Reinheit und Wut. Purity and Anger

Andrea Zielinski ist Sozial- und Kulturanthropologin. Sie forscht und lehrt an der University of London..

Vladimir Fedorov ist russisch-orthodoxer Erzpriester von St. Petersburg und Direktor des Instituts für Missions- und Ökumenewissenschaften, St. Petersburg. Er lehrt an der Universität St. Petersburg.

Erhard Kamphausen war Direktor der Missionsakademie an der Universität Hamburg.

Black-and-white thinking is probably the shortest definition of fundamentalism. The doctrines of salvation in religious fundamentalisms promise exclusivity, truth and the consistency of values. The confining communities are highly dynamic, active and emotionally charged. However, purity and anger are common among all fundamentalisms.

This work describes monotheistic and fundamentalist thinking, while using examples that show that fundamentalisms are inbuilt, logical and comprehensible. The reader learns about centuries of experienced continuity of redemption up to the middle-east conflict and the new racisms in the current Russian Federation.

Andrea Zielinski is Social-Cultural Anthropologist. She is a researcher and lecturer at the University of London.

Vladimir Fedorov is researcher at the University of St. Peterburg / Russia.

Erhard Kamphausen is former Director of the Academy of Mission at the Univeristy of Hamburg.