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Exploring the Mind of God: An Introduction to Shiʿite Legal Epistemology

Exploring the Mind of God: An Introduction to Shiʿite Legal Epistemology

2023-06-04
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By Hashim Bata Book Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society, Vol. 53 Publisher: Brill Publication Date: May 25, 2023 ISBN: 978-90-04-53681-4 This book introduces readers to the legal epistemology that is advocated within Twelver Shiʿite uṣūl ...
Ali, The Well-Guarded Secret: Figures of the First Master in Shi‘i Spirituality

Ali, The Well-Guarded Secret: Figures of the First Master in Shi‘i Spirituality

2023-04-05
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By Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi With contributions by Orkhan Mir-Kasimov & Mathieu Terrier Translated from French by Francisco José Luis and Anthony Gledhill Series: Shii Islam: Texts and Studies, Vol. 3 Publisher: Brill Publication ...
Islamophobia in France: The Construction of the "Muslim Problem"

Islamophobia in France: The Construction of the "Muslim Problem"

2023-04-04
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By Abdellali Hajjat and Marwan Mohammed Translator: Steve Garner Series: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Publisher:‎ University of Georgia Press Publication Date: January 15, 2023 ISBN: 978-0820363257 In 2004 France banned Muslim women from...
Islamic Religious Education in Europe: A Comparative Study

Islamic Religious Education in Europe: A Comparative Study

2023-03-04
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Edited by Leni Franken and Bill Gent Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: January 9, 2023 Against the backdrop of labor migration and the ongoing refugee crisis, the ways in which Islam is taught and engaged with in educational settings has beco...
The Words of the Imams: Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq and the Development of Twelver Shi'i Hadith Literature

The Words of the Imams: Al-Shaykh Al-Saduq and the Development of Twelver Shi'i Hadith Literature

2023-03-03
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By George Warner Publisher: ‎ I.B. Tauris Publication Date: June 29, 2023 ISBN: 9780755645572 Ibn Babawayh – also known as al-Shaykh al-Saduq – was a prominent Twelver Shi'i scholar of hadith. Writing within the first century afte...
Reporting Islam: Muslim Women in the New York Times, 1979-2011

Reporting Islam: Muslim Women in the New York Times, 1979-2011

2023-02-12
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By Suad Joseph Publisher: I.B. Tauris Publication Date: January 26, 2023 ISBN: 9780755647835 Reporting Islam examines the coverage of Muslim women in the New York Times from 1979-2011. The analysis addresses the nature of the coverage; whether th...
Human Rights in Islamic Societies: Muslims and the Western Conception of Rights

Human Rights in Islamic Societies: Muslims and the Western Conception of Rights

2023-02-12
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Muslims and the Western Conception of Rights By Ahmed E. Souaiaia Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: January 9, 2023 Book Series: Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights ISBN: 9780367776176 This book compares Islamic and Western ideas o...
North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back: Assertions of Unintelligibility

North American Muslim Women Artists Talk Back: Assertions of Unintelligibility

2023-01-28
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By Kenza Oumlil Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: July 21, 2022 ISBN: 9780367263669 This book focuses on the ways in which North American Muslim women artists "talk back" to dominant discourses about Muslim identity and work to counter main...
Muslim Women in Contemporary North America: Controversies, Clichés, and Conversations

Muslim Women in Contemporary North America: Controversies, Clichés, and Conversations

2023-01-11
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By Meena Sharify-Funk Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: December 6, 2022 ISBN: 9780367356897 Muslim Women in Contemporary North America is a provocative study of how strongly held and divergent opinions, values, and beliefs, as well as misco...
Modest in the West: An Untainted Journey of Wearing Hijab

Modest in the West: An Untainted Journey of Wearing Hijab

2023-01-10
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by Hadiatou Wann Publication Date: December 29, 2022 Publisher: Hadiatou Wann ISBN: 9798987359006 A deep look at the personal and professional challenges of wearing the hijab while living in the Western world, Modest in the West uncovers the spir...
Jews and Muslims in London and Amsterdam: Conflict and Cooperation, 1990-2020

Jews and Muslims in London and Amsterdam: Conflict and Cooperation, 1990-2020

2022-12-09
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Authors: Sipco J. Vellenga and Gerard A. Wiegers Series: Routledge Studies in Religion Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: November 28, 2022 ISBN: 9781032316956 This book focuses on the development of bilateral Jewish-Muslim relations in Lond...
Contemporary Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Two Twenty-First Century Initiatives

Contemporary Christian-Muslim Dialogue: Two Twenty-First Century Initiatives

2022-11-28
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By Douglas Pratt Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: March 1, 2021 ISBN: 978-1472485984 This book introduces and examines the work of two significant 21st century Christian – Muslim dialogue initiatives – "Building Bridges" and the...
Islamophobia and the West: The Making of a Violent Civilization

Islamophobia and the West: The Making of a Violent Civilization

2022-11-13
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By Imbesat Daudi Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: October 21, 2022 ISBN: 9781032346304 This book provides an engaging and insightful look into the definitions, discourse and experiences of Islamophobia and its steady rise since 9/11 -2001. ...
Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History

Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History

2022-11-01
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Volume 19. Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America (1800-1914) Edited by David Thomas and John A. Chesworth Publisher: Brill Publication Date: June 23, 2022 ISBN: 978-9004471672 Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History19 (CMR 19), cove...
Routledge Handbook of Islam in the West

Routledge Handbook of Islam in the West

2022-10-24
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Edited by Roberto Tottoli Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: February 22, 2022 (2nd Ed.) ISBN: 9780367211783 With new topics and contributions, this updated second edition discusses the history and contemporary presence of Islam in Europe and...
Islamic Feminism: Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Islam

Islamic Feminism: Discourses on Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Islam

2022-10-18
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By Lana Sirri Publisher: Routledge Publication Date: May 30, 2022 This book sets out a rationale for the compatibility of Islam and Feminism and shows that Islamic Feminism is a diverse and valuable lens through which to analyze religion and gende...
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World: Digital Collection

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World: Digital Collection

2022-08-21
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Edited by John L. Esposito Publisher: Oxford University Press Published Online: 2022 An invaluable resource, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World offers extensive comparative and systematic analyses of Islamic beliefs, institutions, moveme...
Journal: Performing Islam

Journal: Performing Islam

2022-06-12
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Founder and Editor: Kamal Salhi, University of Leeds First published in 2012 Publisher: Intellect Books Publication Frequency: 2 issues per volume Performing Islam is the first peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal about Islam and performance a...
Embracing Muslims in a Catholic Land: Rethinking the Genesis of Islām in Mexico

Embracing Muslims in a Catholic Land: Rethinking the Genesis of Islām in Mexico

2022-05-01
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By Jonathan Benzion Series: Muslim Minorities, Vol. 39 Publisher: Brill Publication Date: February 28, 2022 This study presents a contrasting hypothesis concerning the genesis and development of Islam in Mexico than the one generally held across ...
Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements

2022-03-29
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Edited by: Muhammad Afzal Upal and Carole M. Cusack Series: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion, Vol 21 Publisher: Brill Publication Date: 24 June 2021 The Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements offers a multinational study of Islam, its va...
British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries

British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries

2022-02-19
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By Saskia Warren Preface by Qaisra Shahraz Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (May 31, 2022) • Presents an intimate portrait of how Muslim women are transforming media, culture and the arts in contemporary Britain • Sets out an...
The Art of Resistance in Islam

