Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic

• Other Authors: Käsehage, Nina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
• Series: Religionswissenschaft 21
• Subjects: Religion: general; Religious fundamentalism; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; 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
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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.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (278 p.)

ISBN

9783839454855
9783837654851

Access

Open Access