Thus it is clear that Christian fundamentalism can be a considerable political force — as it remains to this day in the United States where the backing of the Evangelicals may have proved
decisive in securing victories for both Reagan and George W. Bush.
Tundamentalism’ - a literal approach to the interpretation of the Bible — is, strictly speaking, a purely theological doctrine and not equivalent to a belief in the political supremacy of the Church. Some fundamentalists would endorse a strict separation of secular and
religious matters, but where they are in a majority this distinction has often ceased to be of practical importance.