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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476908403321

Titolo

Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic / Nina Käsehage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021

ISBN

9783839454855

3839454859

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

Religionswissenschaft

Disciplina

200

Soggetti

Category Formation

Christian Fundamentalism

Contemporary Buddhism

COVID-19

Islamic Fundamentalism

Jewish Fundamentalism

Pandemic

Psychology of Religion

Religion and Politics

Religion and Law

Religious Fundamentalism

Sociology of Religion

Religion

Politics

Religious Studies

Fundamentalism

Contemporary History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.

»Das Buch ist im Lichte der nach wie vor nicht abgewendeten Bedrohung durch das Virus eine sehr interessante und erhellende Lektüre, die globale Verflechtungen [...] aufzeigt und darüber hinaus eine wertvolle Auswertung sehr heterogenen Materials aus dem Bereich der religiösen Extremismusforschung beispielhaft anbietet.«

»I recommend this anthology as a guideline for both science and practice in order to strengthen our understanding of religious perceptions of contagion, fear, debt, and faith that are responsible for the interaction between certain religious groups and their environment during a pandemic.«

»Overall, it is an important book which draws our attention to the rise in religious fundatmentalism and the way fundamentalist groups responded to the pandemic.«

»The volume should be useful for both academics and P/CVE practitioners who arengaged with radicalization and religious extremism.«