The Art of Resistance in Islam

2022-01-24
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The Art of Resistance in Islam: The Performance of Politics Among Shi'i Women in the Middle East and Beyond By Yafa Shanneik Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: January 20, 2022 Based on first-hand ethnographic insights i...
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment

Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment

2021-12-19
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By Ahmet T. Kuru, San Diego State University Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date:  August 1, 2019 Why do Muslim-majority countries exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low levels of socio-economic development in comp...
Hijab: Three Modern Iranian Seminarian Perspectives

Hijab: Three Modern Iranian Seminarian Perspectives

2021-11-17
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by Lloyd Ridgeon Publisher: Gingko Library Publication Date: September 3, 2021 This book provides an overview of the range of seminarian thinking in Iran on the controversial topic of the hijab. During the modern period, Iran has suffered a great ...
The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe

The Last Muslim Conquest: The Ottoman Empire and Its Wars in Europe

2021-10-19
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By Gábor Ágoston Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication Date: June 22, 2021 The image of the Ottoman Turks and their interaction with the Christian West, has undergone many changes in the past: from William Gladstone's fam...
Essays on Shi'ism and Iran

Essays on Shi'ism and Iran

2021-09-29
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Author: Hamid Algar Publisher: ICAS Press Shi‘ism, Iran, and the Islamic Revolution are subjects fraught with political biases and ideological agendas; sometimes, even fiction is presented as fact. This lucid collection of writings demystifie...
The Journal of Muslims in Europe

The Journal of Muslims in Europe

2021-06-30
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Journal of Muslims in Europe, Vol 10, Issue 2 Editor-in-Chief: Thijl Sunier Publisher: Brill (May 2021) The Journal of Muslims in Europe is devoted to publishing articles dealing with contemporary issues on Islam and Muslims in Europe from all di...
Islam and Heritage in Europe: Pasts, Presents and Future Possibilities

Islam and Heritage in Europe: Pasts, Presents and Future Possibilities

2021-06-30
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Edited By Katarzyna Puzon, Sharon Macdonald, Mirjam Shatanawi Publisher: Routledge (June 22, 2021) Available on Taylor & Francis eBooks - Free Islam and Heritage in Europe provides a critical investigation of the role of Islam in Europe’...
Negotiating the Religious in Contemporary Everyday Life in the “Islamic World”

Negotiating the Religious in Contemporary Everyday Life in the “Islamic World”

2021-06-21
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Volume 19 of Göttingen series in social and cultural anthropology Editor: Roman Loimeier Publisher: Göttingen University Press (2021) The contributions to the present volume show that the countries that are often presented in the literat...
Muslim Experiences of Hatred and Discrimination in Germany

Muslim Experiences of Hatred and Discrimination in Germany

2021-05-26
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Authors: Saied R. Ameli, Ebrahim Mohseni Ahoeei, and Arzu Merali Series: Domination Hate Model of Intercultural Relations (DHMIR) Publisher: Islamic Human Rights Commission (May 20, 2021) This latest contribution to the DHMIR series looks at the r...
Call for Papers: “Nidhomul Haq: Journal of Islamic Education Management”

Call for Papers: “Nidhomul Haq: Journal of Islamic Education Management”

2021-05-20
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Nidhomul Haq: Journal of Islamic Education Management Editor-in-Chief: Muhammad Anas Ma`arif Frequency: Three times a year (March, July and November) Publisher: Prodi Manajemen Pendidikan Islam, Institut Pesantren KH. Abdul Chalim Mojokerto, Indon...
Revealed Sciences: The Natural Sciences in Islam in Seventeenth-Century Morocco

Revealed Sciences: The Natural Sciences in Islam in Seventeenth-Century Morocco

2021-05-12
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Author: Justin K. Stearns, New York University - Abu Dhabi Publisher: Cambridge University Press (June 30, 2021) Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization Demonstrating the vibrancy of an Early Modern Muslim society through a study of the ...
Nazhruna: Islamic Education Journal

Nazhruna: Islamic Education Journal

2021-04-25
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Vol 4, No 1 (2021): Islamic Education Editor-in-chief: Muhammad Anas Ma`arif Frequency: Three times a year (February, June, and October) Publisher: Program Studi Pendidikan Islam, Institut Pesantren KH Abdul Chalim Mojokerto, Indonesia This issue...
Words of Experience: Translating Islam with Carl W. Ernst

Words of Experience: Translating Islam with Carl W. Ernst

2021-03-27
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Edited by Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst Publisher: Equinox Publishing (March 24, 2021) Carl W. Ernst devoted his academic life to translating Islam, linguistically and culturally, typically within the intellectual context of Religious Studies. His work ...
Call for Papers: Special Issue: “Are Muslim-Jewish Relations Improving in the 21st Century?”

Call for Papers: Special Issue: “Are Muslim-Jewish Relations Improving in the 21st Century?”

2021-02-24
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A Special Issue of Religions Call for Papers Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Gunther Jikeli Website Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Manuscript Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021 Muslim-Jewish relations have been discussed thro...
Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice

Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice

2021-02-16
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Processes of Canonization, Subversion, and Change Edited by Nevin Reda and Yasmin Amin Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press (December 10, 2020) Since the 1980s, Muslim women reformers have made great strides in critiquing and reinterpreting ...
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations

2021-02-14
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group Edited by University of Birmingham, UK, and WRWC program, University of Notre Dame, USA 4 Issues per year Print ISSN: 0959-6410 Online ISSN: 1469-9311 Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations promotes the schola...
Women of Faith and the Quest for Spiritual Authenticity

Women of Faith and the Quest for Spiritual Authenticity

2021-02-01
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Comparative Perspectives from Malaysia and Britain By Sara Ashencaen Crabtree Publisher: Routledge (January 31, 2021) Drawn from over fifty-eight individual, in-depth, qualitative interviews with women of faith in Malaysia and Britain, Women of Fa...
Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society

Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society

2021-01-28
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Editor-in-Chief: Shariq Siddiqui Publisher: Indiana University Press Current Issue: Vol 4 No 2 (2020): Fall 2020 The Journal of Muslim Philanthropy & Civil Society is a biannual, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on the broad sco...
Before Archaeology: The Meaning of the Past in the Islamic Pre-Modern Thought (and After)

Before Archaeology: The Meaning of the Past in the Islamic Pre-Modern Thought (and After)

2021-01-20
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Edited by Leonardo Capezzone Publisher: Artemide Edizioni (January 20, 2021) This volume aims to explore some aspects of the multifaceted modalities with which classical and pre-modern Islamic thought (with two final glances at modern and contempor...
Representing Islam: Hip-Hop of the September 11 Generation

Representing Islam: Hip-Hop of the September 11 Generation

2021-01-04
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By Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir Publisher: Indiana University Press (December 1, 2020) How do Muslims who grew up after September 11 balance their love for hip-hop with their devotion to Islam? How do they live the piety and modesty called for by their...
Women as Imams

Women as Imams

2021-01-03
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Classical Islamic Sources and Modern Debates on Leading Prayer By Simonetta Calderini Publisher: I.B. Tauris (December 24, 2020) There is a long and rich history of opinion centred on female prayer leadership in Islam that has occupied the minds o...
Quoting the Quran: A Reference Handbook for Authors and Scholars

Quoting the Quran: A Reference Handbook for Authors and Scholars

2020-12-27
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Editor: Saad D. Abulhab Publisher: Blautopf Publishing Publication Date: July 18, 2020 This handbook is a reference tool intended to help authors, scholars, and anyone else provide accurate and standardized quotations from the Quran, both from lin...
Shia Islam and Politics: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon

