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Studies in Religious Fundamentalism

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Lionel Caplan

    1. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Lionel Caplan
    Pages 1-24

  3. The Quest for the Islamic State: Islamic Fundamentalism in Egypt and Iran

    • Sami Zubaida
    Pages 25-50

  4. Thank God We’re Secular!’ Aspects of Fundamentalism in a Turkish Town

    • Richard Tapper, Nancy Tapper
    Pages 51-78

  5. A Case of Fundamentalism in West Africa: Wahabism in Bamako

    • Jean-Loup Amselle
    Pages 79-94

  6. Rethinking Fundamentalism: the Readjustment of Jewish Society in the Modern World

    • Jonathan Webber
    Pages 95-121

  7. The Khalsa Resurrected: Sikh Fundamentalism in the Punjab

    • Angela Dietrich
    Pages 122-137

  8. Incipient Fundamentalism: Religion and Politics among Sri Lankan Hindus in Britain

    • Donald Taylor
    Pages 138-155

  9. Fundamentalism as Counter-culture: Protestants in Urban South India

    • Lionel Caplan
    Pages 156-176

  10. The Moral Majority: the Politics of Fundamentalism in Secular Society

    • Steve Bruce
    Pages 177-194

  11. Fundamentalism and Modernity: the Restoration Movement in Britain

    • Andrew Walker
    Pages 195-210

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 211-216
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This book, which brings together nine studies of fundamentalism in disparate religions and regional contexts, examines the specific circumstances nurturing such beliefs and practices, and explores the possibilities for cross-cultural insights into this widespread phenomenon in the contemporary world.

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  • School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

    Lionel Caplan

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