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The Fundamentalism Project was an international scholarly investigation of conservative religious movements throughout the world, funded by the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, a ...
. The project began in 1987, directed by Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby, concluding in 1995. The understanding of
fundamentalism Fundamentalism is a tendency among certain groups and individuals that is characterized by the application of a strict literal interpretation to scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, along with a strong belief in the importance of distinguish ...
framing the project was considered controversial in some cases, though even those scholars with criticism of the assumptions upon which the project was based admit that there is a great deal of useful empirical information to be found in the publications that grew out of the project.


Volumes

*Volume 1: ''Fundamentalisms Observed'', Marty/Appleby, (1991) *Volume 2: ''Fundamentalisms and Society: Reclaiming the Sciences, the Family, and Education'', Marty/Appleby/Hardacre/Mendelsohn, (1993) *Volume 3: ''Fundamentalisms and the State: Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance'', Marty/Appleby/Garvey/Kuran, (1993) *Volume 4: ''Accounting for Fundamentalisms: The Dynamic Character of Movements'', Marty/Appleby/Ammerman/Frykenberg/Heilman/Piscatori, (1994) *Volume 5: ''Fundamentalisms Comprehended'', Marty/Appleby, (1995)


References

*Marty, Martin E.
"Fundamentalism as a Social Phenomenon."
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Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and ...
'' 42 (November 1988): 15-29. *Marty, Martin E. "Fundamentalism Reborn: Faith and Fanaticism." '' Saturday Review''. May 1980, 37-42. *Marty, Martin E
"Too Bad We're So Relevant: The Fundamentalism Project Projected"
''The Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences'' 49 (March 1996): 22-38. *Marty, Martin E., ''The Glory and the Power: The Fundamentalist Challenge to the Modern World''. Boston: Beacon, 1992.


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