Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: Revival of Religious Fundamentalism in East and West

by Bronisaw Misztal and Anson Shupe

This volume proposes that across many cultures, the revival of religious fundamentalism is a response to the globalization of economies and markets, the weakening of the autonomy of national political sovereignties, and the corruption of cultural autonomy because global information systems are intruding upon regional and ethnic symbolic orders and modes of discourse. Editors Bronislaw Misztal and Anson Shupe bring together theoretical and empirical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027594218X
• ISBN13: 9780275942182
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.8"