Christian fundamentalism, also known as Fundamentalist Christianity, or Fundamentalism, arose out of British and American Protestantism in the late 19th century and early 20th century among evangelical Christians. The founders reacted against liberal theology and militantly asserted that the inerrancy of the Bible was essential for true Christianity and was being violated by the modernists. As an organized movement, it began in the 1920s within Protestant churches — especially Baptist and Presbyterian — in the United States in the early 20th century.

Many such churches adopted a "fighting style" and certain theological elements, such as Dispensationalism. The broader term "evangelical" includes fundamentalists as well as people with similar or identical religious beliefs who do not engage the outside challenge to the Bible as actively. Fundamentalism is a movement, rather than a denomination or a systematic theology. Since 1930, Fundamentalism has not been an organized movement, and has not had a national body or official statement of beliefs. Evangelicals, however, have a national organization, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE).

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fundamentalist (plural fundamentalists)

1. One who reduces religion to strict interpretation of core or original texts.
2. (finance) A trader who trades on the financial fundamentals of the companies involved, as opposed to a chartist or technician.
3. (Christian) Originally referred to an adherent of an American Christian movement that began as a response to the rejection of the accuracy of the Bible, the alleged deity of Christ, Christ's atonement for humanity, the virgin birth, and miracles. These points were first listed in a book series entitled "The Fundamentals: A Testimony to the Truth" published in 1909 and affirmed by the PCUSA in its 1910 Minutes of the General Assembly.
4. (pejorative) A fundamentalist Christian (also fundie or fundy)

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