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Polly Jackman, 12SAM Identify and explain two characteristics of religious Fundamentalism Donald Taylor defines Fundamentalism as involving a group of people who perceive a challenge an ultimate authority, usually God, in which they believe, they decide the challenge cannot be tolerated and reaffirm their belief in the authority and oppose the challengers, often using political means o further their cause. One characteristic of religious Fundamentalism is that most Fundamentalist groups have a charismatic, authoritarian leader. This person is usually male, who may claim to be divinely informed. An example of this was the Christian Fundamentalist People's Temple religious cult led by Reverend Jim Jones. He had such control over his followers that when he asked them to take their own lives in a mass suicide, they did so willingly, with mothers even feeding cyanide mixed in Kool-Aid to their children. Another characteristic of Fundamentalist religion is that Fundamentalists are the...

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