text: Thus , fundamentalism sought to re-establish tenets that could not be denied without relinquishing a Christian identity , the `` fundamentals '' : inerrancy of the Bible , Sola Scriptura , the Virgin Birth of Jesus , the doctrine of substitutionary atonement , the bodily Resurrection of Jesus , and the imminent return of Jesus Christ .
simplified: Thus , fundamentalism sought to reestablish tenants that could not be denied without relinquishing a Christian identity , the `` fundamentals '' : the Bible as God ` s word , viewed as the sole source of authority , the virgin birth of Christ , the doctrine of atonement through Jesus , the bodily resurrection of Jesus , and the imminent return of Christ .