4,676 words (≈ 19 minutes)
Many of us are familiar with the term 'Christian fundamentalism'. It is a term that that through constant use in the media often creates in our minds a stereotypical image of a naive literalistic faith coupled with a somewhat dogmatic and intolerant attitude - especially with regard to modern science. In this short study, ex Christian fundamentalist Pilgrim Simon gives an outline critique of the Christian fundamentalist system and believer.
Language: English
Written in: 2011
Published: 2011-02-21
Word count: 4,676 words (≈ 19 minutes)
License: Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (cc by-nc-nd)
Tags: Believer, bible, Evangelical, Theology, Fundamentalist, fundamentalism, Christian, Christianity, Conservative evangelical
Pilgrim Simon has spent forty years exploring spirituality. He gained a degree in psychology and post graduate qualifications in counselling and was for a time a member of the British Psychological Society, contributing to their Transpersonal Psychology Journal. He has had a number of mystical experiences and has also been diagnosed as Bi-Polar or Manic-Depressive. It is this set of circumstances that contribute to the themes of his studies, and enable him to look at his subjects with personal insight. His studies draw not only from personal experience but also from many religious and spiritual traditions as well as from psychology, psychiatry and Transpersonal psychology including thinkers such as Shankara, Ibn Al-Arabi, Meister Eckhart, David Waite, George Kelly, Ken Wilber, Arthur Deikman and Karen Armstrong. Some studies are purely Christian in content, whilst others draw on a wider spiritual perspective
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