This was excellent, Ian. Understanding fundamentalism as a mood was very helpful for me. And learning about Friedman’s three causes stopped me in my tracks. Wow! I have never seen it understood that way and in such common sensical language. Framing it as an anxious mood with imagination gridlock was also very relevant to me. I think so much of modern faith today has been formed by a lack of creative and free imagination. It can be so subtle. Thank you for this piece. I would love to see you unpack the imagination gridlock even more.
This was excellent, Ian. Understanding fundamentalism as a mood was very helpful for me. And learning about Friedman’s three causes stopped me in my tracks. Wow! I have never seen it understood that way and in such common sensical language. Framing it as an anxious mood with imagination gridlock was also very relevant to me. I think so much of modern faith today has been formed by a lack of creative and free imagination. It can be so subtle. Thank you for this piece. I would love to see you unpack the imagination gridlock even more.
Thanks Jonathan! It's definitely been a helpful for me to think about it this way.