Table of Contents

1: Family Resemblances
2: The Scandal of Difference
3: The Snares of Literalism
4: Controlling Women
5: Fundamentalism and Nationalism I
6: Fundamentalism and Nationalism II
7: Conclusion

About the Author

A former scriptwriter at the BBC, Malise Ruthven has taught at the University of Aberdeen, at the University of California, San Diego, and at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Islam in the World; The Divine Supermarket: Shopping for God in America; Islam: A Very Short Introduction; and A Fury for God: The Islamist Attack on America. Now a full-time writer, he divides his time between London and Normandy.

Reviews

`This is a gentle, civilised book, written with some style. I enjoyed reading it.'
Sasthi Brata, Spectator 10/04/2004
`The first clear definition of this indispensable yet misused term.'
Anoush Ehteshami, University of Durham
`... an important contribution to the current political and cultural debates about Islam and the West, religious extremism, and the changing identity of supposedly secular societies.'
R. Scott Appleby, University of Notre Dame