Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective: Religion, Ideology, and the Crisis of Morality
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...
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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. ofJerusalem). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAURENCE J. SILBERSTEIN is Philip and Muriel Berman Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of the Berman Center for Jewish Studies at Lehigh University. He is the editor of New Perspectives on Israeli History and author of Martin Buber's Social and Religious Thought.
AcknowledgmentsIReligious Fundamentalism and Modernity: Theoretical Issues1Religion, Ideology, Modernity: Theoretical Issues in the Study of Jewish Fundamentalism32Fundamentalism: An Introduction to a General Theory273Contemporary Fundamentalism: Judaism, Christianity, Islam424Contesting Rhetorics in the PTL Scandal56IIFundamentalism and the Politics of the Middle East5Islamic Fundamentalism in the Wake of the Six Day War: Religious Self-Assertion in Political Conflict796The Resurgence of Palestinian Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza947Jewish Fundamentalism and the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse1048The Politics, Institutions, and Culture of Gush Emunim1179Jewish Zealots: Conservative versus Innovative14810Withdrawal and Conquest: Two Aspects of the Haredi Response to Modernity164IIIReligious Fundamentalism and Judaism: Selected Issues11Fundamentalism: A Jewish Traditional Perspective18312The Market Model and Religious Radicalism19213Fundamentalism and Political Development: The Case of Agudat Yisrael216About the Editor239About the Contributors241Index243
