Abstract
One of the observations of a recent Angus Reid Poll concerned the remarkable growth of fundamentalism, reflecting a global trend toward conservative renewal. For us, the question that presents itself is how a homogeneous movement can flourish in a rapidly pluralizing context? With the help of the Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor, we suggest that faith in the orienting voice of an authority structure is misplaced. We propose a consciousness that, not without suspicion, embraces the disorienting anomie of the Postmodern critique, a reorienting vision that anticipates new alternatives.
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