http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/05/19/in-gods-name-the-uk-religious-right-dispatches/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:54:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/2008/05/19/in-gods-name-the-uk-religious-right-dispatches/#comment-108797 Richard Wallis Mon, 26 May 2008 22:29:12 +0000 http://www.benedictionblogson.com/?p=3874#comment-108797 To my mind, the issue that seems to have been missed by most bloggers and commentators is the extent to which the programme failed to understand fundamentalism at all. David Modell's film was based on the premise that UK Christian fundamentalism is: an extreme and dangerous religious movement; growing at an alarming rate; and has designs on Parliament and the courts to enforce its fundamentalist will on the population. I think he's wrong on all three points: just another case of not letting the facts get in the way of a good story. To my mind, the issue that seems to have been missed by most bloggers and commentators is the extent to which the programme failed to understand fundamentalism at all. David Modell’s film was based on the premise that UK Christian fundamentalism is: an extreme and dangerous religious movement; growing at an alarming rate; and has designs on Parliament and the courts to enforce its fundamentalist will on the population. I think he’s wrong on all three points: just another case of not letting the facts get in the way of a good story.

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