Fundamentalism in the modern world Volume 1 : fundamentalism, politics, and history: the state, globalisation and political ideologies
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London :
I.B. Tauris ,
c2011
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Quran, the constitution, 'the natural' : divisive concepts within scholarly Islam - 2. Fundamentalism, ultimate truth, absolutism, inerrancy and armed conflict in Sri Lanka - 3. The turn to fundamentalism : the significance of religious ideology in state-formation and nation-building in south Asia - 4. Theravada Buddhism as a solution to power legitimization in contemporary Myanmar - 5. Waiting for the twelfth imam : contemporary apocalyptic Shiite literature and speculation in Lebanon and Iran - 6. The Serbian orthodox church : between traditionalism and fundamentalism - 7. Exploring contemporary (Christian) religious fundamentalism : the contest for public influence between neo-Pentecostals and the powers of globalization - 8. The spark of revolution : charismatic authority in Sayyid Qutb's Qur'anic exegesis - 9. Conspiracy theories as conduits of fundamentalist ideologies : the protocols of the elders of Zion - 10. 'Every man and women is god's caliph' : the rise of the Islamic democratic mainstream - 11. The Islamic action front : democracy, Islamism and neo-fundamentalism - 12. Fundamentalism and the Baha'i community : definitions and social dynamics