Fundamentalism Is More a Psychology Than a Theology

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fundamentalist mindsad are emerging in a very, very secular space. There's a fundamentalism absolutely in place there that draws high boundaries and expels people who do not tow a very narrow, particulark line. And we see it in the academy, you know, to day t you saw it in yale loska, when people were disrupting and trying to stop a free speech event,. That is that fundamentalist mindsad emerging in aVery,very secular space.

This week David and Curtis offer a follow up discussion on fundamentalism, clarifying some key points from the previous episode and diving deeper into how we can become fundamentalists without even knowing it! Do our increasingly homogenous social groups perhaps push us toward fundamentalism and even radicalization? How might the presence of even a few diverse voices impact these groups? This then leads to a discussion about liberal democracy and how it is under assault, not just globally (as in Russia/Ukraine), but even here in the US. How should our Christian faith inform things like our system of government and our embrace (or rejection) of liberal democracy?

Show Notes:

-Cass Sunstein - The Law of Group Polarization

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