Fundamentalisms

Of interest to all those concerned with the study of contemporary religion and culture, this thoughtful volume provides a source of reliable information and reflection on all modern manifestations of fundamentalism. From Paternoster.

Any account of the modern world that ignores the impact of the forces of fundamentalism will be significantly deficient. Whether one considers debates within faith communities concerning the correct interpretation of sacred writings or opposition to Western secular values or religiously inspired political activism or indeed some forms of international terrorism fundamentalism seems to be a perennial and ubiquitous religious tendency. Written from sociological ethnographical anthropological missiological and theological perspectives these essays provide a source of reliable information and thoughtful reflection on contemporary manifestations of fundamentalism and fundamentalistlike trends.Read less