| Author(s): | Adam, R. J. |
| Title: | Fundamentalism: A Synthesis of Cognitive and Cultural Perspectives |
| Category: | published article |
| Length (pages): | 10 |
| Keywords: | fundamentalism; cognitive development; culture; Piaget; Fowler; religious development |
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| Abstract: | This article proposes a synthesis of cultural and cognitive perspectives on religious fundamentalism. Cultural perspectives provide insights into the contents of fundamentalisms in socio-historical contexts. Cognitive perspectives provide insights
into the cognitive operations that contribute to a fundamentalist mentality. A synthesis of the two perspectives reveals significant interactions between cultural contents and cognitive operations. I apply a neo-Piagetian interactionist theory of cognitive development to engage the cultural content of religious fundamentalisms. I provide illustrative examples of cultural contents from Christian and Muslim fundamentalisms that reflect and perpetuate a particular type of cognitive structure. The synthesis contributes to the understanding and engagement of religious fundamentalism. |
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| URL: | http://www.uq.edu.au/crossroads/Archives/Vol%201/Issue%202%202007/Vol1Iss207%20-%203.Adam%20(p.4-14).pdf |
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| Submitted: | 05/06/2007 03:13:30 (DD / MM / YYYY) |
| Published: | 05/06/2007 10:34:52 (DD / MM / YYYY) |