Fundamentalism operates as religion expressed through authoritarian personality

Evidence

Fundamentalism can therefore usually be viewed as a religious manifestation of right-wing authoritarianism. It correlates better with RWA scores than any other religious variable I know of, certainly better than Christian Orthodoxy does. … But religious fundamentalists, as we have defined and measured the term, provide way more than their “fair share” of the right-wing authoritarians, and the most prejudiced people in our society. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2135

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the vault’s Cooper and Whitehead-Perry claims by recasting religiosity as downstream of authoritarian personality structure.