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An example of the lifestyle of the 20's (above)
Fundamentalsts react to the roaring 20's
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Christian fundamentalism reacts to immorality
Fundamentalism generally entails the belief in Bible Inerrancy; meaning that the Bible is perfectly accurate and void of error. This means that Fundamentalists believe that the rules and laws of the Bible must be taken seriously as fact and be applicable to modern life. As it relates to Fundamentalists in the 1920's, many of the free-thinking and new actions and lifestyles of the common people were strongly scrutinized by Fundamentalists. Drinking, smoking, and talking about personal lives was before less common but were now more widely recognized as normal. The moral entailments of the Bible that Christian Fundamentlists took very seriously and did not want to be broken were being challenged and rebelled against.
evangelism
Christian Fundamentalistsin the 20's and now tend to believe in the idea of evangelism, which is the idea that it is a Christians duty to witness the religion to others. Strategies they use to convert others to Christianity include public demonstrations, handing out pamphlets, and inviting others to worship with them at church. Fundamentalists that witnessed others doing acts that they thought were immoral like smoking and partying would be inclined to tell them about Christianity and hand them Bibles. Therefore, the new ways people lived and their lifestyles influenced Christian Fundamentalists to tell others about their religion.