Pious Passion: The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran Volume 6

by Martin Riesebrodt

Book Overview

Martin Riesebrodt's unconventional study provides an extraordinary look at religious fundamentalism. Comparing two seemingly disparate movements--in early twentieth-century United States and 1960s and 1970s Iran--he examines why these movements arose and developed. He sees them not simply as protests against "modernity" per se, but as a social and moral community's mobilization against its own marginalization and threats to its way of life. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520074645
• ISBN13: 9780520074644
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Sharp social analysis

Riesebrodt compares social processes which gave birth to two so-called fundamentalist movements. He systematically and with quite great detail investigates similarities -- and differences -- between the contexts of these movements. The topic is handled without disturbing passion which this kind of politically sensitive subject easily raises. Results of the study are easily accessible and logical. This research doesn't leave room for needless guessing. A model example for cool, hard-working and honest social science.