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

Contents

Contents Preface ix 1. Fundamentalism as a Sociological Problem 1 Fundamentalism and Sociology 2 Fundamentalism: A Disputed Concept 10 Fundamentalism: Toward Definition and Typology 15 Concepts and Theoretical Perspectives 20 2. Protestant Fundamentalism in the United States, 1910-1928 33 Ascetic Protestantism and Politics 34 Profile and Boundaries of the Fundamentalist Movement 39 The Ideology of Protestant Fundamentalism 47 The Carriers of Protestant Fundamentalism 71 The Causes of Protestant Fundamentalist Mobilization 85 3. Shi'ite Fundamentalism in Iran, 1961-1979 100 Iranian Shi'ism and Politics 101 Profile and Boundaries of the Fundamentalist Movement 119 vii viii Contents The Ideology of Shi'ite Fundamentalism 124 The Carriers of Shi'ite Fundamentalism 147 The Causes of Shi'ite Fundamentalist Mobilization 164 4. Fundamentalism as Radical Patriarchalism 176 Fundamentalism as Radical Traditionalism 177 Basic Patterns of Fundamentalist Ideology 178 Basic Patterns of the Carriers of Fundamentalism 184 Basic Patterns of the Causes of Mobilization 190 Fundamentalism as Radical Patriarchalism 196 Notes 209 References 231 Index 257 ...