Reveals how the fundamentalist movements in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam were born out of a dread of modernity.

Includes at end: The battle for God : a reader's guide / Karen Armstrong.

Pt. 1. The old world and the new. Jews : the precursors (1492-1700) ; Muslims : the conservative spirit (1492-1799) ; Christians : brave new world (1492-1870) -- Jews and Muslims modernize (1700-1870) -- Pt. 2. Fundamentalism. Battle lines (1870-1900) -- Fundamentals (1900-25) -- Counterculture (1925-60) -- Mobilization (1960-74) -- The offensive (1974-79) -- Defeat? (1979-99).