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7 For the importance of Clifford Geertz on particularism, see Daniel Pals, 8 Loyal Rue writes, “It is true that religion in general does not exist, but the same Theories of ReligionFlood, 1999), pp. 143–50.Beyond Phenomenology: Rethinking the Study of Religion (New York: Oxford University Press, 2006). See also Gavin (London: Cassell, Eight
9 Diana L. Eck, is true of language in general, and this has not precluded the construction of insightful general theories about the nature, origins, and the functions of lan-guage.” Loyal Rue, Press, 2005), p. 8.A New Religious America: How a “Christian Country” Has Now Religion Is Not About God (Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University
10 Eck quoting Governor Kirk Fordice of Arkansas in 1992, Become the World’s Most Religiously Diverse NationFrancisco, 2001), p. 3.America conducted in 2001 and extrapolated to population levels in 2004, Christians , p. 41. According to the American Religious Identity Survey, (New York: Harper San A New Religious
comprise 76.5 percent of the American population, non-religious or secular individuals comprise 13.2 percent, Jews comprise 1.3 percent, and Muslims, Buddhists, agnostics, the population, or slightly less. Other religions are represented in smaller percentages. atheists, and Hindus, each comprise about 0.5 percent of
11 “It is no insult to Fundamentalism to see them as militant ... Fundamentalists see themselves as militant.” M. E. Marty and R. S. Appleby, “The Fundamenta-lism Project: A User’s Guide,” in M. E. Marty and R. S. Appleby (eds.), Fundamentalism Project: Fundamentalisms ObservedChicago Press, 1991), pp. ix–x. (Chicago: University of The
12 Nancy Ammerman, “North American Protestant Fundamentalism,” in Marty 13 Nancy Ammerman, 14 Again, this is true not just of Christian hypertheists. In radical Islam, the Qur’an and Appleby, (Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987), p. 5.The Fundamentalist ProjectBible Believers: Fundamentalists in the Modern World, p. 14.
15 See Verna Ehret, “Gobalization and the Future of a Theology of Redemption: 16 See such studies as Kevin Phillips, functions in a similar way.Beyond Fundamentalism and Postmodernism” (PhD thesis: University of Iowa, 2007). American Theocracy (New York: Viking
17 Quoted from Rob Boston, “Weekend Warriors” in Books, 2006); Jim Wallis and Mel White, Danger of the Christian RightThe Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America2006). (New York: Penguin, 2006); and Ray Suarez, Religion Gone Bad: The Hidden (New York: Harper Collins, Church and State 55, no. 6
18 Dawkins, (2002): 6.The God Delusion, p. 100.Notes to Pages 151–7
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