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. It is divided into three sections: classic studies of US Christian fundamentalism, contemporary studies of US Christian fundamentalism, and fundamentalism within the contemporary Roman Catholic Church and radical Islamism.

Marci A. Hamilton is Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law in the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. She is the author of God vs. the Gavel: Religion and the Rule of Law (2005, 2007); Justice Denied: What America Must Do to Protect Its Children (2008); and numerous scholarly articles on the interplay between law, politics, and religion. She is a columnist on constitutional and church/state issues for www.findlaw.com and www.patheos.com. Mark J. Rozell is a Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is the author of numerous studies on the intersection of religion and politics.

Preface and Editors’ Introduction--Marci A. Hamilton and Mark J. Rozell * Fundamentalism: Yesterday and Today--George Marsden * Section I: Contemporary Studies of United States Protestant Fundamentalism * The Christian Right and the Politics of Abortion: The Triumph of Pragmatism?--Mark J. Rozell and Debasree Das Gupta * Premillenialists at the Millenium: Some Reflections on the Christian Right in the Twenty-first Century--Clyde Wilcox * From Darwin to Dover: An Overview of the Evolution Debate--David Masci * Sex, Sin, and Social Policy: Religion and the Sexual Politics of Abstinence-Only Programs--Susan D. Rose * Uncivil Religion: “Judeo-Christianity” and the Ten Commandments--Frederick Mark Gedicks and Roger Hendrix * In “Bad Faith”: The Corruption of Charitable Choice--Steven K. Green * Re-forming the Secular?: Theological Double-Talk and “Faith-based” Social Services--Winnifred Fallers Sullivan * Section II: Beyond United States Protestant Fundamentalism * Islamicism--M.A. Muqtedar Khan * Hinduism: The BJP and the Rise of Hindu Nationalism in India--Author TBA * Judaism--Kenneth Wald * Mormonism--Author TBA * Catholicism: Fundamentalism in the Canon Law Tradition--Thomas P. Doyle * Epilogue--John Esposito

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