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10.
Der Id
(Yiddish weekly of Satmar Hassidim, published in New York City) (May 11, 1984).

11. Many illustrations of this can be found in J. Katz,
Exclusiveness and Tolerance: Jewish-Gentile Relations in Medieval and Modern Times
(London, 1961, New York, 1962).

12. For a detailed treatment of this subject, see M. Friedman,
Society and Religion,
pp. 14684.

13. Hamizrahi (short for "spiritual counter" in Hebrew), founded by Rabbi Isaac Reines in 1902, expressed the desire of Orthodox circles in Judaism to be integrated into the activity of the Zionist movement and to adapt to the values and ways of life of modern society, while also maintaining a binding affinity to
halakhah
.

14. Rabbi Kook served as the first chief rabbi of Palestine (192135). On his philosophical outlook see especially Z. Yaron,
Mishnato shel ha-Rav Kook
(Jerusalem, 1974).

15. For a detailed treatment of this subject, see M. Friedman, "The NRP in Transition: Behind the Party's Decline," in
The Roots of Begin's Success: The 1981 Israeli Election,
ed. D. Caspi et al. (London and New York, 1984), pp. 14168.

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Contributors

Ervand Abrahamian, a professor of history at Baruch College, CUNY, is the author of
Iran between Revolutions
and most recently,
The Iranian Mojahedin
.

Steve Bruce is a professor of sociology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He is the author of several works on Protestantism, including
The Rise and Fall of the New Christian Right; Firm in the Faith: The Survival of Conservative Protestantism; Pray TV: Televangelism in America;
and "Modernity and Fundamentalism: The New Christian Right in America" (
British Journal of Sociology
).

John A. Coleman, S. J., professor of sociology at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California, has written
The Evolution of Dutch Catholicism
and
An American Strategic Theology
.

Menachem Friedman is an associate professor of sociology at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. He is the author of
Society and Religion: The New Zionist Orthodoxy,
as well as articles dealing with religion and politics in Israel.

Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg is a professor of religion at both Dartmouth College and Columbia University. He has just published a history of Jews in the United States and has written widely on many different aspects of Jewish history, from ancient times to the present.

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Lawrence Kaplan, professor of history at the City College of the City University of New York, is the author of
Politics and Religion during the English Revolution
.

Martin E. Marty, a university professor at the University of Chicago, has written approximately 40 books and ia senior editor of
Christian Century
. He currently chairs the American Academy of Arts and Sciences's five-year comparative study of world fundamentalism.

Valentine M. Moghadam is a sociologist working for the World Institute for Development Economics Research in Helsinki, Finland. She is the author of several articles dealing with the effects of Islamic fundamentalism on women.

Leo P. Ribuffo, a professor of history at George Washington University, is the author of
The Old Christian Right
and is currently working on a biography of President Jimmy Carter.

Emmanuel Sivan from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has taught at Princeton University and has written and edited several works; the best known in this country is
Radical Islam
.

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Index

Abortion, 51, 91

Activism

conservative Protestants and, 33-34, 43-44

Islamic resurgence and, 103

Jewish zealots and, 165-68

potential for, 22

Affirmative action, 41

Afghanistan

impact of Saur Revolution in, 137-40

1980s conditions in, 142-44