Shia Islam and Politics: Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon

2020-10-08
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By Jon Armajani Publisher: Lexington Books Publication Date: May 20, 2020 This book argues that ever since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, which established a Shia Islamic government in Iran, that country’s religious and political l...
Australian Journal of Islamic Studies (AJIS)

Australian Journal of Islamic Studies (AJIS)

2020-10-06
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Volume 5, No 2 (2020) Editor-in-Chief: Mehmet Ozalp, Charles Sturt University Publisher: Islamic Sciences and Research Academy of Australia The Australian Journal of Islamic Studies is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated t...
Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice (MJTILP)

Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law and Practice (MJTILP)

2020-09-24
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Volume 16, Issue 1, 2020 Editor-in-Chief: Dr Ahmad Ghouri, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, University of Sussex, UK Publisher: Electronicpublications.org Ltd MJTILP is a peer reviewed journal and can be accessed on HeinOnline. The journal welco...
The Qur'an and the Bible

The Qur'an and the Bible

2020-09-15
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By Gabriel Said Reynolds Translated by: Ali Quli Qarai Publisher: Yale University Press Publication Date: June 5, 2018 A groundbreaking comparative study that illuminates the connections between the Qur'an and the Bible While the Hebrew Bible a...
Modern Hadith Studies

Modern Hadith Studies

2020-09-11
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Continuing Debates and New Approaches Edited by: Belal Abu-Alabbas, Christopher Melchert, Michael Dann Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Publication Date:  August 2020 Brings together western and Middle Eastern scholars to explore mediev...
New Trends in Qur’ānic Studies: Text, Context, and Interpretation

New Trends in Qur’ānic Studies: Text, Context, and Interpretation

2020-08-11
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By Mun'im Sirry Publisher: Lockwood Press Publication Date: June 15, 2019 Series: International Qur'anic Studies Association Studies in the Qur'an (Book 2) The essays in this volume discuss recent trends and issues in the scholarly study of the Q...
The MIDÉO

The MIDÉO

2020-07-09
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Editors: Emmanuel Pisani, Mathieu Gousse Publisher: IDEO - Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies The MIDÉO -  Mixtures of the Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies in Cairo - is a journal founded in 1954 by the first members of th...
Publication of the Book Islam and Belonging

Publication of the Book Islam and Belonging

2020-07-08
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Islam and Belonging Proceedings of the 2nd PLURIEL Congress Editors: Michel Younès, Anna Hager, Laurent Basanèse, and Diego Sarrió Cucarella Publisher: L'Harmattan Publication Date: 2020 Language: French The PISAI is please...
Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History 16

Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History 16

2020-06-30
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Volume 16. North America, South-East Asia, China, Japan, and Australasia (1800-1914) Edited by David Thomas and John A. Chesworth Publisher: Brill Publication Date: July 2, 2020 Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History 16 (CMR 16) co...
Comparative Islamic Studies (CIS)

Comparative Islamic Studies (CIS)

2020-06-24
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Editor: Ulrika Mårtensson, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology Book Review Editor: Martin Riexinger, Aarhus University Publisher: Equinox Publishing Comparative Islamic Studies aims to advance research on Islam through compara...
Mizan Series 4: Deconstructing Islamic Studies

Mizan Series 4: Deconstructing Islamic Studies

2020-06-12
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Edited by Majid Daneshgar, and Aaron W. Hughes Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication Date: July 14, 2020 The study of Islam has historically been approached in two different ways: apologetical and polemical. The former focuses on the pre...
Violence in Islamic Thought from the Qur'an to the Mongols

Violence in Islamic Thought from the Qur'an to the Mongols

2020-06-10
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Edited by Robert Gleave, István Kristó-Nagy Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Publication Date: June 2020 Examines the development of Muslim theological, legal, literary and cultural discussions about violence and its legitimatio...
Qur'anic Matters: Material Mediations and Religious Practice in Egypt

Qur'anic Matters: Material Mediations and Religious Practice in Egypt

2020-05-29
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By Natalia K. Suit Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Material Religion Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: May 14, 2020 In Qur'anic Matters, Natalia Suit explores the materiality of books, focusing on the mushaf. With its paper, binding,...
Islam in British Media Discourses

Islam in British Media Discourses

2020-05-09
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By Laurens de Rooij Publisher: Manchester University Press (May 2020) Ever wondered what non-muslims actually do with media stories about Islam and how it relates to Islamophobia? How is society affected by repeated discussions of Islam and Muslims...
Call for Papers: Special Issue: “Religion and the Coronavirus Pandemic”

Call for Papers: Special Issue: “Religion and the Coronavirus Pandemic”

2020-05-04
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Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (JSRNC) Call for Papers Abstract Submission Deadline: June 15, 2020 The Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (JSRNC) is calling for paper proposals exploring the entanglement...
Call for Papers: Special Issue: "Islamic and Muslim Studies in Australia"

Call for Papers: Special Issue: "Islamic and Muslim Studies in Australia"

2020-04-30
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A Special Issue of Religions Call for Papers Guest Editor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Halim Rane, Griffith University Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 31, 2020 The growth of Muslim popul...
German, Jew, Muslim, Gay: The Life and Times of Hugo Marcus

German, Jew, Muslim, Gay: The Life and Times of Hugo Marcus

2020-04-30
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By Marc David Baer Publisher: Columbia University Press (April 2020) German, Jew, Muslim, Gay offers an astonishing perspective on the history of modern Germany and German-speaking Central Europe from the vantage of a man who united multiple margin...
Call for Papers: Special Issue on “Marja‘iyya and Society”

Call for Papers: Special Issue on “Marja‘iyya and Society”

2020-04-20
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Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam Guest Editor: Cameron Zargar, University of Exeter Submission Deadline: August 14, 2020 The Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam invites articles for a special issue related to the theme of “M...
Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Islamic Ethics of Pandemics and Covid-19"

Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Islamic Ethics of Pandemics and Covid-19"

2020-04-17
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Special Issue of Journal of Islamic Ethics (JIE) Call for Papers Editor-in-Chief: Mohammed Ghaly, Research Center for Islamic Legislation & Ethics (CILE) Publisher: Brill Submission Deadline: July 31, 2020 The articles will be dedicated to t...
Brill launches open access Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World

Brill launches open access Journal of Material Cultures in the Muslim World

2020-04-08
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Brill has entered into a partnership with The Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (London, UK) and the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Canada) to publish the new peer-reviewed, academic Journal of Material Cultures in the Mu...
Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Iran

Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Iran

2020-02-24
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Edited by: Alessandro Cancian Series: Qur'anic Studies Series Publisher: Oxford University Press (18 July 2019) Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Iran explores the importance of the Qur'an in the religious, artistic, political, and intellec...
Visions of Sharīʿa: Contemporary Discussions in Shī ͑ī Legal

Visions of Sharīʿa: Contemporary Discussions in Shī ͑ī Legal

2020-02-21
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Editors: Ali-reza Bhojani, Laurens de Rooij and Michael Bohlander Series: Studies in Islamic Law and Society (Book 50) Publisher: BRILL (December 5, 2019) In Visions of Sharīʿa Bhojani, De Rooij and Bohlander present the first broad examinati...
Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam (JCSI)

Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam (JCSI)

2020-01-21
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Call for Papers Editors in Chief: Mohammed Saeed Bahmanpour and Sayyed Hashim Moosavi The newly established, fully open-access Journal of the Contemporary Study of Islam is now accepting submissions for its first issue, to be released at the end of...
CFP: Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World

