Antifundamentalism in Modern America Contributor(s): Watt, David Harrington (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801448271 ISBN-13: 9780801448270 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Fundamentalism - Religion | History - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion |
Dewey: 200.973 |
LCCN: 2016048570 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.13 lbs) 240 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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Publisher Description:
For almost fifty years, the concept of fundamentalism was linked almost exclusively to Protestant Christians. The overthrow of the Shah of Iran and the establishment of an Islamic republic led to a more elastic understanding of the nature of fundamentalism. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Americans became accustomed to using fundamentalism as a way of talking about Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs, and Buddhists, as well as Christians. Many Americans came to see Protestant fundamentalism as an expression of a larger phenomenon that was wreaking havoc all over the world. Antifundamentalism in Modern America is the first book to provide an overview of the way that the fear of fundamentalism has shaped U.S. culture, and it will lead readers to rethink their understanding of what fundamentalism is and what it does. |
Contributor Bio(s): Watt, David Harrington: - David Harrington Watt teaches at Haverford College, where he is the Douglas and Dorothy Steere Professor of Quaker Studies. He is the author of Bible-Carrying Christians Conservative Protestants and Social Power and A Transforming Faith Explorations of Twentieth-Century American Evangelicalism and coeditor of Fundamentalism Perspectives on a Contested History. |