Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Movements

By Richard Antoun.

Understanding Fundamentalism: Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Movements

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Fundamentalism conjures up in the popular imagination images of violence, intolerance, literal readings of ancient scriptures, anachronistic ideas of gender and sexual ethics. Understanding Fundamentalism seeks to provide fuller, more accurate pictures of these religious reactions against the modern secular world. Comparing Christian, Islamic, and Jewish fundamentalist movements, anthropologist Richard Antoun shows how all three share common characteristics. In each tradition, fundamentalists seek purity in an impure world, attempt to make the ancient past relevant to their contemporary sit...

ISBN(s)

0759100063, 9780759100060

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