CFP: Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World

2020-01-06
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Call for papers Editor-in-Chief: Gülru Necipoğlu Publisher: Brill Submission Deadline: March 1, 2020 It invites submissions for the forthcoming volume 38, to be published in 2021. Muqarnas is a scholarly journal that publishes articles on a...
Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology

Early Modern Trends in Islamic Theology

2019-12-23
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'Abd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī and His Network of Scholarship (Studies and Texts) Edited By:  Lejla Demiri and Samuela Pagani Publisher: Mohr Siebeck Verlag (January 1, 2019) Series: Sapientia Islamica: Studies in Islamic Theology, Philosophy and ...
Journal of Qur'anic Studies

Journal of Qur'anic Studies

2019-12-21
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The Journal of Qur'anic Studies, launched in October 1999, is the first scholarly periodical dedicated to the study of the Qur'an. It aims to address the importance of the Qur'an for Islam and Islamic Studies, along with other issues vital to the dev...
Book Series: Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights

Book Series: Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights

2019-12-20
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Prof. Souaiaia is Founder and currently the General Editor of the Book Series, Routledge Studies in Islam and Human Rights, which publishes scholarly monographs that examine the rich and complex intellectual and institutional legacy of Islam relevant...
All-American Muslim Girl

All-American Muslim Girl

2019-12-15
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by Nadine Jolie Courtney Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (November 12, 2019) All-American Muslim Girl is a relevant, relatable story of being caught between two worlds, and the struggles and hard-won joys of finding your place. Inspired by he...
Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR)

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR)

2019-12-07
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Call for Papers Abstract Submission Deadline: January 13, 2020 Editors: Andrew Village & Ralph Hood Publisher: Brill Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR) is an interdisciplinary and international annual series which dis...
Special Issue: Shia Muslims in Great Britain

Special Issue: Shia Muslims in Great Britain

2019-12-06
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A Special Issue of Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life Volume 13, Issue 3, October 2019 Editors: Oliver Scharbrodt, Reza Gholami, and Sufyan Abid Dogra Publisher: Springer Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life is the first peer-rev...
The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam: Explorations in Muslim Historiography

The Rebel and the Imam in Early Islam: Explorations in Muslim Historiography

2019-10-17
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By Najam Haider Publisher: Cambridge University Press (October 31, 2019) Engaging with contemporary debates about the sources that shape our understanding of the early Muslim world, Najam Haider proposes a new model for Muslim historical writing th...
A Glance at Arba‛een Walk and Pilgrimage

A Glance at Arba‛een Walk and Pilgrimage

2019-10-12
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A Glance at Arba‛een Walk and Pilgrimage By Dr Ehsan Eshtehardian Translated by: Mojganeh Saffarnia Publisher: Islamic Research and Information Center (October 2019) ...
Pilgrimage: Ziyara from the Viewpoint of the Holy Quran, Hadiths and Theological Discourses

Pilgrimage: Ziyara from the Viewpoint of the Holy Quran, Hadiths and Theological Discourses

2019-10-11
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An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World Islam Author: Maryam Kiani Farid Translated by: Mojganeh Saffarnia Publisher: Islamic Research & Information Center in collaboration with Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation (October 2018) ...
Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today

Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today

2019-09-03
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By Daniel Philpott Publisher: Oxford University Press (March 1, 2019) Since at least the attacks of September 11, 2001, one of the most pressing political questions of the age has been whether Islam is hostile to religious freedom. Daniel Philpott...
Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi’ism in Iran, 1487-1565

Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi’ism in Iran, 1487-1565

2019-09-02
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Author: Chad Kia Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture Series Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (July 2019) Explores the ways in which esoteric religion shaped the masterpieces of classical Persian painting Transf...
Mosques: The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship

Mosques: The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship

2019-06-30
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By Bernard O’Kane Publisher: Assouline (June 2019) The publishing house of Assouline launched a new book titled, “Mosques: The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship”. Known for the luxurious and collectible nature of its coffe...
The new book from France about Islamist terror is a must-read

The new book from France about Islamist terror is a must-read

2019-05-09
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Here is a book project urgently crying out for US/UK English-language publisher. The book in question came out in French two weeks ago and swiftly made the bestseller lists over there. Amid a storm of media coverage, France's top weekly newsmagazine,...
Proceedings of the First Four Annual International Conferences on Shi‘i Studies

Proceedings of the First Four Annual International Conferences on Shi‘i Studies

2019-04-29
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ICAS Press Latest Publication The Annual International Conference on Shi‘i Studies is organized by the Research and Publications Department of The Islamic College, London. The conference aims to provide a broad platform for scholars working in...
Call for Papers: “Violence: An International Journal”

Call for Papers: “Violence: An International Journal”

2019-04-21
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Proposal Submission Deadline: June 30, 2019 Violence. An International Journal is launching a call for papers on the theme “Religions and acts of violence”. This theme section will be coordinated by Mohamed Ali-Adraoui (Marie Slodowska C...
Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge

Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge

2019-04-04
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By Wael Hallaq Publisher: Columbia University Press (July 3, 2018) Since Edward Said’s foundational work, Orientalism has been singled out for critique as the quintessential example of Western intellectuals’ collaboration with oppressio...
Political Muslims: Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context

Political Muslims: Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context

2019-01-17
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Edited by Tahir Abbas and Sadek Hamid Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East Publisher: Syracuse University Press (February 11, 2019) In the last few decades, the media, academics, and the general public have put considerable focus on Musl...
Call for papers: Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry

Call for papers: Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry

2019-01-09
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Editor: Darren M. Slade Publication History: Spring 2019 (first issue forthcoming) Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers Frequency: Biannual In partnership with Wipf and Stock Publishers, the peer-reviewed academic journal, Socio-Historical Examin...
Islam in Modern Societies: Facts, Issues, and Perspectives in the West

Islam in Modern Societies: Facts, Issues, and Perspectives in the West

2018-12-28
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By Jamel Khermimoun Publisher: Westbow Press (July 6, 2018) “Jamel Khermimoun considers that Muslims born in France and in the West now build their identity not from an imported model but from a strong sense of belonging to the nation, which ...
Journal of Islamic Ethics (JIE), Volume 2 (2018)

Journal of Islamic Ethics (JIE), Volume 2 (2018)

2018-12-27
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Editor-in-Chief: Dr Mohammed Ghaly Publisher: Brill The Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) announces the publishing of the second volume of its “Journal of Islamic Ethics” (JIE) in collaboration with BRILL. Over ...
Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins

Illuminating Islam’s Peaceful Origins

2018-12-26
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• God in The Qur’an By Jack Miles 256 pp. Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (November 2018) • Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires By Juan Cole 326 pp. Publisher: PublicAffairs (October 2018) Is Allah, the God of Mus...
Call for Papers: Journal “Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico”

Call for Papers: Journal “Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico”

2018-12-12
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 “Power, Authority and Body: The Transformations of Islam in South-East Europe Between the 20th and the 21st Century” Occhialì – Rivista sul Mediterraneo islamico, No.5 Editors: Nathalie Clayer (EHESS - CNRS) and Gianf...
Glocal Religions

Glocal Religions

2018-11-30
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Edited by Victor Roudometof Printed Edition of the Special Issue Published in Religions Publisher: MDPI – Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (October 2018) (This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Glocal Religions tha...
The Islamic World: A History in Objects (1st Ed.)

The Islamic World: A History in Objects (1st Ed.)

