Pious Passion: The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran

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Pious Passion Comparative Studies in Religion and Society Mark Juergensmeyer, editor 1. Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition, by Lawrence Babb 2. Saints and Virtues, edited by John Stratton Hawley 3. Utopias in Conflict: Religion and Nationalism in Modern India, by Ainslie T. Embree 4. Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn, by Karen McCarthy Brown 5. The New Cold War? Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State, by MarkJuergensmeyer 6. Pious Passion: The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran, by Martin Riesebrodt, translated by Don Reneau 7. Devi: Goddesses of India, edited by John Stratton Hawley and Donna Marie Wulff 8. Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture, by Lawrence A. Babb 9. The Challenge of Fundamentalism: Political Islam and the New World Disorder, By Bassam Tibi 10. Levelling Crowds: Ethno-nationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia, by StanleyJ. Tambiah 11. The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia, by Michael A. Sells The Emergence of Modern Fundamentalism in the United States and Iran Translated from the German by Don Reneau Pious Passion Martin Riesebrodt Berkeley Los Angeles UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS London This book is a print-on-demand volume. It is manufactured using toner in place of ink. Type and images may be less sharp than the same material seen in traditionally printed University of California Press editions. Originally published in German as Fundamentalismus ah patriarchalische Protestbewegung. © 1990 J. C. B. Mohr, Tubingen. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England First Paperback Printing 1998© 1993 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Riesebrodt, Martin. [Fundamentalismus als patriarchalische Protestbewegung. English] Pious passion : the emergence of modern fundamentalism in the United States and Iran / Martin Riesebrodt; translated from the German by Don Reneau. p. cm. — (Comparative studies in religion and society : 6) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-520-07464-5 (pbk : alk. paper) 1. Fundamentalism. 2. Shi'ites—Iran. 3. Islamic fundamentalism. 4. Islamic fundamentalism—Iran. I. Title. II. Series. BT82.2.R5413 1993 299.3'0821—dc20 92-32233 CIP Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. © To M. Rainer Lepsius This page intentionally left blank ...