Studies in Religious Fundamentalism [Paperback]

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.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