Religious fundamentalism : global, local and personal / Peter Herriot.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-311) and indexes.

Fundamentalism is global. case study: al-qaida: a global fundamentalist movement -- Cultures and fundamentalisms. case study: civil and fundamentalist religion in Bush's America -- Fundamentalisms as social movements. case study: Gush Emunim: a nationalist fundamentalist movement -- Fundamentalist organisations. case study: the home school movement and its organisations -- Groups of fundamentalists. case study: Islamic terrorist cells -- A central identity. case study: Sayeed Qutb: ideologue and martyr -- Fundamentalist beliefs: process and contents. case study: reconstructionism: the theology of dominion -- Fundamentalist values and attitudes. case study: friends of their enemy's enemy: The Neturei Karta -- Fundamentalist behaviour: its effect on them and us. case study: different perspectives: Jack Straw and the niqab -- Fundamentalism is very different.

"Religious Fundamentalism deals with all of these four levels of analysis, uniquely combining sociological and psychological perspectives, and relating them to each other. Each chapter is followed by an in-depth case study, and these range from a close textual analysis of President George W. Bush's second inaugural speech through to a treatment of al-Qaida as a global media event." "This book provides a comprehensive social scientific perspective on a subject of immense contemporary significance, and should be of interest to both university students and to students of the contemporary world."--Jacket.