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Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction

Fundamentalism: A Very Short Introduction

Ruthven, Malise

Paperback

Series: Very Short Introductions

Comparative ReligionReligion General General Sociology

Publisher Price: $12.99

ISBN10: 0199212708
ISBN13: 9780199212705
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Feb 8 2007
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.39 Width: 5.00 Depth: 6.88
Language: English
Fundamentalism is seen as the major threat to world peace today, a conclusion impossible to ignore since the events in New York on September 11, 2001. But what does fundamentalism really mean?

Since it was coined by American Protestant evangelicals in the 1920s, the use of the term fundamentalist has expanded to include a diverse range of radical conservatives and ideological purists, not all religious. Fundamentalism could now mean both militant Israeli settlers as well as the Islamist radicals who oppose them, it can mean Christians, Hindus, animal liberationists, and even Buddhist nationalists. Here, Middle East expert Malise Ruthven investigates fundamentalism's historical, social, religious, political, and ideological roots, and tackles the polemic and stereotypes surrounding this complex phenomena--one that eludes simple definition, yet urgently needs to be understood.

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