Professor James Barr, in his book Fundamentalism, says that fundamentalism “is often felt to be a hostile and opprobrious term, suggesting narrowness, bigotry, obscurantism and sectarianism. ”
चूँकि कोई भी व्यक्‍ति संकीर्ण, धर्मान्ध, या सांप्रदायिक कहलाना पसन्द नहीं करता, सभी सहमत नहीं होते कि कौन एक मूलतत्त्ववादी है और कौन नहीं ।