2018-10-23
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By Ladan Akbarnia, Venetia Porter, Fahmida Suleman, William Greenwood, Zeina Klink-Hoppe, Amandine Merat Publisher: Thames & Hudson (November 6, 2018) This lavishly illustrated history explores the Islamic world, through superb art objects and ...
Special Issue: Religious Practices and the Internet

Special Issue: Religious Practices and the Internet

2018-10-16
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Journal: RESET (recherches en sciences sociales sur internet / social science research on the internet) Edited by Fabienne Duteil-Ogata (Clare EA4596, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne / IIAC [EHESS/CNRS]) and Isabelle Jonveaux (CéSor, EHE...
Irreligious Action for Peace

Irreligious Action for Peace

2018-10-16
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Studies in Muslim-Christian Cooperation Edited by Tom Bamat, Myla Leguro, Neil Bolton and Atalia Omer Publisher: Catholic Relief Services (April 2017) On April 26, 2017, Catholic Relief Services released a book examining Muslim-Christian peacemaki...
Beyond Accommodation

Beyond Accommodation

2018-10-14
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Everyday Narratives of Muslim Canadians By Jennifer Selby, Amelie Barras and Lori G. Beaman Publisher: UBC Press (September 2018) Problems – of integration, failed political participation, and requests for various kinds of accommodation &nda...
Governing Islam Abroad

Governing Islam Abroad

2018-10-11
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Turkish and Moroccan Muslims in Western Europe By Benjamin Bruce Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (August 25, 2018) Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy Concentrates on the similar capacity of Turkey and Mo...
Handbook of Islamic Education

Handbook of Islamic Education

2018-10-05
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Volume 7 of International Handbooks of Religion and Education (IHRE) Editors: Holger Daun and Reza Arjmand Publisher: Springer International Publishing (June 20, 2018) The globalization and the migration of Muslims into new areas of the globe, has...
The Idea of European Islam

The Idea of European Islam

2018-09-05
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Religion, Ethics, Politics and Perpetual Modernity By Mohammed Hashas Publisher: Routledge (July 24, 2018) Series: Routledge Islamic Studies Series Suspicions about the integration of Islam into European cultures have been steadily on the rise, a...
British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

2018-09-04
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By Philip Lewis, Sadek Hamid Foreword by: Baroness Warsi Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (June 26, 2018) A new generation of Muslims – activists, academics, religious scholars and professionals – are drawing on contemporary refor...
In Search of Ali Ibn Abi Talib’s Codex: History and Traditions of the Earliest Copy of the Qur’an

In Search of Ali Ibn Abi Talib’s Codex: History and Traditions of the Earliest Copy of the Qur’an

2018-08-20
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Author: Seyfeddin Kara (Hartford Seminary) Publisher: Gerlach Press (July 30, 2018) The history of the text of the Qur’an has been a longstanding subject of interest within the field of Islamic Studies, but the debate has so far been focused ...
A Textbook on the Methods of Quranic Exegesis

A Textbook on the Methods of Quranic Exegesis

2018-06-27
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Author: Mohammad Ali Reza’i Isfahani Publisher: ICAS Press The science of tafsīr (exegesis of the Qur’an) was one of the earliest academic activities in Islam. Since the Qur’an’s revelation, a variety of methods and approach...
Special Issue: "Pilgrimage and Diversity in the Information Age"

Special Issue: "Pilgrimage and Diversity in the Information Age"

2018-06-24
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A Special Issue of International Journal of Information, Diversity, and Inclusion (IJIDI) Guest Editors: Dr. Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto and Dr. Perla Innocenti, Northumbria University Religious and secular pilgrimages have been part of huma...
A History of the Shi’a People

A History of the Shi’a People

2018-06-09
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By Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi Edited and annotated by: Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi Foreword by: Professor Noel Q. King Publisher: Al-Ma’arif Publications, Toronto, Canada (2017) This book deals with the history of the Shi‘a Ithna-‘Asha...
Imams in Western Europe. Developments, Transformations, and Institutional Challenges

Imams in Western Europe. Developments, Transformations, and Institutional Challenges

2018-05-21
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Edited by Mohammed Hashas, Jan Jaap de Ruiter and Niels Valdemar Vinding Publisher: Amsterdam University Press (April 15, 2018) Prof. Mohammad Hashas, Dr Jan Jaap de Ruiter and Dr Niels Valdemar Vinding edited 'Imams in Western Europe. Developments...
A New Issue: Sociology of Islam - Volume 6, Issue 1, 2018

A New Issue: Sociology of Islam - Volume 6, Issue 1, 2018

2018-05-07
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Sociology of Islam, Volume 6, Issue 1, 2018 Editors-in-Chief: Gary Wood, Virginia Tech and Tugrul Keskin, Shanghai University Publisher: Brill A new issue of the Sociology of Islam (SOI) has been published. The Sociology of Islam (SOI) explores m...
The History of Modern Western Esotericism

The History of Modern Western Esotericism

2018-05-05
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Approaching Religion, Vol 8, No 1 (April 23, 2018) Publisher: The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History Guest Editors: Dr Tiina Mahlamäki and Dr Maarit Leskelä-Kärki Editor: Ruth Illman, The Donner Institut...
Human Rights and Islam

Human Rights and Islam

2018-05-01
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An Introduction to Key Debates Between Islamic Law and International Human Rights Law by Abdullah Saeed Series: Elgar Studies in Human Rights Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub (April 27, 2018) Is there a basis for human rights in Islam? Beginning with ...
The Ethnic and Religious Future of Europe

The Ethnic and Religious Future of Europe

2018-04-11
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, Volume 28, 2018 Publisher: The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History (April 5, 2018) Editors: Björn Dahla, Ruth Illman, Peter Nynäs and Tuomas Martikainen We are happy to a...
The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics (Bidayat al-Hikmah)

The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics (Bidayat al-Hikmah)

2018-04-04
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Second Edition, Fully Revised Author: Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabataba’i Translation: Sayyid ‘Ali Quli Qara’i Publisher: ICAS Press Categories: Philosophy & Mysticism, Textbooks The Elements of Islamic Metaphysics, an E...
Book Launch: The Qur’an and the Just Society

Book Launch: The Qur’an and the Just Society

2018-03-16
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Date: TBD Venue: Brunei Gallery Suite, SOAS, Bloomsbury, London WC1H 0XG, UK Hosted by: Professor M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (King Fahd Professor of Islamic Studies, SOAS) Organized in partnership with Centre for Islamic Research and Education, Ebrahim...
International Journal of Latin American Religions

International Journal of Latin American Religions

2018-03-02
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Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2017 Editor-in-Chief: Frank Usarski Publisher: Springer International Publishing A multidisciplinary journal that contributes to understanding of the history and present state of Latin American religions. ▶ A publicati...
History of Hadith Compilation

History of Hadith Compilation

2018-02-26
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Author: Muhammad Ali Mahdavirad Translator: Alexander Khaleeli Publisher: ICAS Press Today, hadith books are taken for granted, but, in the first century after the Prophet (S), it was by no means certain that the Prophet’s words wo...
Religion and Poverty

Religion and Poverty

2018-02-10
2008 Views
Thematic Collection in Palgrave Communication Editors: Dr Gottfried Schweiger and Dr Helmut P Gaisbauer (University of Salzburg), Prof Clemens Sedmak (University of Notre Dame) Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan This is a rolling article collection and...
International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society

