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Author Almond, Gabriel A. (Gabriel Abraham), 1911-2002

Title Strong religion : the rise of fundamentalisms around the world / Gabriel A. Almond, R. Scott Appleby, and Emmanuel Sivan.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2003.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  200.904 Al68s 2003    ---  Available
 Axe Kansas Collection Harmon  200.904 Al68s 2003 c.2  ---  Lib Use Only
Description ix, 281 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary Examines a variety of antimodernist, antisecular militant religious movements on five continents and within seven world religious traditions, analyzing the social structures, cultural contexts and political ramifications of fundamentalism around the world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.
Contents The enclave culture -- Fundamentalism : genus and species -- Explaining fundamentalisms : structure, chance, and choice -- Wrestling with the world : movements as emergent systems -- Testing the model : politics, ethnicity, and fundamentalist strategies -- The prospects of fundamentalism.
Subject Fundamentalism.
Added Author Appleby, R. Scott, 1956-
Sivan, Emmanuel.
ISBN 0226014983 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226014975 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226014991 (electronic)

 
    
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