what similarities there are in practice between, say, southern baptists and charismatic groups inside of roman catholicism. but it intiutively makes sense--coupling a literal interpretation of the bible with rituals that emphasize immediate contact between the community of believers and the various manifestations of the trinity that they take to be hanging around their door(s).
there are likely other aspects of doctrine that define christian fundamentalism, but i'm not sure what they'd be.
within that, though, is alot of room for different kinds of relations with the social identity "charismatic" or "southern baptist"--because it's not obvious that "fundamentalist" is a category used evenly inside these groups to as a self-characterization. so you could easily have people who's affiliations and practices would position them as fundamentalist but whose personal comportments would not so much, if you attribute a weight to the other main way in which the term is defined in this thread. That one, the subjective one, the one which denotes attitudes or relations taken on by individuals. It seems to me really loose, not much more than a shorthand for referring to "a type of christian i don't like."
this to maybe help clarify the divergent senses given the term in the thread.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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