International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society

2018-02-07
2018 Views
Call for Papers Editor: Luis G. Roger-Castillo, Center of Byzantine, Modern Greek and Cypriot Studies Publisher: Common Ground Publishing Published Quarterly from 2011 (March, June, September, December) Submission Deadline: April 15, 20...
The "Beauty Fallacy": Religion, Science and the Aesthetics of Knowledge

The "Beauty Fallacy": Religion, Science and the Aesthetics of Knowledge

2018-01-16
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The “Beauty Fallacy”: Religion, Science and the Aesthetics of Knowledge Approaching Religion, Volume 7, No 2 (December 4, 2017) Publisher: The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History Guest Editors: Prof. Alexa...
Muslims in Eastern Europe

Muslims in Eastern Europe

2018-01-14
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By Egdūnas Račius Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (January 16, 2018) Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys The history and contemporary situation of Muslim communities in Eastern Europe are explored here from three angles. First, surviva...
New Analysis of Shia Politics

New Analysis of Shia Politics

2018-01-11
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Islam in a Changing Middle East Publisher: Project on Middle East Political Science (December 2017) The study of Islamist movements has often implicitly meant the study of Sunni Islamist movements. An enormous amount of political science schol...
Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

Islam, Gender, and Democracy in Comparative Perspective

2018-01-05
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Edited by Jocelyne Cesari and José Casanova Publisher: Oxford University Press (April 27, 2017) The relationship between secularism, democracy, religion, and gender equality has been a complex one across Western democracies and still remains...
Special Issue: “Mapping Shia Muslim communities in Europe”

Special Issue: “Mapping Shia Muslim communities in Europe”

2018-01-01
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Special issue of the Journal of Muslims in Europe on ‘Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe — Local and Transnational Dimensions’
De-Centring Shiʿi Islam

De-Centring Shiʿi Islam

2017-12-19
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British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies Volume 45, 2018 - Issue 1: SI: De-Centring Shi‘i Islam, Pages 1-17 By Morgan Clarke and Mirjam Künkler Published online: October 24, 2017 In the introduction to this special issue, we make...
Call for Papers: Journal of Muslims in Europe

Call for Papers: Journal of Muslims in Europe

2017-12-18
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Call for Papers Executive Editor: Thijl Sunier Editors: Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Stella Coglievina, Martijn de Koning, Brigitte Maréchal, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Egdūnas Račius, Jörn Thielmann The Journal ...
Constructing a Worldview: Al-Barqī's Role in the Making of Early Shīʽī Faith

Constructing a Worldview: Al-Barqī's Role in the Making of Early Shīʽī Faith

2017-12-15
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Author: Roy Vilozny Publisher: Brepols Publishers (November 23, 2017) Series: Miroir De L'orient Musulman (Book 7) Based on the earliest Shīʽī sources extant, this book seeks to portray the worldview of the Shīʽa prior to the crystallization of th...
Special Journal Issue: “The European Court of Human Rights and minority religions”

Special Journal Issue: “The European Court of Human Rights and minority religions”

2017-12-08
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Religion, State & Society, Volume 45, Issue 3-4, 2017 Edited by Effie Fokas and James T. Richardson Publisher: Routledge (Sep-Dec 2017) Contents: I. ECtHR and case law: clarity, consistency and controversy 1. The principled slope: religious ...
Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us All

Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us All

2017-11-26
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A 20th-Anniversary Report Edited by: Farah Elahi and Omar Khan Publisher: Runnymede (November 2017) Colleagues may be interested in the launch of this new Runnymede Trust anniversary report on Islamophobia, which ‘brings together varied pers...
The i-zation of Society, Religion, and Neoliberal Post-Secularism

The i-zation of Society, Religion, and Neoliberal Post-Secularism

2017-11-24
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by Adam Possamai Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (November 28, 2017) This book explores the elective affinity of religion and post-secularism with neoliberalism. With the help of digital capitalism, neoliberalism dominates, more and more, all as...
Muslim Matter

Muslim Matter

2017-10-25
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Publication of the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies Edited by Omar Kasmani and Stefan Maneval Publisher: Revolver Publishing (January 2, 2017) This book is a cooperation between doctoral fellows, alumni and alumnae, post-doctor...
A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture, 2 Volume Set

A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture, 2 Volume Set

2017-10-12
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Edited by Finbarr Barry Flood and Gulru Necipoglu Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell (August 29, 2017) The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of acc...
Call for Book Proposals

Call for Book Proposals

2017-09-19
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By the Religion in Society Research Network  The Religion in Society Research Network is seeking new academic book proposals. We welcome submissions from across national origins, experience levels, and disciplinary perspectives. ...
Religion and Welfare in Europe

Religion and Welfare in Europe

2017-09-19
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Gendered and Minority Perspectives Edited by Lina Molokotos-Liederman with Anders Backstrom and Grace Davie Publisher: Policy Press (September 13, 2017) Using welfare as a prism, Religion and Welfare in Europe explores reg...
Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity

Deep Equality in an Era of Religious Diversity

2017-09-02
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By Lori G. Beaman Publisher: Oxford University Press (August 15, 2017) While religious conflict receives plenty of attention, the everyday negotiation of religious diversity does not. Questions of how to accommodate religious minorities and of the ...
Special Issue: "Interfaith on the World Stage"

Special Issue: "Interfaith on the World Stage"

2017-08-19
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Call for Papers Special Issue of The Review of Faith & International Affairs Editors: John Fahy and Jeffrey Haynes Publisher: Taylor & Francis Abstract Submission Deadline: September 1, 2017 The Review of Faith & International A...
The Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR)

The Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JAAR)

2017-08-17
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Volume 85, Issue 2, June 2017 Editorial Board: Cynthia Eller and Tammi J. Schneider Publisher: Oxford University Press Journal of the American Academy of Religion published by Oxford University Press, is the premier academic journal in r...
Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Law (5th - 15th centuries)

Religious Minorities in Christian, Jewish and Muslim Law (5th - 15th centuries)

2017-08-15
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Volume 8 of Religion and Law in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies Editors: Nora Berend, Youna Hameau-Masset, Capucine Nemo-Pekelman and John Victor Tolan Publisher: Brepols Publishers (May 23, 2017) Book series: Religion and law in Medieval ...
Free Access: Journal of Muslims in Europe

Free Access: Journal of Muslims in Europe

2017-08-07
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The academic publisher Brill is making issue 3-1 of the Journal of Muslims in Europe freely available on line. There is no end date to the free access and no access code is needed. For those who are not yet familiar with the Journal this issue g...
New Issue of Critical Research on Religion

New Issue of Critical Research on Religion

2017-08-07
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Critical Research on Religion Volume 5, Issue 2, August 2017 Editorial Team: Warren S. Goldstein, Jonathan Boyarin, and Rebekka King Publisher: SAGE Publications in Association with The Center for Critical Research on Religion Critical Resea...
Complex Religion: Intersections of Religion and Inequality

Complex Religion: Intersections of Religion and Inequality

2017-07-31
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Special Issue – Social Inclusion, Volume 6, Issue 2 Call for Papers Editor: Melissa J. Wilde (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Deadline for Abstracts: September 15, 2017 Submission of Full Papers: January 15-31, 2018 Although scholars...
Religion and the Global City

Religion and the Global City

2017-07-26
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Edited by David Garbin and Anna Strhan Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (June 29, 2017) Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Space and Place This is the first book to explore how religious movements and actors shape and are shaped by as...
Sociology of Islam Journal: Special Issue on Immigration, Political Economy and Islam

Sociology of Islam Journal: Special Issue on Immigration, Political Economy and Islam

