ENGLISH

Studies in Religious Fundamentalism

By Lionel Caplan

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
1987
ISBN
9780791498446, 0791498441
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
38 MB (39732243 bytes)
Pages
240\226
Library
Fulcrum
Time added
2023-06-13 17:29:38

Description

This book examines the specific circumstances that nurture fundamentalist beliefs and practices. It studies contemporary fundamentalist developments in several continents, involving groups associated with five major religions. The authors answer important questions regarding the ‘rationality’ of fundamentalism, its complex link with modernism, the nature of its relationship to a sacred text, and its perspectives on history and knowledge. No fixed set of qualities defines fundamentalism. Since it implies a view of the universe and a discourse about the nature of truth, it encompasses and transcends the religious domain. For that reason, every movement or cause is potentially fundamentalist.

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