Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 328-339).

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2005. / Thesis Advisor(s): George Lober. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180). Also available online.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-109).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2006. / Includes abstract. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-245).

Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Document formatted into pages; contains ix, 254 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-92).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 328-339).

The purpose of my thesis was to counter Samuel Huntington’s argument that the world’s conflict is over differing civilizations, religions, or cultures. Whether or not religion is declining or growing, it cannot be used to portray the world in a 'cosmic war,' or a battle between 'good and evil'. Natural resources, not religions, rest at the basis for the Islamic fundamentalist and militant movement due to its response to the Western structural pressures that are modernizing Muslim societies. Oil and water become vital tools for exercising power and authority of one nation over another, and are identified as the true culprits for a conflict that is often furtively concealed.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-367).

O objetivo deste trabalho é fornecer uma análise de formas contemporâneas de pensamento e atitudes fundamentalistas à luz do filósofo italiano Gianni Vattimo, que postula que existiriam duas maneiras de pensar no processo de interpretação e construção do sentido: uma forte, que pressupõe uma verdade absoluta, e a outra fraca, que pressupõe uma verdade construída, o que não implica uma ação fraca, mas a abertura de possibilidades para mudanças profundas. O processo de construção da verdade forte produz verdades violentas, no sentido de que exclui outras verdades concorrentes. Neste trabalho, tomamos como base os fundamentalismos religiosos para refletir sobre outras formas atuais de fundamentalismo. O trabalho representa uma tentativa para evitar diferentes confrontos violentos entre variados pensamentos fundamentalistas. / The objective of this work is to provide an analysis of contemporary forms of fundamentalist thought and attitudes, in line with the Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo, who postulates that there are two ways of thinking in the process of interpretation and meaning making: a strong one, which presupposes an absolute truth, and a weak one, which presupposes a constructed truth though not implying a weak possibility of action, but an opening of new possibilities for profound changes instead. The process of truth construction produces violent truths in the sense that it strongly excludes other competing truths. In this research, forms of religious fundamentalism are taken as starting points in a reflection on other present-day forms of fundamentalism. This work aims at the avoidance of various violent confrontations among several kinds of fundamentalist thoughts.