Fundamentalism, Politics, and the Law

This book studies the phenomenon of fundamentalism in the United States. It contains historical and contemporary scholarly analysis of the Christian movements that emerged around the time of the Moral Majority.

Autorentext
MARK J. ROZELL Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, USA.

MARCI A. HAMILTON Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law in the Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, USA.

Inhalt
Preface and Editors' Introduction; M.A.Hamilton & M.J.Rozell Fundamentalism: Yesterday and Today; G.Marsden SECTION I: CONTEMPORARY STUDIES OF UNITED STATES PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTALISM The Christian Right and the Politics of Abortion: The Triumph of Pragmatism?; M.J.Rozell & D.Das Gupta Premillenialists at the Millennium: Some Reflections on the Christian Right in the Twenty-first Century; C.Wilcox From Darwin to Dover: An Overview of the Evolution Debate; D.Masci Sex, Sin, and Social Policy: Religion and the Sexual Politics of Abstinence-Only Programs; S.D.Rose Uncivil Religion: 'Judeo-Christianity' and the Ten Commandments; F.M.Gedicks & R.Hendrix In 'Bad Faith': The Corruption of Charitable Choice; S.K.Green Re-forming the Secular?: Theological Double-Talk and 'Faith-based' Social Services; W.F.Sullivan SECTION II: BEYOND UNITED STATES PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTALISM Islamicism; M.A.M.Khan Hinduism: The BJP and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India; Author TBA Judaism; K.Wald Mormonism; Author TBA Catholicism: Fundamentalism in the Canon Law Tradition; T.P.Doyle Epilogue; J.Esposito