The tenacity of unreasonable beliefs :fundamentalism and the fear of truth /Solomon Schimmel.

Name/Title

The tenacity of unreasonable beliefs :fundamentalism and the fear of truth /Solomon Schimmel.

Description

Why this book? : autobiographical reflections -- Faith, revelation, and reason -- Jewish Biblical fundamentalism -- Christian Biblical fundamentalism -- Muslim Koranic fundamentalism -- Acquiring and protecting unreasonable beliefs -- On "defundamentalizing fundamentalists. vii, 282 p. ;25 cm.

Book Details

Author

Schimmel, Solomon.

Place Published

City

Oxford ;New York

Date Published

2008

Publication Subjects

Religious fundamentalism--Psychology. Psychology, Religious. Faith and reason.

Call No.

BL238 .S32 2008

ISBN

9780195188264, 0195188268

LCCN

2007051125

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-273) and index.