As Dr. Mercer posits, the fundamentalist is fundamentally driven
by anxiety layered over a fragile sense of self-identity
constructed upon a system of beliefs that is both logically
inconsistent and highly suspect in light of modern science. As a
result, the fundamentalist completely rejects modernity while
battling mightily in the arena of national politics and culture to
bring about a world that aligns more closely with the
fundamentalist worldview.
Focusing on Christian fundamentalists, the author puts Christian
fundamentalism in its historical and theological contexts. At the
same time, Mercer calls upon cognitive theory to explain that the
fundamentalist's life story is not particular to Christianity or
any other religious belief system but that fundamentalist
Catholics, Muslims, Jews, and those of all other faiths share a
common psychological profile. Indeed, Mercer insists that if the
Christian terminology were eliminated from contemporary
fundamentalist Christian rhetoric, what would remain would be a
framework that fundamentalists from other religions would find
quite familiar and even comforting. In other words, the structure
of the fundamentalist worldview, and the psychology beneath it, is
pretty much the same across religions. It is a controversial thing
to say about Christian fundamentalism, a thesis that has already
proved contentious in the author's public appearances, and one that
is sure to generate considerable attention and passionate debate as
the U.S. populace continues to divide into opposing camps.
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