Fundamentalism category: 104 books
The Battle for God
A History of Fundamentalism
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Karen Armstrong's Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life.
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and threatening peace and...
by George M. Marsden
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the government are met with hundreds of lobbyists, millions of dollars of advertising spending, and a powerful grassroots response. How has the fundamentalist movement...
Righteous Religion
Unmasking the Illusions of Fundamentalism and Authoritarian Catholicism
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Why are so many individuals discouraged, at spiritual dead ends, even when they are active participants in their churches? Righteous Religion exposes the authoritarian misuse of Christian teaching that often leaves its members ignored, chastised, or belittled. This new book offers hope for anyone...
Fundamentalism
Prophecy and Protest in an Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2011
This book investigates the origins of fundamentalism, outlining its characteristics and the history of key fundamentalist movements around the world, considering examples from Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. The book argues that fundamentalism develops when modern lay religious leaders...
The Fundamentals of Extremism
The Christian Right in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2018
On September 11, 2001, Americans witnessed horrific carnage inspired by religious extremism. We saw religious fundamentalists will stop at nothing to reign terror on those they regard as their enemies. In our response, we began to focus on the oppressive treatment of women and children in other...
Leaving Fundamentalism: Personal Stories
Personal Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
In a time when religious conservatives have placed their faith and values at the forefront of the so-called “culture wars,” this book is extremely relevant. The stories in Leaving Fundamentalism provide a personal and intimate look behind sermons, religious services, and church life, and promote...
by Malise Ruthven
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2007
Malise Ruthven tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomenon - one that eludes sim today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11 2001. But what does 'fundamentalism' really mean? Since it was coined by American Protestant evangelicals...
Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism
Humanism Series
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2017
“The world needs the kind of religion that sets humanity free, not the kind that binds it with textual fanaticism. The world needs the kind of religion that humanizes the society, not the kind that dehumanizes it.”
One of twenty-first century’s most influential thinkers gives us a beautiful...
by Jeri Massi
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2014
Using case histories and the words of Christian Fundamentalist leaders and teachers, Jeri Massi shows that Christian Fundamentalism draws a considerable amount of its religious culture from the philosophies attributed to atheist philosophers Fredrich Nietzsche, Ivan Pavlov, and BF Skinner. Indeed,...
Beyond Fundamentalism
Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
“A very persuasive argument for the best way to counter jihadism” (The Washington Post) from the bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer
The wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other....
by Andrew Norman
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
How and why religious fundamentalism has come to exist is an important issue, rarely explored in detail without an underlying agenda. In this discursive and absorbing investigation, Andrew Norman has addressed this complex question in an intellectual, yet thoroughly comprehensible manner. Each aspect...
Undertow
My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2017
Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International™ is Charlene Edge’s riveting memoir about the power of words to seduce, betray, and, in her case, eventually save. After a personal tragedy left her bereft, teenaged Charlene rejected faith and family when recruiters...
by Anab Whitehouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Three issues of paramount importance -- namely, fundamentalism, spiritual abuse, and terrorism -- are brought together in one volume in a way that delineates the interconnected dynamics of these topics. Moreover, these central themes are engaged from a variety of perspectives ranging from, on the...
In the Beginning
Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2007
The current controversy over teaching evolution in the public schools has grabbed front-page headlines and topped news broadcasts all across the United States. In the Beginning investigates the movement that has ignited debate in state legislatures and at school board meetings. Reaching back to the...