Fundamentalism : Perspectives on a Contested History.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (295 pages)
- Studies in Comparative Religion Series .
- Studies in Comparative Religion Series .
Cover -- FUNDAMENTALISM -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Fundamentalists of the 1920s and 1930s -- 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.
Essays considering how global fundamentalism influences our understanding of modern Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.