Description
Religious fundamentalism and its effects are something no government or individual can now afford to ignore
Responses to religious faiths are important political and personal issues at the moment, as shown by violence and riots in Bradford and Oldham, New York and Washington, and the continuing Israel/Palestine conflict
Unusual in its global coverage of religious traditions including Mormonism, Hinduism and Buddhism as well as Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
Also examines fundamentalism from frequently neglected social and human rights perspectives
Contributorsr include international scholars with specific local or academic knowledge of the faiths and places under discussion
Table of Contents
Gerrie ter Haar, Institute of Social Studies, Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change; Abdullahi Ahmed An-na'im, Emory University, Georgia, Islamic Fundamentalism and Social Change; Sharifah Zaleha binti Syed Hassan, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia, Strategies to Public Participation: Women and Islamic fundamentalism in Malaysia; Alice Shalvi, Seminary of Judaic Studies, Jerusalem, 'Renew Our Days as of Old'; Nancy T. Ammerman, Hartford Seminary, Re-Awakening a Sleeping Giant; Walter E. A. van Beek, University of Utrecht; Pathways of Fundamentalization; H. L. Seneviratne, University of Virginia, The Monk's New Robes; Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad, Lancaster University, Being Hindu and/or Governing India?; R. Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame, Religions, Human Rights and Social Change; James J. Busuttil, Institute of Social Studies, Policy Responses to Religious Fundamentalism
