Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic

book: Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2021

Religious Fundamentalism in the Age of Pandemic

Edited by: Nina Käsehage
Funded by: Universitätsbibliothek Rostock

Volume 21 in the series Religionswissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839454855

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Nina Käsehage, born in 1978, is an historian and religious scholar. Since 2017, she is a senior lecturer at the Department for Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology (Faculty of Theology) at the University of Rostock. In 2018, she received her Ph.D. for her basic research about the contemporary Salafist and Jihadist milieu in Germany from the Department of Religious Studies (Faculty of Philosophy) at the Georg-August-University of Göttingen. Her main research interests are Islamic Radicalization, New Religious Movements, Qualitative Religious Research, Religious Fundamentalism, Psychology and Sociology of Religion.

Reviews

»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.«
Isabella Schwaderer, Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft, 29 (2021)

»I recommend this anthology as a guideline for both science and practice in order to strengthen ourunderstanding of religious perceptions of contagion, fear, debt, and faith that are responsible for theinteraction between certain religious groups and their environment during a pandemic.«
János Besenyo, Terrorism and Politcial Violence, 33/5 (2021)

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
Introduction Nina Käsehage Open Access Download PDF	7
Cultural Wars and Communal Perseverance: Jewish Fundamentalism in Our Time Yaakov Ariel Open Access Download PDF	25
The Impact of Covid-19 on Orthodox Groups and Believers in Russia Anastasia V. Mitrofanova Open Access Download PDF	47
Towards a Covid-Jihad – Millennialism in the field of Jihadism Nina Käsehage Open Access Download PDF	81
How Central Asian Salafi-Jihadi Groups are Exploiting the Covid-19 Pandemic: New Opportunities and Challenges Uran Botobekov Open Access Download PDF	107
Islamic Fundamentalism Framing Politics in Mali: From the Middle Ages to the Age of Pandemic Olga Torres Díaz Open Access Download PDF	149
Global Virus, International Lamas: Tibetan Religious Leaders in the Face of the Covid-19 Crisis Miguel Álvarez Ortega Open Access Download PDF	179
Dismantling Prejudices on Muslim Communities in Italy in Times of Pandemic: not just Religious Fundamentalism Barbara Lucini Open Access Download PDF	221
Religious Fundamentalism – A Misleading Concept? Peter Antes Open Access Download PDF	251
List of figures Open Access Download PDF	263
List of authors Open Access Download PDF	273

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