Religious fundamentalism in the contemporary world : critical social andpolitical issues / edited by Santosh C. Saha.

Religious fundamentalism and its "other" : snapshot view from the globalinformation order -- Some priority variables in the study of comparative religious politics -- Fundamentalist ideology, institutions, and the state : a formal analysis -- Religion between universal and particular : eastern Europe after 1989 -- Phases of political Islam -- Hindu revivalist cultural policies and programs in India : a critique -- Perceiving Islam : the cause and consequences of Islamophobia in western media -- Democracy vs. fundamentalism : religious politics of the Bharatiya Janata party in India -- Ethnicity and religion in Israeli politics : emergence of the Shas party -- Contesting historiographies in South Asia :the Islamization of Pakistani social studies textbooks.