Edition 7: The Lure of Fundamentalism
Fundamentalism is the new ideology.
Religion has become a more potent force in world affairs than it has been for generations, with devastating consequences.
Fundamentalism has become a metaphor for dogmatic solutions to complex problems from schooling, to the environment, foreign relations and health. The desire to be safe with certainty is shaping decisions in unprecedented ways.
Writers include:
Murray Sayle, Hugh Mackay, John Carroll, Michael McKernan,
Tom Morton, Nick Earls, Barry Hill, Randa Abdel-Fattah, Lee Kofman,
Eliza Blue, Chas Savage, Margot O'Neill, Michael Wesley,
Wayne Hudson, Muriel Porter, Bill Bowtell, Creed C. O'Hanlon,
Natalie Scott, Michael Wilding, Gideon Haigh, Joanne Kowasa,
Bernie Matthews, Ruth Waynryb, Mark Cherry, Meera Atkinson and Glyn Davis.
Book Details: RRP: $16.95 / Publication date: February 2006 / ISBN: 9780733315480 / Extent: 268 pp / Format: Paperback (234 x 153mm)
Contents
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Introduction
( 1 )
- The ideology of religion (Edition Introduction) Julianne Schultz
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Essay
( 9 )
- Poems that kill Barry Hill
- Something better: fundamentalism, revolution, loss of faith and the future Michael Wilding
- The search for moral security Michael Wesley
- God wills it! The bitter fruits of fundamentalism Murray Sayle (dec.)
- Beyond the cathedral doors Muriel Porter
- Watching the sparrow Hugh Mackay
- Dry rations Gideon Haigh
- The new campus ideology Eliza Blue
- Sharp hot fantasies of a better world Glyn Davis
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Reportage
( 3 )
- Notes from the dark heart of the Bible Belt Creed O'Hanlon
- Not crying wolf Margot O'Neill
- Manufacturing ancient hatreds Tom Morton
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Memoir
( 4 )
- That prolific mother of strife Michael McKernan
- The magic door to Judaism Lee Kofman
- Songs of childhood Nick Earls
- Living in a material world Randa Abdel-Fattah
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Fiction
( 1 )
- Decoyed by orthodoxy Natalie Scott
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Policy
( 4 )
- Lives of the Australian undead Chas Savage
- Beyond the pathology Wayne Hudson
- Nihilistic consequences of humanism John Carroll
- Fighting a political virus Bill Bowtell