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Fundamentalism turns 100, a landmark for the Christian Right

  • Written by William Trollinger, Professor of History, University of Dayton
Christian fundamentalists have become a politically powerful group since the movement's foundation in 1919.Raul Cano/Shutterstock

These days, the term “fundamentalism” is often associated with a militant form of Islam.

But the original fundamentalist movement was actually Christian. And it was born in the United States a century ago...

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