Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-237) and index.
Contents
Fundamentalist religion as an intratextual search for meaning -- Fundamentalism as a meaning system -- The history of Protestant fundamentalism -- Fundamentalism in a Pentecostal denomination : the Church of God (of prophecy) -- Fundamentalism among religious serpent-handling sects -- Fundamentalism among the Amish -- Fundamentalist Islam -- Intratextuality, stereotyping, and quasi-fundamentalisms.