This paper summarizes Karen Armstrong's book, "The Battle for God", and explains the book's focus on the evolution of religious fundamentalism. The paper describes Armstrong's views of fundamentalism, the element of irony depicted in her work, and how she explains the fundamentalist view of secularists.
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"The book "The Battle For God" by Armstrong is based on the religious fundamentalism that has evolved over the years as the most powerful force in the 21st century. Written in the context of internationalization and imperialism, Armstrong focuses on the way the religious groups and sects organize their fundamental origins and the way these fundamental origins have challenged the secular norms of the dominant cultures of the world. This challenging facet of religious fundamentalism has along other concerns disturbed the global peace and harmony. In this book, Armstrong has focused on this evolution of the fundamentalism and what this fundamentalism is aimed to accomplish, either through actions or narration. Accordingly, we see the West in the sixteenth century beginning to create an entirely new kind of civilization, which brought in its wake change in every aspect of life -- often painful and violent, even if liberating. Armstrong argues that one of the things that changed most was religion."
More papers on Karen Armstrong's "The Battle for God":
Karen Armstrong's "The Battle for God" (2012, February 08). Retrieved February 14, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Karen-Armstrong's-The-Battle-for-God/52469
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