Fundamentalisms and the State Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance (The Fundamentalism Project) Hardcover - 1993

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Do fundamentalisms tend toward political activism, and how
successful have they been in remaking political structures?To answer this question, the contributors to this volume
political scientists, historians of religion, anthropologists, and sociologists discuss the anti-
abortion movement, Operation Rescue in the United States, theIslamic war of resistance in Afghanistan, Shi'ite
jurisprudence in Iran, and other issues. The volumeconsiders the effect that antisecular religious movements
have had over the past twenty-five years on nationaleconomies, political parties, constitutional issues, and
international relations on five continents and within thetraditions of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism,
Hinduism, and Sikhism. Marty and Appleby conclude with asynthetic statement on the fundamentalist impact on polities,
economies, and state security.The Fundamentalism Project, Volume 3
Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby direct theFundamentalism Project. Marty, the Fairfax M. Cone
Distinguished Service Professor of the History of ModernChristianity at the University of Chicago, is the senior
editor of the "Christian Century" and the author ofnumerous books, including the multivolume "Modern American "
"Religion, " also published by the University ofChicago Press. Appleby, a research associate at the
University of Chicago, is the author of " Church and ""Age Unite! The Modernist Impulse in American "
"Catholicism.""