Pious Passion - The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran

"For all who want to make sense of fundamentalism as a long-term consequence of the modern world, Pious Passion will be required reading. It is also enjoyable, abounding in cogent arguments set forth in lucid prose and supported by compelling examples."—Bruce B. Lawrence, author of Defenders of God

"Riesebrodt's trenchant analysis brings the comparative study of religious activism to a new level of sophistication, exploring not only the ideological development of fundamentalist movements but also the changes in social structure that produced them. Pious Passion is a signal event in the modern social sciences, for it helps to establish a new academic field—the comparative study of fundamentalism."—Mark Juergensmeyer, author of The New Cold War?

About the author

Martin Riesebrodt is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. Don Reneau is a translator based in Berkeley, California.

Summary

A study of religious fundamentalism comparing two seemingly disparate movements - one in the US during the early-20th century, the other in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s. The book examines their origins and views them as a community's social and moral mobilization against its own marginalization.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Riesebrodt, Riesebrodt Martin
• Assisted by: Don Reneau (Translation), Reneau Don (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1998
• EAN: 9780520074644
• ISBN: 978-0-520-07464-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Comparative Studies in Religion and Society; Comparative Studies in Religion and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Iran, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, comparative religion, RELIGION / Theology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, Theology, United States of America, USA, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology