Religious fundamentalism in the contemporary world : critical social and political issues
Conntributors to this volume tackle the question of how to define the contours of current religious fundamentalism, examining the private & public postures of fundamentalist rhetoric, the importance of its regional variants, & the damage it can do to regional & national educaton systems
334 p.
9780739107607, 0739107607
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Part 1 Approaches to Fundamentalisms Chapter 2 Religious Fundamentalism and its "other:" Snapshot View from the Global Information Order Chapter 3 Some Priority Variables in the Study of Comparative Religious Politics Chapter 4 Fundamentalist Ideology, Institutions, and the State: A Formal Analysis Chapter 5 Religions Between Universal and Particular: Eastern Europe After 1989 Part 6 Regional Fundamentalisms Chapter 7 Phases of Political Islam Chapter 8 Contesting Historiographies in South Asia: The Islamization of Pakistani Social Studies Textbooks Chapter 9 Hindu Revivalist Cultural Policies and Programs in India: A Critique Chapter 10 Perceiving Islam: The Cause and Consequences of Islamophobia in Western Media Chapter 11 Democracy v. Fundamentalism: Religious Politics of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India Chapter 12 Ethnicity and Religion in Israeli Politics: Emergence of the Shas Party