Fundamentalisms and the State: Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance

Do fundamentalisms tend toward political activism, and howsuccessful have they been in remaking political structures?To answer this question, the contributors to this volume—political scientists, historians of religion,anthropologists, and sociologists—discuss the anti-abortion movement, Operation Rescue in the United States, theIslamic war of resistance in Afghanistan, Shi'itejurisprudence in Iran, and other issues. The volumeconsiders the effect that antisecular religious movementshave had over the past twenty-five years on nationaleconomies, political parties, constitutional issues, andinternational relations on five continents and within thetraditions of Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism,Hinduism, and Sikhism. Marty and Appleby conclude with asynthetic statement on the fundamentalist impact on polities,economies, and state security.The Fundamentalism Project, Volume 3Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby direct theFundamentalism Project. Marty, the Fairfax M. ConeDistinguished Service Professor of the History of ModernChristianity at the University of Chicago, is the senioreditor of the Christian Century and the author ofnumerous books, including the multivolume Modern American Religion, also published by the University ofChicago Press. Appleby, a research associate at theUniversity of Chicago, is the author of “Church and Age Unite!” The Modernist Impulse in American Catholicism.