Religious Fundamentalism: Global, Local and Personal

by Peter Herriot

How does a religious fundamentalist come to embrace a counter-cultural world view?

Fundamentalism can be analysed from a variety of perspectives. It is a type of belief system which enables individuals to make sense of their lives and provides them with an identity. It is a social phenomenon, in which strictly religious people act according to the norms, values, and beliefs of the group to which they belong. It is a cultural product, in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415422094
• ISBN13: 9780415422093
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"