The resurgence of religion : a comparative study of selected themes in Christian and Islamic fundamentalist discourses / / by David Zeidan.

• Superior document: Studies in the history of religions, v. 96
• Author: Zeidan, David.
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in the history of religions ; 96.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D).

This book is a comparative study of basic themes in Christian and Islamic fundamentalist discourses, analyzing and comparing texts from a wide variety of fundamentalist leaders and movements, looking for \'family resemblances\' and significant differences in order to better understand the contemporary phenomenon of religious resurgence. After placing fundamentalisms in a theoretical framework, the study looks at selected themes important to fundamentalists, noting resemblances and differences. These themes include their anti-secularist stance, their theocentric worldviews, their reliance on inerrant sacred scriptures, and their attitudes to politics, government, state and democracy. The study also looks at the fundamentalist view of the world as a perennial battlefield between the forces of good and those of evil, in the realm of ideologies as well as politics and the legitimation of violence.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / David Zeidan -- Acknowledgements / David Zeidan -- Notes / David Zeidan -- Abbreviations / David Zeidan -- Introduction / David Zeidan -- Historical Background to Protestant, Christian and Islamic Fundamentalisms / David Zeidan -- The Phenomenon of Fundamentalism: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations / David Zeidan -- Anti-Secularism as a Main Common Denominator / David Zeidan -- Sacred Scripture as God's Revealed Standard and Law / David Zeidan -- Attitudes to Religion, Politics, and the State / David Zeidan -- The Past Golden Age and Contemporary Religious Politics / David Zeidan -- The Contemporary Battle / David Zeidan -- Conclusion / David Zeidan -- Biographies of Primary Source Authors / David Zeidan -- Bibliography / David Zeidan -- Index / David Zeidan -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / David Zeidan.