Concepts of care in fundamentalist and non-Fundamentalist faith communities

Living on fear or on solidarity

Abstract

In the US and in Europe the influence of fundamentalist groups is raising. The example of the CNP in the US and the New Right in Europe show that these groups try to gain influence in and with faith communities by using religious language and specific markers that are of interest for conservative faith communities. The most striking finding is that these groups try to gather their people by spreading fear whereas the other faith communities want to give hope in solidarity. Theodor Adorno and Paul Tillich describe and analyze this phenomenon already in the 50s and 60s.