BOOK REVIEW:
Fundamentalisms Observed, ed.
In addition to enhancing our understanding of fundamentalism in the U.S.,
Fundamentalisms Observed, edited by Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby (University of Chicago Press, 872 pp., $ 40.00), demonstrates the extent to which fundamentalism is a worldwide phenomenon.
Fundamentalisms Observed edited by Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby University of Chicago Press, 872 pages, $ 40
In his review of
Fundamentalism Observed, edited by Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, Wuthnow describes the commonalities and distinctions among various religious fundamental movements in the world and corrects numerous myths and misunderstandings about fundamentalism with scholarly research.
Not exact matches
These are a few ways in which liberal voices are making a positive response to the dangers they
observe in the rise of Christian
fundamentalism.
«They no longer have to prove to Protestants that they are evangelical,» he
observes, «and as their numbers increase and they move farther away from their origins in North America, they are less influenced by
fundamentalism.»
As a fellow - thread participant
observed: there's no «gospel» in these series — but rather a victimized reaction against the restrictive and confining bind of the
fundamentalism.