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Jewish fundamentalism in comparative perspective : religion, ideology, and the crisis of modernity / edited by Laurence J. Silberstein.

Contributor(s): Silberstein, Laurence J. (Laurence Jay), 1936-
Material type: TextTextSeries: New perspectives on Jewish studies: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, [1993]Copyright date: ©1993Description: x, 248 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0814779662 (cloth) :; 0814779670 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Orthodox Judaism -- Israel -- Congresses | Judaism and politics -- Congresses | Jewish-Arab relations -- Religious aspects -- Congresses | Judaism -- 20th century -- Congresses | Fundamentalism -- Congresses | Islamic fundamentalism -- Congresses | Religion and politics -- CongressesDDC classification: 296/.09/04 LOC classification: BM390 | .J48 1993Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Religion, ideology, modernity / Laurence J. Silberstein -- Fundamentalism : an introduction to a general theory / James Davison Hunter -- Contemporary fundamentalism / Hava Lazarus-Yafeh -- Contesting rhetorics in the PTL scandal / Susan Harding -- Islamic fundamentalism in the wake of the Six Day War / James Piscatori -- The resurgence of Palestinian Islamic fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza / Elie Rekhess -- Jewish fundamentalism and the Israeli-Palestinian impasse / Ian S. Lustick -- The politics, institutions, and culture of Gush Emunim / Ehud Sprinzak -- Jewish zealots / Menachem Friedman -- Withdrawal and conquest / Gerald Cromer -- Fundamentalism : a Jewish traditional perspective / Aaron Kirschenbaum -- The market model and religious radicalism / Menachem Friedman -- Fundamentalism and political development / Alan L. Mittleman.

"The original impetus for this volume arose out of a conference on "Fundamentalism as a Political Force in the Middle East," sponsored by the Berman Center at Lehigh University in May 1989 and a seminar series ... held ... during the 1988-89 academic year"--p. ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion, ideology, modernity / Laurence J. Silberstein -- Fundamentalism : an introduction to a general theory / James Davison Hunter -- Contemporary fundamentalism / Hava Lazarus-Yafeh -- Contesting rhetorics in the PTL scandal / Susan Harding -- Islamic fundamentalism in the wake of the Six Day War / James Piscatori -- The resurgence of Palestinian Islamic fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza / Elie Rekhess -- Jewish fundamentalism and the Israeli-Palestinian impasse / Ian S. Lustick -- The politics, institutions, and culture of Gush Emunim / Ehud Sprinzak -- Jewish zealots / Menachem Friedman -- Withdrawal and conquest / Gerald Cromer -- Fundamentalism : a Jewish traditional perspective / Aaron Kirschenbaum -- The market model and religious radicalism / Menachem Friedman -- Fundamentalism and political development / Alan L. Mittleman.

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