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Religion, Fundamentalism and Violence, 15 credits

The course is discontinued from 2025-05-08

Swedish name: Religion, fundamentalism och våld
This syllabus is valid: 2012-08-27 and until further notice
Course code: 1RE133
Credit points: 15
Education level: First cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Religion and Theology: First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

Required Knowledge

General entry requirements

Literature

Brekke Torkel.
Fundamentalism : prophecy and protest in an age of globalization
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press : 2012. : xii, 291 p. :
ISBN: 0-521-76625-7 ¹55.00
Mandatory
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Herriot Peter
Religious fundamentalism : global, local and personal
London : Routledge : 2009. : 325 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-415-42209-3 (pbk.)
Mandatory
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Lewis James R.
Violence and new religious movements
New York : Oxford University Press : 2011. : xii, 443 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-19-983021-3
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Lindgren Tomas
Fundamentalism och helig terror : religionspsykologi för vår tid
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2009 : 271 s. :
ISBN: 978-91-44-05392-9
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The fundamentalist mindset : psychological perspectives on religion, violence, and history
Jones James William, Boyd Katharine., Strozier Charles B., Terman David M.
New York : Oxford University Press : 2010 : xxi, 274 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-19-537966-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Herriot Peter
Religious fundamentalism : global, local and personal
London : Routledge : 2009. : 325 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-415-42209-3 (pbk.)
Mandatory
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Juergensmeyer Mark
Global rebellion : religious challenges to the secular state, from Christian militias to Al Qaeda
Rev. ed. : Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press : 2008 : xii, 370 s. :
ISBN: 0-520-25554-2 (hbk.)
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Lewis James R.
Violence and new religious movements
New York : Oxford University Press : 2011. : xii, 443 p. :
ISBN: 978-0-19-983021-3
Mandatory
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Lindgren Tomas
Fundamentalism och helig terror: en studie av religiös ondska
Lund : Studentlitteratur : 2008 :
Mandatory

The fundamentalist mindset : psychological perspectives on religion, violence, and history
Jones James William, Boyd Katharine., Strozier Charles B., Terman David M.
New York : Oxford University Press : 2010 : xxi, 274 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-19-537966-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue