All forms of religious fundamentalism rely on the notion of a "pure" religion independent of cultural variations and influences. Today's Islamic revival shares the dogmatism, communitarianism, and scripturalism of American evangelist movements: both reject culture, philosophy, and even theology to favor a literalist reading of sacred texts and an immediate understanding of truth through individual faith.
所有形式的原教旨主义都有赖于一种"纯粹"的宗教观，它不受文化改变的影响而独立存在。今天的伊斯兰复兴运动与美国福音传教运动有着共同的特点：信奉教条主义、倡导共产主义、推崇圣经主义，而且同样对文化、哲学甚至神学持否定的态度，而信奉神圣经文的字面意义，推崇通过个人的虔诚信仰到达顿悟的境界。