Fundamentalism 2e Bruce Hardback Polity Press 9780745640754

FundamentalismAuthor(s): Steve Bruce\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9780745640754, 978-0745640754\nSynopsis\nThe new edition of Steve Bruces Fundamentalism grapples with the combination of social strains and religious ideas that have produced an explosion of fundamentalist activity in the wake of 9/11. \n \n\n In a direct and punchy style, the new edition of his book investigates what lies behind the actions of Al-Qaeda, suicide bombings and the war against terror, and also gets to grips with the continuing rise of the Christian Right in the USA. It offers new insights into the Protestant fundamentalism of the American political right-wing, looking at the influence issues such as abortion, gay rights and intelligent design have had on US foreign policy and domestic politics.\n\n \n\n Bruces broad sociological analysis rejects the narrowly-conceived notion that fundamentalists are suffering from some kind of abnor.