Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic Nina Käsehage.

Contributor(s):

Käsehage, Nina [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: ReligionswissenschaftPublisher: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2021Edition: 1 edDescription: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9783839454855
3839454859

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religious fundamentalism in the age of pandemic.DDC classification:

306.6 23

LOC classification:

BL238 .R45 2021eb

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Cultural Wars and Communal Perseverance: Jewish Fundamentalism in Our Time -- The Impact of Covid-19 on Orthodox Groups and Believers in Russia -- Towards a Covid-Jihad -- Millennialism in the field of Jihadism -- How Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi Groups are Exploiting the Covid-19 Pandemic: New Opportunities and Challenges -- Islamic Fundamentalism Framing Politics in Mali: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Pandemic -- Global Virus, International Lamas: Tibetan Religious Leaders in the Face of the Covid-19 Crisis -- Dismantling Prejudices on Muslim Communities in Italy in Times of Pandemic: not just Religious Fundamentalism -- Religious Fundamentalism -- A Misleading Concept? -- List of figures -- List of authors

Summary: The multidisciplinary anthology Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic provides deep insights concerning the current impact of Covid-19 on various religious groups and believers around the world. Based on contributions of well-known scholars in the field of Religious Fundamentalism, the contributors offer about a window into the origins of religious fundamentalism and the development of these movements as well as the creation of the category itself. Further recommendations regarding specific (fundamentalist) religious groups and actors and their possible development within Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism round up the discussion about the rise of Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic.

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The multidisciplinary anthology Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic provides deep insights concerning the current impact of Covid-19 on various religious groups and believers around the world. Based on contributions of well-known scholars in the field of Religious Fundamentalism, the contributors offer about a window into the origins of religious fundamentalism and the development of these movements as well as the creation of the category itself. Further recommendations regarding specific (fundamentalist) religious groups and actors and their possible development within Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism round up the discussion about the rise of Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic.