Studies in Religious Fundamentalism

1. Front Matter

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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.

• Moral
• politics
• religion
• society

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

  Lionel Caplan

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