Comparing Orthodoxy And Fundamentalism
How are Orthodoxy and Fundamentalism different from each other and alike in their commitments? The Orthodoxy and Fundamentalism are both alike, seeing that both teach that the Holy Bible is the Word of God and as such is authoritative and true in all it asserts and teaches. Yet, Fundamentalism, however insists that the Bible be interpreted as literally as possible. Orthodoxy, on the other hand, insists that the Bible he interpreted as traditionally as possible. Sometimes the traditional interpretation of the Bible is a literal interpretation. The difference between the Fundamentalist and the Orthodox, ways of interpreting the Scriptures is this; The fundamentalist, literal, approach accepts modern, rationalist, and individualist presuppositions.