2017-07-23
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Sociology of Islam, Volume 5, Issue 2-3, 2017 Editors-in-Chief: Gary Wood, Virginia Tech and Tugrul Keskin, Shanghai University Guest Editors: Ray Jureidini and Sari Hanafi Publisher: Brill Sociology of Islam (SOI) p...
Coercion and Responsibility in Islam

Coercion and Responsibility in Islam

2017-07-12
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A Study in Ethics and Law By Mairaj U. Syed Publisher: Oxford University Press (November 17, 2016) Series: Oxford Islamic Legal Studies In Coercion and Responsibility in Islam, Mairaj Syed explores how classical Muslim theologians and jurist...
Performing Religion: Actors, Contexts and Texts

Performing Religion: Actors, Contexts and Texts

2017-07-07
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Case Studies on Islam Edited by Ines Weinrich Publisher: Orient-Institut Beirut (OIB) (2016) Performing Religion investigates the relationship between texts, actors, and contexts in the study of Muslim devotion. Research in Islamic Studies to date...
Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology

Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology

2017-06-16
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By Marcus Milwright Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (21 Feb. 2017) A primary sourcebook for the study of traditional art and craft practices of the Islamic world Islamic art is justly famed for its technological sophistication, varied approa...
Islamophobia Studies Yearbook

Islamophobia Studies Yearbook

2017-06-06
1981 Views
Call for Papers Submission Deadline: July 1, 2017 The Islamophobia Studies Yearbook is a bi-lingual periodical that started as a German language journal and has now been offering articles in German and English since 2010. The journal uses double bl...
Religions, Nations, and Transnationalism in Multiple Modernities

Religions, Nations, and Transnationalism in Multiple Modernities

2017-06-06
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Editors: Patrick Michel, Adam Possamai, Bryan Turner Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US (May 19, 2017) This edited book explores the impact of globalization on the relationship between religion and politics, religion and nation, religion and national...
Religion and Super Diversity

Religion and Super Diversity

2017-05-23
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New Diversities, Volume 18, No. 1, 2016 Published by Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity New Diversities is an international, peer reviewed, scholarly and professional journal, published by the Max Planck Institute ...
Islam, State and Modernity

Islam, State and Modernity

2017-05-23
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Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and the Future of the Arab World Edited by: Zaid Eyadat, Francesca M. Corrao, Mohammed Hashas Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US (June 14, 2017) Series: Middle East Today This is the first work in English that examines the ...
Routledge International Handbook of Religion in Global Society

Routledge International Handbook of Religion in Global Society

2017-05-20
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Call for Abstracts Submission Deadline: July 15, 2017 This is a Call for Abstracts to contribute to the Routledge International Handbook of Religion in Global Society (target publication: 2018).  We are particularly in...
Debates of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): With Scholars and Representatives of Other Religions

Debates of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh): With Scholars and Representatives of Other Religions

2017-05-05
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By Abu Mansur Ahmed Ibn Ali al-Tabarsi Editor: Abu Yahya al-Hosseini Translator: Fizza Haidari Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 30, 2017) Veritas-Publishing released this March the first of a series of volume dedicate...
Encyclopaedia Islamica

Encyclopaedia Islamica

2017-04-16
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Edited by Wilferd Madelung and Farhad Daftary Publisher: BRILL The 16 volume Encyclopaedia Islamica is due to become one of the major comprehensive reference works on Islam and the Muslim world. It is an abridged and edited translation of the Persi...
Introduction to Jurisprudential Maxims

Introduction to Jurisprudential Maxims

2017-03-26
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Author: Baqir al-Irawani Translator: Zaid Alsalami Publisher: ICAS Press Jurisprudential maxims (al-qawa‘id al-fiqhiyyah) play an important role in determining one's legal duty in particular situations. When applied, these maxims - such as t...
The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences (JRISS)

The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences (JRISS)

2017-03-12
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Volume 7, No. 1 The seventh issue of the academic journal was published: The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences (JRISS) Vol. 7, No. 1, 2016. It focuses on themes such as philosophy, epistemology, study of religion and comparative stud...
The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity

The Shi'i World: Pathways in Tradition and Modernity

2017-02-19
1978 Views
Volume 4 of Muslim Heritage Series Edited by: Farhad Daftary, Amyn B. Sajoo, Shainool Jiwa Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd (September 29, 2015) Series: Muslim Heritage Series The world’s 200 million Shi’i Muslims express their fait...
Islamology: New Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim Societies

Islamology: New Journal for Studies of Islam and Muslim Societies

2017-02-15
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Call for Papers Submission Deadline (for the First Issue): March 30, 2017 Submission Deadline (for the Second Issue): August 30, 2017 The Islamology journal is a new academic periodical spearheaded by a team of scholars at the Mardjani Foundation....
Controversies in Formative Shi'i Islam: The Ghulat Muslims and Their Beliefs

Controversies in Formative Shi'i Islam: The Ghulat Muslims and Their Beliefs

2017-01-18
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Author: Mushegh Asatryan Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd (November 30, 2016) Series: Shi'i Heritage Studies Among the various Muslim communities that were articulating their doctrinal positions in the early Islamic centuries, one in particular ...
What is a Madrasa?

What is a Madrasa?

2017-01-15
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Author: Ebrahim Moosa Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (March 10, 2015) Explains the role of the madrasa in the cultural, intellectual and religious experience of Muslims. The prospects for peace in Afghanistan, dialogue between Washington an...
Shi'i Doctrine, Mu'tazili Theology

Shi'i Doctrine, Mu'tazili Theology

2017-01-12
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al-Sharif al-Murtada and Imami Discourse Author: Hussein Ali Abdulsater Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (June 30, 2017) Examines the critical turn that shaped Imami Shi'ism in the 10th and 11th centuries God is not free to act; He is bound ...
Guardians of Shi'ism

Guardians of Shi'ism

2017-01-08
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Sacred Authority and Transnational Family Networks Author: Elvire Corboz Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (January 2015) A study of Shi'i Islam explaining the transnational constitution of clerical authority For centuries, the Shi‘i re...
Muslims in Scotland

Muslims in Scotland

2017-01-06
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The Making of Community in a Post-9/11 World By Stefano Bonino Publisher: Edinburgh University Press (November 2016) Explores what it means to be a Muslim in modern Scotland The experience of being a Muslim in Scotland today is shaped by the glob...
Religion, State & Society

Religion, State & Society

2016-12-18
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Call for Papers: Religion and the Rise of Populism: Migration, Radicalism and New Nationalisms Submission Deadline: August 15, 2017 The editors of the journal Religion, State and Society are pleased to invite contributions to a spe...
London Youth, Religion, and Politics

London Youth, Religion, and Politics

2016-12-13
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Engagement and Activism from Brixton to Brick Lane By Daniel Nilsson DeHanas Publisher: Oxford University Press (August 30, 2016) The book addresses controversial issues of the integration of Muslim youth by placing them in context with other reli...
Islamic Studies in the Twenty-first Century: Transformations and Continuities

Islamic Studies in the Twenty-first Century: Transformations and Continuities

2016-12-07
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Edited by: Léon Buskens, Annemarie van Sandwijk Publisher: Amsterdam University Press (August 17, 2016) The NISIS (Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies) publication “Islamic Studies in the Twenty-first Century: Transf...
The Hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire

The Hajj and Europe in the Age of Empire

2016-11-25
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Leiden Studies in Islam and Society (LSIS) Series, Volume 5 Edited by Umar Ryad Publisher: Brill (October 2016) Collections: Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2017 The present volume focuses on the political per...
Islamophobia and Securitization

