teresa excerpts some correspondence from john m. ford in her blog. so as to not steal her entire post, i'm just grabbing the first paragraph, but go read the whole thing.


Making Light: From correspondence:

I refuse to use the word "fundamentalist," or any of its variations, for their usual shorthand meaning these interesting times. The first reason is that it is an inaccurate term; these positions do not reflect the fundaments of either Christianity or Islam. They are old emergent strains within each, but the premise that these are the root principles, and everything else, like, oh, tolerance and compassion, are poisonings of the spring, is a lie and a slander.