Fundamentalism, Mythos, and World Religions

Fundamentalism is widely feared and its influence is growing in many of the major world faiths. Arising in reaction against modernism, fundamentalism affirms a pre-Enlightenment paradigm in a post-Enlightenment era. The author supports a prediction that fundamentalists will continue to have power in a variety of religions. But their characteristic ahistorical, absolutistic, view will limit their outreach.

About the author

Niels C. Nielsen, Jr. , is J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University.

Product details

• Authors: Niels C Nielsen Jr, Niels C. Nielsen Jr
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.1993
• EAN: 9780791416532
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1653-2
• No. of pages: 196
• Weight: 445 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, Religion - World Religions