Fundamentalisms and society : reclaiming the sciences, the family, and education / edited by Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby.

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [1993], ©1993.

ix, 592 pages ; 27 cm.

"Sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences."

Introduction : A sacred cosmos, scandalous code, defiant society / Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby -- pt. 1. Worldviews, science, and technology: Religious fundamentalism and the sciences / Everett Mendelsohn -- The creationist cosmos of Protestant fundamentalism / James Moore -- The worldview of Sunni Arab fundamentalists : attitudes toward modern science and technology / Bassam Tibi -- Islam and modernity : the reconstruction of an alternative Shi'ite Islamic worldview in Iran / Farbang Rajaee --

pt. 2. Family and interpersonal relationships: The impact of fundamentalisms on women, the family, and interpersonal relations / Helen Hardacre -- Reshaping personal relations in Egypt / Andrea B. Rugh -- Obedience versus autonomy : women and fundamentalism in Iran and Pakistan / Shabla Haeri -- Building "fundamentalism" from the family in Latin America / Jorge E. Maldonado -- Plural marriage and Mormon fundamentalism / D. Michael Quinn -- The new religions, family, and society in Japan / Helen Hardacre --

pt. 3. Education and media: Fundamentalist impact on education and the media : an overview / Majid Tehranian -- Islamic fundamentalism in Iran and the discourse of development / Majid Tehranian -- Jewish fundamentalism in Israeli education / Michael Rosenak -- The evangelical awakening in Guatemala : fundamentalism and education in the United States / Susan Rose and Quentin Schultz -- Christian fundamentalism and education in the United States / Susan Rose -- The two faces of fundamentalist higher education / Quentin Schultze -- Hindu revivalism and education in north-central India / Krishna Kumar -- Fundamentalism and the world of the 1990s / William H. McNeill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.