FUNDAMENTALISMS OBSERVED Volume One

EDITED BY MARTIN E. MARTY AND R. SCOTT APPLEBY

ISBN 10: 0226508781 / ISBN 13: 9780226508788

Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FUNDAMENTALISMS OBSERVED Volume One
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226508781
• ISBN 13: 9780226508788
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New
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  • Religion

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Synopsis

This volume is an encyclopedic introduction to movements of religious reaction in the twentieth century. The fourteen chapters are thematically linked by a common set of concerns: the social, political, cultural, and religious contexts in which these movements were born; the particular world-views, systems of thought, and beliefs that govern each movement; the ways in which leaders and group members make sense of and respond to the challenges of the modern, postcolonial era in world history.

The contributors include sociologists, cultural anthropologists, and historians, some of whom have been participant-observers in the groups under consideration. As an analysis of the global resurgence of religion, Fundamentalisms Observed sheds new light on current religious movements and cultures from North America to the Far East.

About the Author

Martin E. Marty is co-director of the Fundamentalism Project and the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of the History of modern Christianity at the University of Chicago. He is the senior editor of Christian Century. His many books include the multivolume Modern American Religion, also published by the University of Chicago Press.