ABSTRACT
I am aware of at least two claims as to the origin of the term “fundamentalism,” though these claims attribute the term to similar origins. Almond et al. (2003: 1-2) trace it back to a
1920 edition of the Northern Baptist (USA) periodical, The Watchman-Examiner, whose editor described himself and a group of conservative evangelical Protestants as militants willing to do “battle royal” to preserve the “fundamentals” of the Christian faith from the evolutionists and biblical critics infecting mainline seminaries and colleges.
