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Fundamentalism : perspectives on a contested history / edited by Simon A. Wood and David Harrington Watt.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
- Studies in Comparative Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious fundamentalism--History.
- Religious fundamentalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Through a collection of essays, Fundamentalism: Perspectives on a Contested History explores the ways in which the concept of global fundamentalism does and does not illuminate developments in modern Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. At issue is whether, beyond the specific milieu of American Protestantism in the early decades of the twentieth century, the word 'fundamentalism' captures something important on a global scale that is not captured-or not as well-by other words. Readers will quickly discover that in exploring this issue the book is "at war with itself."In Fundamentalism Simon A. W
- Contents:
- Cover; FUNDAMENTALISM; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Fundamentalists of the 1920's and 1930's; The Idea of Militancy in American Fundamentalism; Fundamentalism and Christianity; "America Is No Different," "America Is Different"-Is There an American Jewish Fundamentalism? Part I. American Habad; "America Is No Different," "America Is Different"-Is There an American Jewish Fundamentalism? Part II. American Satmar; The Jewish Settler Movement and the Concept of Fundamentalism; The Concept of Global Fundamentalism: A Short Critique
- Muslim "Fundamentalism," Salafism, Sufism, and Other Trends Fundamentalism and Shiism; Fundamentalism, Khomeinism, and the Islamic Republic of Iran; Fundamentalism Diluted: From Enclave to Globalism in Conservative Muslim Ecological Discourse; Islamic Education and the Limitations of Fundamentalism as an Analytical Category; Conclusion; Afterword; Selected Bibliography; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781611173550
- 1611173558
- OCLC:
- 881305487
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