Studies in Religious Fundamentalism

by Lionel Caplan (Editor)

Overview

This book, which brings together nine studies of fundamentalism in disparate religions and regional contexts, examines the specific circumstances nurturing such beliefs and practices, and explores the possibilities for cross-cultural insights into this widespread phenomenon in the contemporary world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349088324
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1987
Edition description:	1st ed. 1987
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lionel Caplan is a reader in the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Table of Contents

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; L.Caplan - The Quest for the Islamic State: Islamic Fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran; S.Zubaida - 'Thank God we're Secular!': Aspects of Fundamentalism in a Turkish Town; N.Tapper & R.Tapper - A Case of Fundamentalism in West Africa: Wahabism in Bamako; J.Amselle (translator D.Taylor - Rethinking Fundamentalism: the Readjustment of Jewish Society in the Modern World; J.Webber - The Khalsa Resurrected: Sikh Fundamentalism in the Punjab; A.Dietrich - Incipient Fundamentalism: Religion and Politics among Sri Lankan Hindus in Britain; D.Taylor - Fundamentalism as Counter-culture: Protestants in Urban South India; L.Caplan - The Moral Majority: the Politics of Fundamentalism in Secular Society; S.Bruce - Fundamentalism and Modernity: the Restoration Movement in Britain; A.Walker - Index