| | The roots of religious right are found largely in two distinct trends: fundamentalism and pentecostalism. The emergence of both can be traced to between the late 19th and early 20th century in the US. These two trends have, among other things, evangelicalism and dispensationalism as common denominators. However, the religious right is not a monolithic movement nor are all evangelicals fundamentalists or pentecostalists. Even between and within the fundamentalists and pentecostalists there can be marked differences of thought. The mistake of equating all evangelicals with fundamentalists and pentecostalists would seem to be related to the fact that these two have emerged as standard bearers and even portray themselves as representatives of he entire movement. |
