By Gabriel A. Almond,R. Scott Appleby,Emmanuel Sivan

ISBN-10: 0226014975

ISBN-13: 9780226014975

ISBN-10: 0226014983

ISBN-13: 9780226014982

After the September eleven terrorist assaults opposed to the us, spiritual fundamentalism has ruled public debate as by no means ahead of. Policymakers, educators, and most people all need to know: Why do fundamentalist pursuits flip violent? Are fundamentalisms an international danger to human rights, safety, and democratic types of govt? what's the way forward for fundamentalism?

To resolution questions like those, Strong Religion attracts at the result of the Fundamentalism undertaking, a decade-long interdisciplinary examine of antimodernist, antisecular militant non secular activities on 5 continents and inside seven international non secular traditions. The authors of this research study a few of the social buildings, cultural contexts, and political environments during which fundamentalist routine have emerged around the globe, from the Islamic Hamas and Hizbullah to the Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries of Northern eire, and from the ethical Majority and Christian Coalition of the U.S. to the Sikh radicals and Hindu nationalists of India. providing a vividly distinct portrait of the cultures that nourish such pursuits, Strong Religion opens a much-needed window onto varied modes of fundamentalism and identifies the type of ancient occasions which may set off them.

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