In the year 1920, the term “Fundamentalist” first came to be. This is after the basis of ideas, for it, was created in 1908. Milton and Lyman Stewart promoted their movement by starting a Bible Institute along with a fund
to support and promote their movement of conservative views. After a few of years, in 1910 to 1915, they gained enough money to publish 12 small volumes which were titled “The Fundamentals- A Testimony to the Truth.” These volumes contained articles from 90 different European and American scholars. These articles “defended the inspiration and total inerrancy of the Bible, and opposed the ‘higher criticism’,” as it says in the World History in Context article. Fundamentalists, “as one newspaper expressed it, one who does ‘battle royal for the Fundamentals’." In the 1920’s, in America, many protestant churches were split into Modernist Fundamentalist and camps. The churches that did this were usually Presbyterians, Disciples, Baptists, or Methodists. The main reason for the belief/following in Fundamentalism is because of the belief that Christianity was under siege in the rest of the world. An increasing number of these Christians were upset about the trends in their religion. Fundamentalism is the approach of their reaffirmed beliefs in the fundamental, or basic, truths of their religion (Lapsansky-Werner 224).
The Scopes Trial in 1925 was very controversial to the major conflict, at this time in history, between science and religion. The trial was about how a teacher in Tennessee named John Scopes broke the new state law, which said the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution was illegal. Although, he was warned he continued to teach it to his students. He was busted and Scopes was prosecuted then later found guilty. This law in Tennessee was called the Butler Law and it prevented teaching any kind of evolution besides what it stated in the bible. It was a major example of people during Fundamentalist movement because it would make it so people wouldn’t want to question how humans came to be. Also, this would teach the kids the fundamental beliefs so they wouldn’t know anything else in their later years. They wouldn’t even be able to question it because they never learned anything about it. This trial is a major example of the clash between Fundamentalism and Modernism, but Fundamental beliefs came out on top for this trial.
to support and promote their movement of conservative views. After a few of years, in 1910 to 1915, they gained enough money to publish 12 small volumes which were titled “The Fundamentals- A Testimony to the Truth.” These volumes contained articles from 90 different European and American scholars. These articles “defended the inspiration and total inerrancy of the Bible, and opposed the ‘higher criticism’,” as it says in the World History in Context article. Fundamentalists, “as one newspaper expressed it, one who does ‘battle royal for the Fundamentals’." In the 1920’s, in America, many protestant churches were split into Modernist Fundamentalist and camps. The churches that did this were usually Presbyterians, Disciples, Baptists, or Methodists. The main reason for the belief/following in Fundamentalism is because of the belief that Christianity was under siege in the rest of the world. An increasing number of these Christians were upset about the trends in their religion. Fundamentalism is the approach of their reaffirmed beliefs in the fundamental, or basic, truths of their religion (Lapsansky-Werner 224).
The Scopes Trial in 1925 was very controversial to the major conflict, at this time in history, between science and religion. The trial was about how a teacher in Tennessee named John Scopes broke the new state law, which said the teaching of Darwin’s theory of evolution was illegal. Although, he was warned he continued to teach it to his students. He was busted and Scopes was prosecuted then later found guilty. This law in Tennessee was called the Butler Law and it prevented teaching any kind of evolution besides what it stated in the bible. It was a major example of people during Fundamentalist movement because it would make it so people wouldn’t want to question how humans came to be. Also, this would teach the kids the fundamental beliefs so they wouldn’t know anything else in their later years. They wouldn’t even be able to question it because they never learned anything about it. This trial is a major example of the clash between Fundamentalism and Modernism, but Fundamental beliefs came out on top for this trial.