Slaves to Faith: A Therapist Looks Inside the Fundamentalist Mind

by Calvin Mercer

As Dr. Mercer posits, the fundamentalist is fundamentally driven by anxiety layered over a fragile sense of self-identity constructed upon a system of beliefs that is both logically inconsistent and highly suspect in light of modern science. As a result, the fundamentalist completely rejects modernity while battling mightily in the arena of national politics and culture to bring about a world that aligns more closely with the fundamentalist worldview...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313364966
• ISBN13: 9780313364969
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"