Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Ideology, and the Crisis of Morality
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Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Ideology, and the Crisis of Morality
Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Ideology, and the Crisis of Morality

Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Ideology, and the Crisis of Morality

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Laurence J. Silberstein (Contributor)  

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In recent decades, religious fundamentalism has played an increasingly significant role in Western and Middle Eastern politics and culture. In this volume, an international group of scholars from fields such as religious studies, sociology, political science, history, and anthropology explore diverse dimensions of religious fundamentalism and relate it to a range of cultural and political issues. Although the focus is on fundamentalism in its Jewish guise, the methodological and comparative emphases make it valuable to specialists in a variety of fields. Among the issues examined are: the characteristics that link fundamentalist movements within various religious traditions; the study of fundamentalist motifs as they appear specifically in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (and whether or not this is a useful approach); the relationship between religion and modernity; the impact of fundamentalism on the Arab-Israeli conflict; and the interaction of modern Jewish fundamentalist movements with traditional Judaism. The book also provides important insights into the emergence of religious fundamentalism as a powerful social and political force in Jewish life, particularly in Israel. Contributing to the volume are: Gerald Cromer (Bar-Ilan Univ.), Menachem Friedman (Bar-Ilan Univ.), Susan Harding (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), James Davison Hunter (Univ. of Virginia), Aaron Kirschenbaum (Tel Aviv University), Hava Larazus-Yafeh (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem), Ian Lustick (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Alan Mittleman (Muhlenberg College), James Piscatori (Univ. College of Wales), Elie Rekhess (Tel Aviv Univ.), Laurence J. Silberstein (Lehigh Univ.), and Ehud Sprinzak (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem).
Laurence J. Silberstein is Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies at Lehigh University, where he directs the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies.
  • Contributor: Laurence J. Silberstein
  • Imprint: New York University Press
  • ISBN13: 9780814779668
  • Number of Pages: 258
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 481
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: New York University Press
  • Release Date: 1993-02-01
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Laurence J. Silberstein is Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies at Lehigh University, where he directs the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies.

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