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The battle for God
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Reveals how the fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were born out of a dread of modernity.
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- Creator
- Karen Armstrong
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First Ballantine Books edition
- New York : Ballantine Books, 2001
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 442, [7] pages ; 21 cm
- ISBNs
- 0345391691, 9780345391698
- OCLC
- ocm45881834
- Includes at end: The battle for God : a reader's guide / Karen Armstrong.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-424) and index.
- A new preface -- Introduction -- Part 1. The old world and the new. Jews : the precursors (1492-1700) ; Muslims : the conservative spirit (1492-1799) ; Christians : brave new world (1492-1870) ; Jews and Muslims modernize (1700-1870) -- Part 2. Fundamentalism. Battle lines (1870-1900) ; Fundamentals (1900-25) ; Counterculture (1925-60) ; Mobilization (1960-74) ; The offensive (1974-79) ; Defeat? (1979-99) -- Afterword -- Glossary