Description: This anthology addresses the topic of --fundamentalism and gender-- from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives. By referring to three major themes----Literalism, Religion, and Science, -- --Nation, State, and Community, -- and --Body, Life, and Biopolitics----the book focuses on the analytical diversification of the term --fundamentalism-- and on intersections between religion, gender, sexuality, race, and nation. International scholars in cultural history and theory, religious studies, Christian theologies, Islamic studies, history, social sciences, anthropology,...