Date of Award
12-1993
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Comparative Religion
First Advisor
Dr. Otto Gründler
Second Advisor
Dr. David Ede
Third Advisor
Dr. E. Thomas Lawson
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Rudolf Siebert
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Campus Only
Abstract
In substantiation of the claim that Protestant fundamentalism is distinctive because of the views it promulgates regarding biblical authority, inspiration, and inerrancy, supporting evidence will be garnered from a variety of perspectives: (a) those who consider fundamentalism a reaction against "modernity," (b) sociologists and anthropologists of religion, (c) historians of fundamentalism , and (d) fundamentalist theology. The distinctive aspects of fundamentalist belief will be the subject of an explanatory understanding, based on insights from cognitive psychology in general and the theories of Pascal Boyer in particular.
Recommended Citation
Hoxey, Larry D., "Rethinking Fundamentalism: Protestant Fundamentalism and Cognition" (1993). Masters Theses. 3730.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/3730