Sociology : beliefs in society - religion in global context
what is fundamentalism?
Form of religion (especially islam or protestanism christianity) that upholds belief in the literal/strict reading of scripture.....
features of fundamentalism
-S acred text
-A uthoritative personalities
-P atriarchal control
-U se of modern technology
davie on fundamentalism
threat of modernity to traditional values = increased fundamentalism...
giddens on fundamentalism
agrees with davie that fundamentalism = reaction to globalisation. he suggests greater insecurity of.....
giddens cosmopolitanism
fundamentalism has risen due to increase in relfexive thinking....
Bruce on fundamentalism
fundamentalism is largely confined to monethesitc religion.....
bruce on fundamentalism
there is a global divide in fundamentalism - christian fundamenatism reacts to social changes that arise organically.....
Clash of civilisations
nation states no lobger significant source of identity creatng a gap that religion has filled...
AO3 clash of civilisations
1) jackson sees huntington's work as an e.g of orientalism.
2)casanova argues that huntingotn ignores divisions within civilisations
AO3 - Giddens
giddens description of fundamentalism as a defensive reaction to modernity ignores the fact that reinventing tradition is a modern reflexive activity