Moaddel, Mansoor.
Religious fundamentalism in the Middle East : a cross-national, inter-faith, and inter-ethnic analysis / by Mansoor Moaddel, Stuart A. Karabenick. - xviii, 316 pages ; 25 cm. - Studies in critical social sciences, Volume 51 1573-4234 ; Studies in critical research on religion ; Volume 3 . - Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 51. Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 3. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
Introduction: Theoretical Issues in the Study of Religious Fundamentalism -- 1. Cycles of Spirituality and Discursive Space: Religious Fundamentalism in Historical Perspective -- 2. State Structure, Religion, Sect, and Ethnicity -- 3. Methodology and Macro Comparisons -- 4. Religious Fundamentalism among Youth in Egypt and Saudi Arabia: Epistemic Authority and Other Correlates -- 5. Religious Fundamentalism in Iran and Lebanon -- 6. Fundamentalism as Discourse versus Beliefs about and Attitudes toward Religion. -- Conclusions: Approaches to Fundamentalism and the Cycle of Spirituality.
"In Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East, Moaddel and Karabenick analyze fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes across nations (Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia), faith (Christianity and Islam), and ethnicity (Azari-Turks, Kurds, and Persians among Iranians), using comparative survey data. For them, fundamentalism is not just a set of religious beliefs. It is rather a set of beliefs about and attitudes toward whatever religious beliefs one has. In this analysis, the authors show that fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes vary across national contexts and individual characteristics, and predict people's orientation toward the same set of historical issues that were the concerns of fundamentalist intellectual leaders and activists. The authors' analysis reveals a "cycle of spirituality" that reinforces the critical importance of taking historical and cultural contexts into consideration to understand the role of religious fundamentalism in contemporary Middle Eastern societies."--Provided by publisher.
9789004245051 9004245057
2013020610
016416568 Uk
2000-2099
Religious fundamentalism--Middle East.
Religion.
Religious fundamentalism.
Islam.
Christentum.
Fundamentalismus.
Middle East--Religion--21st century.
Middle East.
Naher Osten.
BL1060 / .M63 2013
200.956/09051
Religious fundamentalism in the Middle East : a cross-national, inter-faith, and inter-ethnic analysis / by Mansoor Moaddel, Stuart A. Karabenick. - xviii, 316 pages ; 25 cm. - Studies in critical social sciences, Volume 51 1573-4234 ; Studies in critical research on religion ; Volume 3 . - Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 51. Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 3. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index.
Introduction: Theoretical Issues in the Study of Religious Fundamentalism -- 1. Cycles of Spirituality and Discursive Space: Religious Fundamentalism in Historical Perspective -- 2. State Structure, Religion, Sect, and Ethnicity -- 3. Methodology and Macro Comparisons -- 4. Religious Fundamentalism among Youth in Egypt and Saudi Arabia: Epistemic Authority and Other Correlates -- 5. Religious Fundamentalism in Iran and Lebanon -- 6. Fundamentalism as Discourse versus Beliefs about and Attitudes toward Religion. -- Conclusions: Approaches to Fundamentalism and the Cycle of Spirituality.
"In Religious Fundamentalism in the Middle East, Moaddel and Karabenick analyze fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes across nations (Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia), faith (Christianity and Islam), and ethnicity (Azari-Turks, Kurds, and Persians among Iranians), using comparative survey data. For them, fundamentalism is not just a set of religious beliefs. It is rather a set of beliefs about and attitudes toward whatever religious beliefs one has. In this analysis, the authors show that fundamentalist beliefs and attitudes vary across national contexts and individual characteristics, and predict people's orientation toward the same set of historical issues that were the concerns of fundamentalist intellectual leaders and activists. The authors' analysis reveals a "cycle of spirituality" that reinforces the critical importance of taking historical and cultural contexts into consideration to understand the role of religious fundamentalism in contemporary Middle Eastern societies."--Provided by publisher.
9789004245051 9004245057
2013020610
016416568 Uk
2000-2099
Religious fundamentalism--Middle East.
Religion.
Religious fundamentalism.
Islam.
Christentum.
Fundamentalismus.
Middle East--Religion--21st century.
Middle East.
Naher Osten.
BL1060 / .M63 2013
200.956/09051