fundamentalist

Dobson grew up in the fundamentalist Church of the Nazarene, one of those extremely conservative evangelical faiths that don’t allow dancing or dating, and remained a devoted adherent his entire life.

He became president of the Master’s College in 1985, which later changed its name to the Master’s University, and presided over unprecedented growth at the fundamentalist institution, The Times wrote in 1990.

To be clear, I’m no fan of the repressive Iranian regime and wholeheartedly reject its fundamentalist ideology.

“The objections of a few religious fundamentalists are being used to override school curriculum selected by an inclusive process driven by educators and experts.”

But its most recent outbreak is unique; the intellectual ground had been prepared by religious fundamentalist theocrats and white supremacists for more than four decades.