Based on a conference organized by the Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society and held at the University of Sheffield.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / James Barr -- General introduction / Martyn Percy -- pt. 1. The contours of contemporary fundamentalism: introduction / Ian Jones -- Fundamentalism in a Protestant context / Harriet A. Harris -- A psychology of fundamentalism: the search for inner failings / Sara Savage -- Crossing the restorationist rubicon: from house church to new church / Andrew Walker -- The devil's advocates: the function of demonology in the world view of fundamentalist Christianity / Stephen Hunt -- pt. 2. Fundamentalism as a global phenomenon: introduction / Ian Jones -- Global consciousness and the conservative Protestant imagination / Simon Coleman -- Fundamentalism and globalism / David Lehmann -- Is Islam a 'fundamentalist' religion? / Hugh Goddard -- African gifts of the spirit: fundamentalism and the rise of the born-again movement in Africa / David Maxwell -- pt. 3. Conclusion. Fundamentalism: the end of terms? / Martyn Percy.

Fundamentalism, Church and Society offers the student, academic and general reader valuable insights into one of the most significant religious phenomena of our day.