http://arcade.stanford.edu/category/tags/moderation The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-ac http://arcade.stanford.edu/how-religion-become-fundamentalist <p>I just posted an excerpt from chapter three of <i>In Defense of Religious Moderation</i> on the blog <i>Religion in American History</i> (<a href="http://usreligion.blogspot.com/" title="http://usreligion.blogspot.com/">http://usreligion.blogspot.com/</a>). As the editor, Paul Harvey, notes, the &quot;post is particularly timely here after the events in Norway and yesterday's commemoration of 9/11, both of which suggest that the ancient ideal of moderation still has an awful lot going for it.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/how-religion-become-fundamentalist">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/how-religion-become-fundamentalist#comments 9/11 fundamentalism moderation http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1328 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:36:02 -0700 William Egginton 1328 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/defense-of-religious-moderation <p>The book I've been blogging occasionally about for the last year or more is now coming out in June. I've just written this op-ed piece to accompany its release:</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/defense-of-religious-moderation">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/defense-of-religious-moderation#comments fundamentalism moderation religious conflict http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/1213 Thu, 12 May 2011 10:02:05 -0700 William Egginton 1213 at http://arcade.stanford.edu http://arcade.stanford.edu/defining-moderate-belief <p>When we believe something in a moderate, as opposed to a fundamentalist, way, we tend to think of it as subject to contestation, to correction by further or better knowledge, to discussion and interpretation. When we believe something in a fundamentalist way, in contrast, we think of it as ultimate and unchanging, never subject to further interpretation or discussion.</p> <p><a href="http://arcade.stanford.edu/defining-moderate-belief">read more</a></p> http://arcade.stanford.edu/defining-moderate-belief#comments belief fundamentalism moderation religion http://arcade.stanford.edu/crss/node/610 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:58:05 -0800 William Egginton 610 at http://arcade.stanford.edu