Armstrong, Karen
Summary: No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. The author's short history offers a vital corrective to this narrow view. The distillation of years of thinking and writing about Islam, it demonstrates that the world's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Belief Rel ArmstrongArmstrong, Karen.
Summary: This program shows us how and why fundamentalist groups came into existence and what they yearn to accomplish. Focusing on Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim fundamentalism, the author examines the ways in which these movements, while not monolithic, have each sprung from a dread of modernity-- and often in response to assault, sometimes unwitting, sometimes intentional, by the mainstream society.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2004