Religious fundamentalism in the Middle East [electronic resource] : a cross-national, inter-faith, and inter-ethnic analysis / by Mansoor Moaddel, Stuart A. Karabenick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moaddel, Mansoor.

Contributor:

Karabenick, Stuart A.

Series:

Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 3.

Studies in critical social sciences, 1573-4234 ; v. 51

Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious fundamentalism--Middle East.

Religious fundamentalism.

Middle East--Religion--21st century.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East , Moaddel and Karabenick analyze fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes across nations (Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia), faith (Christianity and Islam), and ethnicity (Azari-Turks, Kurds, and Persians among Iranians), using comparative survey data. For them, fundamentalism is not just a set of religious beliefs. It is rather a set of beliefs about and attitudes toward whatever religious beliefs one has. In this analysis, the authors show that fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes vary across national contexts and individual characteristics, and predict people's orientation toward the same set of historical issues that were the concerns of fundamentalist intellectual leaders and activists. The authors' analysis reveals a \'cycle of spirituality\' that reinforces the critical importance of taking historical and cultural contexts into consideration to understand the role of religious fundamentalism in contemporary Middle Eastern societies.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Theoretical Issues in the Study of Religious Fundamentalism

Cycles of Spirituality and Discursive Space: Religious Fundamentalism in Historical Perspective

State Structure, Religion, Sect, and Ethnicity

Methodology and Macro Comparisons

Religious Fundamentalism among Youth in Egypt and Saudi Arabia: Epistemic Authority and Other Correlates

Religious Fundamentalism in Iran and Lebanon

Fundamentalism as Discourse versus Beliefs about and Attitudes toward Religion

Conclusions Approaches to Fundamentalism and the Cycle of Spirituality

References

Youth Survey in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, 2005

World Values Survey in Iran, 2005

World Values Survey in Lebanon, 2008

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-24506-5

OCLC:

853564816

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004245068 DOI