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Laurie Goodstein reports that religiosity is on the rise worldwide, but distinguishes between fundamentalism and pentecostalism: “in the United States today, most of the Protestants who make up what some call the Christian right are not fundamentalists, who are more prone to create separatist enclaves, but evangelicals, who engage the culture and share their faith.” Furthermore, she reports that the rise is on the pentecostal side, and that there is perhaps even a backlash against fundamentalism.

R. Scott Appleby, a history professor at the University of Notre Dame and an author of a book on fundamentalism, says:

There is some evidence, some literature that says fundamentalism is on the decline, that it has peaked or is peaking precisely because it has a tendency toward violence and intolerance, and those ultimately don’t work. They lead to bloodshed, loss of life, and no recognizable economic upturn, and there is an exhaustion with it.

Appleby is also an editor, with Martin E. Marty, of the University of Chicago Press’ decade-long Fundamentalism Project.