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Karen Armstrong brilliantly and sympathetically shows readers how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish.

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Jerusalem's Temple Mount is the holiest site in the world and the place where today's apocalyptic fever could most easily erupt into real-life ... More

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Olivier Roy, world-renowned authority on Islam and politics, finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and socio-cultural ... More

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Pakistan, the likely home of Osama Bin Laden and safe house for the Taliban forces fighting NATO in Afghanistan, stands on the front line of the war ... More

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As surprisingly large numbers of Christian men began arriving in Washington, D.C., for a 1997 Promise Keepers rally, observers were divided over ... More

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Fundamentalism conjures up in the popular imagination images of violence, intolerance, literal readings of ancient scriptures, anachronistic ideas of ... More

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Topical and important Key Concepts volumeLively and accessible analysis of the full range of fundamentalismsNow updated to include discussions of the ... More

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This book takes a new look at one of the most contentious periods in American history. The battles over schools that surrounded the famous Scopes ... More

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Featuring a brand new examination of Islamic fundamentalism in the wake of the Arab Spring, this fully revised and updated second edition of Islamic ... More

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Leading comparative sociologist's major statement on the relationship between modernity, revolution and religion.

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Analysis of the nationally broadcast radio program "Focus on the Family" that argues that the Christian right's popularity stems from its resistance ... More

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Do fundamentalisms tend toward political activism, and how successful have they been in remaking political structures? To answer this question, the ... More

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Under the auspices of top international commentators, The Freedom to do God's Will considers the global impact of fundamentalism on religious ... More

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How does a religious fundamentalist come to embrace a counter-cultural world view? Fundamentalism can be analysed from a variety of perspectives. It ... More

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"Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century". Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way ... More

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A brief, comprehensive, and balanced introduction to major trends in the academic study of fundamentalism, aimed at both college and seminary ... More

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Due to frequent misrepresentation in the media, fundamentalist groups are often misunderstood. Fundamentalism explores the many ways the term ... More

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Christian lay reader, antiquarian bookseller and mystical philosopher Gilbert examines the battle lines that have been drawn between orthodoxy and ... More

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The relationship between Protestant fundamentalists and mass culture is often considered complex and ambiguous. "Selling the Old-Time Religion" ... More

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In the 1990s, Marilyn Agee developed one of the most well-known amateur evangelical websites focused on the "End Times," The Bible Prophecy Corner. ... More

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Boundaries of Faith explores religious fundamentalism as a social and cultural phenomenon, one whose influence has spread dramatically in recent ... More

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"Being the Chosen" explores Christian fundamentalism in the USA, focusing in particular on the belief system of Protestant fundamentalists. ... More

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In this book, Jim Owen examines historic fundamentalist magazines and journals to determine why there is such a radical disparity between what ... More

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Fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful forces at work in the world. However, it remains incomprehensible to large numbers of people. ... More

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The term fundamentalism carries a wide range of meanings, some of them pejorative. Here it is used to refer to what the French call 'integrism', ... More

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