Fundamentalism The Search for Meaning

Name: Fundamentalism The Search for Meaning
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ISBN: 9780192806062

ISBN-10: 0192806068

ISBN-13: 9780192806062

Edition: 2005

Authors: Malise Ruthven, University of California Staff

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Since the end of the Cold War fundamentalism has been seen as the major threat to world peace and prosperity, a concern that was exacerbated by the events of 9/11, and the War Against Terrorism . But what does Fundamentalism really mean? This is the first book to expose the real nature and spread of both secular and religious fundamentalism worldwide, and to explore the many different forms this can take. Fundamentalism is a problematic term that eludes easy definitions. Since it was coined by American Protestant evangelicals in the 1920s, the word has expanded its meaning to include radical conservatives or ideological purists in many spheres of activity, not all of them religious. Modern…

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List price: $32.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/2/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 260
Size: 5.04" wide x 7.72" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Malise Ruthven is a former editor with the BBC Arabic Service and World Service in London and is the author of Islam in the World and Islam: A Very Short Introduction.




Family Resemblances



The Scandal of Difference



The Snares of Literalism



Controlling Women



Fundamentalism and Nationalism I



Fundamentalism and Nationalism II



Conclusion


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