FUNDAMENTALISM

Fundamentalism is an extreme form of Moral Conservatism.

It is a movement to return to more strict adherence to founding principles, usually religious.

Groups described as fundamentalist often strongly object to the concept because of the negative connotations it carries, or because it implies a similarity between themselves and other groups which they find objectionable.

Fundamentalists believe their cause to have grave and even cosmic importance. They see themselves as protecting not only a doctrine, but also a vital principle, and a way of life and of salvation. Community, centered upon a clearly defined religious way of life in all of its aspects, is the promise of fundamentalist movements.

Also included in this category are:

1. Religious Fundamentalism
2. Monarchism
3. Feudalism