The New Atheism and Religious Fundamentalism: Are They a Mirror Image of Each Other
The New Atheism and Religious Fundamentalism: Are They a Mirror Image of Each Other
Dein Simon
ABSTRACT
Despite the fact that the new atheists are vehemently opposed to religious fundamentalists and their teachings there are marked similarities between the two groups. In this paper I analyse new atheism in terms of fundamentalist characteristics discussed by the Fundamentalism Project: Reactivity, dualism, absolutism and inerrancy, apocalypticism. Additionally both underscore the role of evidentialism. From my analysis of these characteristics I conclude that the movement is fundamentalist
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September 2016
Vol. 3, Iss. 2 Pages 58-109
