The fundamentalist mindset : psychological perspectives on religion, violence, and history / edited by Charles B. Strozier, David M. Terman, and James W. Jones ; with Katharine A. Boyd ; foreword by Martin E. Marty. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xxi, 274 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references(p.221- 264) and index.

Definitions and dualisms / Theories of group psychology, paranoia, and rage / The apocalyptic / The charismatic leader and the totalism of conversion / Fundamentalism and the paranoid gestalt / The apocalyptic other / The social psychology of humiliation and revenge : the origins of the fundamentalist mindset / Fundamentalist faith states : regulation theory as a framework for the psychology of religious fundamentalism / Eternal warfare : violence on the mind of American apocalyptic Christianity / Opening the seven seals of fundamentalism / The unsettling of the fundamentalist mindset : shifts in apocalyptic belief in contemporary conservative Christianity / The psychology of the global jihadists / Ordering chaos : Nazi millennialism and the quest for meaning / Rumor, fear, and paranoia in the French Revolution / Hindu victimhood and India's Muslim minority / Conclusion : A fundamentalist mindset? / Charles B. Strozier and Katharine Boyd -- David M. Terman -- Charles B. Strozier and Katharine Boyd -- Charles B. Strozier, Katharine Boyd, and James W. Jones -- David M. Terman -- Charles B. Strozier -- Bettina Muenster and David Lotto -- Daniel Hill -- James W. Jones -- Charles B. Strozier -- Lee Quinby -- Farhad Khosrokhavar -- David Redles -- David P. Jordan -- John R. McLane -- James W. Jones. Pt. I : What is the fundamentalist mindset? -- Pt. II : Motivations for violence -- Pt. III : Christian and American contexts -- Pt. IV : Global and historical contexts --

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Religious fundamentalism--Psychology.
Fundamentalism--Psychology.
Psychology, Religious.
Violence--Religious aspects.

BL 238 / F981 2010

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