The fundamentalist mindset
Subtitle: psychological perspectives on religion, violence, and history
By: edited by Charles B. Strozier, David M. Terman, and James W. Jones ; with Katharine A. Boyd ; foreword by Martin E. Marty
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780195379655; 9780195379662
Description: This work sheds light on the psychology of fundamentalism, with a particular focus on those who become extremists and fanatics. The contributors identify several factors: a radical dualism, a destructive inclination to interpret authoritative texts paranoid thinking, and an apocalyptic world view.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I : What is the fundamentalist mindset?; title: Definitions and dualisms  -- Charles B. Strozier and Katharine Boyd; title: Theories of group psychology, paranoia, and rage  -- David M. Terman; title: The apocalyptic  -- Charles B. Strozier and Katharine Boyd; title: The charismatic leader and the totalism of conversion  -- Charles B. Strozier, Katharine Boyd, and James W. Jones -- Pt. II : Motivations for violence; title: Fundamentalism and the paranoid gestalt  -- David M. Terman; title: The apocalyptic other  -- Charles B. Strozier; title: The social psychology of humiliation and revenge : the origins of the fundamentalist mindset  -- Bettina Muenster and David Lotto; title: Fundamentalist faith states : regulation theory as a framework for the psychology of religious fundamentalism  -- Daniel Hill -- Pt. III : Christian and American contexts; title: Eternal warfare : violence on the mind of American apocalyptic Christianity  -- James W. Jones; title: Opening the seven seals of fundamentalism  -- Charles B. Strozier; title: The unsettling of the fundamentalist mindset : shifts in apocalyptic belief in contemporary conservative Christianity  -- Lee Quinby -- Pt. IV : Global and historical contexts; title: The psychology of the global jihadists  -- Farhad Khosrokhavar; title: Ordering chaos : Nazi millennialism and the quest for meaning  -- David Redles; title: Rumor, fear, and paranoia in the French Revolution  -- David P. Jordan; title: Hindu victimhood and India's Muslim minority  -- John R. McLane; title: Conclusion : A fundamentalist mindset? -- James W. Jones.