Book Exposing Christian Extremism Translated into Arabic—Sold in Middle East
The Fundamentals of Extremism: the Christian Right in America, edited and co-authored by Kimberly Blaker, has debuted in the Middle East.
Plymouth, MI (PRWEB) August 17, 2006
The Fundamentals of Extremism: the Christian Right in America, edited and co-authored by Kimberly Blaker, has debuted in the Middle East. It is published by Shorouk International Bookshop, a leading publishing house in Egypt. The Supreme Council of Culture, a prestigious non-profit governmental organization was contracted by Shorouk for the translation.
The U. S. authors' controversial viewpoints and critical exposure of Christian fundamentalism have been both highly touted, by scholars and academics, and vociferously criticized, particularly among American conservatives.
The highly controversial book has been dubbed “a blockbuster exposé of the activities of the Religious Right,” by bestselling author John Shelby Spong, retired Bishop of the Diocese of Newark, New Jersey. It has also been endorsed by world-renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, among other scholars.
The book has been adopted as part of the text for a variety of academic courses within the social sciences. Course titles include Anarchy, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism; American Culture; to a variety of Women’s Studies programs at such prestigious institutions as Bowdoin College, Ohio State University, UCLA, and University of California, at Irvine.
The Fundamentals is an in-depth examination of the causes and characteristics of Christian fundamentalism and its effects on women, children, African-Americans, gays and lesbians, politics, education, and American society.
The American edition is available through most booksellers $15.95 (paperback ISBN 0972549617). The Arabic edition is available at Amazon. com $19.95 (paperback ASIN B000ET2V3Q).
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