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By Nezar AlSayyad,Mejgan Massoumi
The dating among urbanism and fundamentalism is a truly advanced one. This e-book explores how the dynamics of other different types of non secular fundamentalisms are produced, represented, and practiced within the urban. It makes an attempt to set up a dating among very important phenomena: the old transition of nearly all of the world’s inhabitants from a rural to an city lifestyles; and the powerful resurgence of faith as an important strength within the shaping of up to date existence in lots of elements of the realm.
Employing a transnational interrogation anchored in particular geographic areas, the members to this quantity discover the highbrow and functional demanding situations posed by means of fundamentalist teams, pursuits, and enterprises. They specialize in how convinced extremely non secular practices of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism have contributed to the remaking of worldwide city house. Their paintings means that it's a grave oversimplification to view non secular orthodoxies or doctrines because the major reason for city terrorism or violence. in its place they argue that such phenomena may be understood as a selected manifestation of modernity’s struggles.
Nezar AlSayyad and Mejgan Massoumi’s e-book presents interesting studying for these drawn to faith and town, with suggestion scary items from specialists in anthropology, geography sociology, spiritual experiences, and concrete stories.
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