Since 9/11 few of us have been able to look at religious and cultural differences in the same way. But what can psychology tell us about how we got from the burning bush to creationism, Al Qaeda, and George Bush? While critically evaluating fundamentalism this talk will also challenge us to recognize some of its shortcomings in ourselves. No matter what our theological stance, the mentality of terrorism may not be entirely alien to some of our own, very human impulses. 

Branden Thornhill-Miller is a lecturer in psychology at Hertford and Harris Manchester Colleges, University of Oxford.