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Preface[1]Introduction: A Modest Link with Major Predecessors[2]Abusing Cultural Freedom: Coercion in the Name of God 1. Coercive uses of culture 2. Religions and believers 3. Coercive ideologies are alike 4. Why is coercive religion on the rise? 5. The slippery slope to religious extremism 6. Can the threat from coercive religions be tackled?[3]Modernity and Multiculturalism: The Growing Impact of Religion 1. Modernity, secularization, and religious revival 2. Multiculturalism: solution or problem? 3. Case studies 4. Cultures, civilizations, and religion 5. Where does this leave us with multiculturalism?[4]Religion and Human Rights 1. Setting the scene 2. Religion: some broader issues of relevance 3. Human Rights 4. The Abrahamic religions and Human Rights 5. Implications[5]Religion and Authority: The Case of the Roman Catholic Church 1. Introduction 2. The innovative ideas of the 1960s 3. Humanae Vitae: the beginning of the reaction 4. Authority emerges as the touchstone of the possible 5. Futile Latin American challenges to authority 6. The issue is settled[6]Islam: Fundamentalism in Mainstream Clothing? 1. Sunni and Shi'a, Islam's two main strands 2. Are there three styles of Islam? 3. The conviction of superiority 4. Interpreting mainstream Islam 5. Islamic rules and gender 6. Modern approaches to Islam 7. Can Islam as a whole modernize?[7]The Long Arm of Jewish Fundamentalism 1. How do we define fundamentalism for the Jewish case? 2. A brief comparative perspective: Judaism and Islam 3. A rapid historical overview of Jewish fundamentalism 4. The quietist Haredim in the Diaspora and Israel 5. The activists: Gush Emunim and the Land of Israel 6. Christian Zionism 7. The most extreme form: Kahane and Kach 8. Transmitting and disseminating the God-given truth 9. How fundamentalism affects Jewish life10. The porous boundaries between fundamentalism, tradition, and reform[8]Some ConclusionsBibliographyGlossaryIndex