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Strong
Religion : The Rise of Fundamentalisms around the World
by Gabriel A. Almond, R. Scott Appleby, Emmanuel Sivan
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Book Description
After the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United
States, religious fundamentalism has dominated public debate as
never before. Policymakers, educators, and the general public
all want to know: Why do fundamentalist movements turn violent?
Are fundamentalisms a global threat to human rights, security,
and democratic forms of government? What is the future of
fundamentalism?
To answer questions like these, Strong Religion draws on the
results of the Fundamentalism Project, a decade-long
interdisciplinary study of antimodernist, antisecular militant
religious movements on five continents and within seven world
religious traditions. The authors of this study analyze the
various social structures, cultural contexts, and political
environments in which fundamentalist movements have emerged
around the world, from the Islamic Hamas and Hizbullah to the
Catholic and Protestant paramilitaries of Northern Ireland, and
from the Moral Majority and Christian Coalition of the United
States to the Sikh radicals and Hindu nationalists of India.
Offering a vividly detailed portrait of the cultures that
nourish such movements, Strong Religion opens a much-needed
window onto different modes of fundamentalism and identifies the
kind of historical events that can trigger them.
About the Author
Gabriel A. Almond is a professor emeritus of political science
at Stanford University and the author of numerous works,
including Progress and Its Discontents.
R. Scott Appleby is a professor of history and the John M.
Regan, Jr., director of the Joan B. Kroc Institute for
International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He
is the author of, among other books, Religious Fundamentalisms
and Global Conflict.
Emmanuel Sivan is a professor of history at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem and author of a number of books,
including Interpretations of Islam and Radical Islam..
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