
Fundamentalisms
Threats and Ideologies in the Modern World
James D. G. Dunn(Editor)
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 5. October 2015
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-1-78076-950-9 (ISBN)
Description
What is fundamentalism and what does it really amount to? How do uncompromising counter-cultural movements make ordinary people behave in extraordinary ways? Arguing that an adherence to scriptural literalism and biblical inerrancy is at root a reaction to modernism, these are among the key questions with which this timely book grapples. But it goes further. Other studies have concentrated above all on Christian and Islamic fundamentalism. This volume, while exploring the origins and articulations of the fundamentalist mindset, addresses the subject from the comparative perspective of different religions, including Judaism and Hinduism. It is innovative in yet another respect. Contending that notions of certainty and infallibility are not just a religious phenomenon, the book argues that fundamentalism can be detected also in science when scientists use scientific authority to pronounce on areas outside their competence. With contributors who include Karen Armstrong, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Malise Ruthven and Ed Husain, this is a bold and incisive assessment of a crucial yet often oversimplified topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
383 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78076-950-9 (9781780769509)
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Person
James D. G. Dunn, FBA, is Lightfoot Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Durham University. He is the author of many benchmark books in the field of New Testament studies, including Jesus and the Spirit (1975), Unity and Diversity in the New Testament (1977, 2006), Christology in the Making (1980), The Partings of the Ways between Christianity and Judaism and their Significance for Christianity (1991) and Christianity in the Making (3 vols. 2003, 2009, 2015).