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Fundamentalism has less to do with the contents of belief than the way the believer holds those beliefs.

For example, fundamentalism is strongly associated with dogmatism — beliefs considered unassailable and held with fervent, unjustified certainty[…].

[F]undamentalism has a strong “us versus them” dynamic, […] authoritarianism and ethnocentrism (e.g. Positive correlations have been observed between fundamentalism, anti-homosexual sentiment, and racist attitudes.)

 —”Experimental Theology: The Psychology of Christianity”