Researching the Fundamentalist and Dominionist Right

It used to be assumed that religion would become a weaker force and that zealotry would weaken as western liberal materialism exerted increasing power in the world. The opposite as we know has proved to be the case and for those who regrard this as an alarming development it is essential to understand what we're dealing with. Fundamentalism and Western materialism are engaged in a destructive symbiosis and spur each other on to ever greater excesses. I'm often asked "where do I start?" This posting suggests a few resources: Book Karen Armstrong's "The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam " [Amazon US] [Amazon UK] is both well written and meticulously researched. I've provided two links above if you're outside the US/UK or prefer not to deal with Amazon this A9 search might be helpful. Online Resouces Yurica report (US) - you sometimes need to take her interpretation of the facts with a bit of salt but she knows her stuff. Her article - "The despoiling of America" is the one to start with. Theocracy watch Theocracy watch documents "The Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party a public information project from TheocracyWatch.org" has a lot of documentation. The site is very well organised and I hit it regularly. Finally there's the indispensable Rightweb Right Web, a program of the International Relations Center founded in late 2003, explores the many ties that link the main players, organizations, corporate supporters, foundations, educational institutions, and government representatives to each other in what we described as a new architecture of power. Right Web primarily focuses on the influence of this architecture of power on the direction of foreign, military, and homeland security policies. Most of the organizations and individuals profiles are now associated with the Republican Party, but this “architecture of power” crosses party lines as does the Right Web program, which also profiles such right-center organizations as the Democratic Leadership Council and leading liberal hawks. For an overview of this architecture of power, see: http://rightweb.irc-online.org/analysis/2004/0404architecture.php If you're new to rightweb I suggest you start on their About page