fundamentalism

fundamentalism
    n 1: the interpretation of every word in the sacred texts as
         literal truth
    

fundamentalism \fundamentalism\ n.
   1. A system of beliefs based on the interpretation of every
      word in the Bible, both old and new testaments, as literal
      truth. It is primarily held by a branch of American
      Protestants.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   2. The beliefs or practises based on a rigid adherence to
      some traditional doctrine; extreme conservatism; as,
      Moslem fundamentalism; the political fundamentalism of the
      Christian right.
      [PJC] fundamentalist
    

39 Moby Thesaurus words for "fundamentalism":
      Sabbatarianism, bibliolatry, bigotry, dogmatism, evangelicalism,
      firmness, hardness, hideboundness, hyperorthodoxy, impliability,
      inexorability, inflexibility, literalism, obduracy, obdurateness,
      obstinacy, orthodoxy, precisianism, purism, puritanicalness,
      puritanism, relentlessness, rigidity, rigidness, rigor,
      rigorousness, sabbatism, scripturalism, staunchness,
      stiff-neckedness, stiffness, straitlacedness,
      strict interpretation, strictness, stubbornness, unbendingness,
      uncompromisingness, unrelentingness, unyieldingness