In recent decades, religious fundamentalism has played an
increasingly significant role in Western and Middle Eastern
politics and culture. In this volume, an international group of
scholars from fields such as religious studies, sociology,
political science, history, and anthropology explore diverse
dimensions of religious fundamentalism and relate it to a range of
cultural and political issues. Although the focus is on
fundamentalism in its Jewish guise, the methodological and
comparative emphases make it valuable to specialists in a variety
of fields.
Among the issues examined are: the characteristics that link
fundamentalist movements within various religious traditions; the
study of fundamentalist motifs as they appear specifically in
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (and whether or not this is a
useful approach); the relationship between religion and modernity;
the impact of fundamentalism on the Arab-Israeli conflict; and the
interaction of modern Jewish fundamentalist movements with
traditional Judaism. The book also provides important insights into
the emergence of religious fundamentalism as a powerful social and
political force in Jewish life, particularly in Israel.
Contributing to the volume are: Gerald Cromer (Bar-Ilan Univ.),
Menachem Friedman (Bar-Ilan Univ.), Susan Harding (Univ. of
California, Santa Cruz), James Davison Hunter (Univ. of Virginia),
Aaron Kirschenbaum (Tel Aviv University), Hava Larazus-Yafeh
(Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem), Ian Lustick (Univ. of Pennsylvania),
Alan Mittleman (Muhlenberg College), James Piscatori (Univ. College
of Wales), Elie Rekhess (Tel Aviv Univ.), Laurence J. Silberstein
(Lehigh Univ.), and Ehud Sprinzak (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem).
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