Religious fundamentalism in the Middle East : a cross-national, inter-faith, and inter-ethnic analysis / / by Mansoor Moaddel, Stuart A. Karabenick.

• Superior document: Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 3
• Author: Moaddel, Mansoor.
• TeilnehmendeR: Karabenick, Stuart A.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in critical social sciences, v. 51; Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; v. 3.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004245065
• ISSN: 1573-4234
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Mansoor Moaddel, Stuart A. Karabenick.

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.