Fundamentalism - Perspectives on a Contested History

Thirty years after the Iranian Revolution and more than a decade since the events of 2001, the time is right to examine what the discourse on fundamentalism has achieved and where it might head from here. In this volume Simon A. Wood and David Harrington Watt offer eleven interdisciplinary perspectives framed by the debate between advocates and critics of the concept of fundamentalism that investigate it with regard to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

About the author

David Harrington Watt is a professor of history at Temple University and author of A Transforming Faith: Explorations of Twentieth-Century American Evangelicalism and Bible-Carrying Christians: Conservative Protestants and Social Power.

Summary

Essays considering how global fundamentalism influences our understanding of modern Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

Product details

• Authors: Simon A. (EDT)/ Watt Wood
• Assisted by: David Harrington Watt (Editor), Simon A Wood (Editor), Simon A. Wood (Editor)
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2014
• EAN: 9781611173543
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-354-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Studies in Comparative Religion; Studies in Comparative Religio; Studies in Comparative Religion; Studies in Comparative Religio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works