Islamophobia and Securitization

2016-11-11
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Religion, Ethnicity and the Female Voice by Tania Saeed (Author) Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (October 17, 2016) - Provides an interdisciplinary study which combines gender studies and security discourses - Moves beyond analysis of Muslims as a ...
Shii Studies Review (SSR)

Shii Studies Review (SSR)

2016-11-07
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Volume One, Issue Two With a monographic section devoted to al-Sharīf al-Murtaḍā (d. 436/1044) Call for papers Submission Deadline: February 15, 2017 A refereed journal with an international editorial and advisory board, the Shii Studies R...
The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology

The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Theology

2016-11-04
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Edited by Sabine Schmidtke Publisher: Oxford University Press (March 31, 2016) Oxford Handbooks Series Within the field of Islamic Studies, scientific research of Muslim theology is a comparatively young discipline. Much progress has been ach...
Journal of Islamic Perspective and Culture

Journal of Islamic Perspective and Culture

2016-11-01
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Call for papers Submission Deadline: November 10, 2016 Publisher:  MacroWorld Publishing Co. Editor-in-Chief: Julian Kunnie, The University of Arizona, USA Journal of Islamic Perspective and Culture is a refereed journal dedicated ...
Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture

Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture

2016-10-21
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Call for Papers for Vol. 4 No. 2 Submission Deadline: October 31, 2016 Publication Date: December 31, 2016 Publisher: the American Research Institute for Policy Development (ARIPD) Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture is a peer reviewed ...
Muslims in Global Societies Series

Muslims in Global Societies Series

2016-09-15
1966 Views
Series Ed.: Turner, Bryan S. Publisher: Springer The book series Muslims in Global Societies is designed to accommodate the growing social scientific research on Islam and Muslims focusing on contemporary issues derived from the challenges o...
Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism

Reconciling Islam, Christianity and Judaism

2016-09-08
1970 Views
Islam’s Special Role in Restoring Convivencia Authors: Terence Lovat, Robert Crotty Publisher: Springer (2015) At the present time, when so-called Islamic radicalism, terrorism and Jihadism occupy major media space, with Isl...
Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

Handbook of the Sociology of Religion

2016-08-22
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Call for Abstracts Religion in Contexts Abstract Submission Deadline: September 30, 2016 It is the aim of the volume to collect contributions that contextualize religions in their worldwide multiplicity, their particular societal configurations ...
Journal of Contemporary Religion

Journal of Contemporary Religion

2016-08-13
2189 Views
Virtual Special Issue: Sociology A brand new Virtual Special Issue from Journal of Contemporary Religion featuring key research on sociology and religion is introduced. By exploring the crossroads between the two subject areas, this new Virtual Sp...
Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shi'ism

Twelve Infallible Men: The Imams and the Making of Shi'ism

2016-08-02
2604 Views
Twelve Infallible Men focuses on the role of narratives of the imams in the development of a distinct Shi’a identity. During the tenth century, at a critical juncture in Islamic history, a group of scholars began assembling definitive works containing accounts of the twelve imams’ lives. These collective biographies constructed a sacred history, portraying the imams as strong, beautiful, learned, and pious. Miracles surrounded their birth, and they became miracle workers in turn, but were nevertheless betrayed and martyred by enemies.
Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies

Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies

2016-07-31
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The Journal of Shi‘a Islamic Studies (JSIS) is a refereed academic journal published quarterly by ICAS Press for the Islamic College in London. The journal provides an international forum for scholars through the publication of research articles in all fields of Shi‘a studies, from the historical to the contemporary and from the theological to the philosophical.
Open Theology: Call for Proposals for Upcoming Topical Issues in Vol. 2017

Open Theology: Call for Proposals for Upcoming Topical Issues in Vol. 2017

2016-07-27
2778 Views
Open Theology journal invites groups of researchers, conference organizers etc. to submit their proposals of edited volumes to be considered as topical issues for vol. 2017. Open Theology is an international Open Access, peer-reviewed academic journ...
Challenges & Opportunities for Social Work with Muslims

Challenges & Opportunities for Social Work with Muslims

2016-07-21
2794 Views
Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought Islam in the 21st Century: Challenges & Opportunities for Social Work with Muslims Call for Papers Deadline: 15 August 2016 Guest Editor: Dr. Altaf Husain, Howard Un...
Muslim Diasporas in the West

Muslim Diasporas in the West

2016-07-19
2504 Views
Edited by Tahir Abbas Publisher: Routledge (2017) 1,377 pages This major works collection surveys the nature of Muslim diasporas in the west from a sociological perspective, exploring the issues of migration, integration, identity, politics, Islam...
The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations

The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations

2016-07-11
2183 Views
Edited by Josef Meri Publisher: Routledge (July 6, 2016) The Routledge Handbook of Muslim-Jewish Relations invites readers to deepen their understanding of the historical, social, cultural, and political themes that impact modern-day perceptions of...
Seeking The Straight Path: Reflections of a New Muslim

Seeking The Straight Path: Reflections of a New Muslim

2016-07-01
2149 Views
by Diana Masooma Beatty (Author) Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (October 9, 2014) This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Talee throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying t...
The Oxford Handbook of European Islam

The Oxford Handbook of European Islam

2015-05-11
2121 Views
For centuries, Muslim countries and Europe have engaged one another through theological dialogues, diplomatic missions, political rivalries, and power struggles. In the last thirty years, due in large part to globalization and migration from Islamic ...
The Oxford Handbook of American Islam

The Oxford Handbook of American Islam

2015-05-11
2035 Views
Islam has been part of the increasingly complex American religious scene for well over a century, and was brought into more dramatic focus by the attacks of September 11, 2001. American Islam is practiced by a unique blend of immigrants and American-...
The Study of Shi'i Islam: History, Theology and Law

The Study of Shi'i Islam: History, Theology and Law

2015-05-11
1928 Views
Shi'i Islam, with its rich and extensive history, has played a crucial role in the evolution of Islam as both a major world religion and civilization. The prolific achievements of Shi'i theologians, philosophers and others are testament to the spirit...
A History of Islamic Societies

A History of Islamic Societies

2015-05-11
2029 Views
This new edition of one of the most widely used course books on Islamic civilizations around the world has been substantially revised to incorporate the new scholarship and insights of the last twenty-five years. Ira Lapidus' history explores the beg...
Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad

Fatima, Daughter of Muhammad

2015-05-10
2157 Views
The Prophet Muhammad died in June 10/632, his head cradled in the lap of his young wife  isha. In the shadows near his bed stood Fâtima, his only surviving daughter, ousted from her father s side at this critical moment. Fâtima wou...
Making European Muslims: Religious Socialization Among Young Muslims in Scandinavia and Western Europe

Making European Muslims: Religious Socialization Among Young Muslims in Scandinavia and Western Europe

2015-05-10
1944 Views
Making European Muslims provides an in-depth examination of what it means to be a young Muslim in Europe today, where the assumptions, values and behavior of the family and those of the majority society do not always coincide. Focusing on the religio...
Muslims in 21st Century Europe: Structural and Cultural Perspectives

Muslims in 21st Century Europe: Structural and Cultural Perspectives

2015-05-10
1890 Views
Muslims in 21st Century Europe explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in various European countries with a view to highlighting different paths of integration of immigrant and native Muslims.  Starting with...
Growing Up Muslim: Understanding the Beliefs and Practices of Islam

Growing Up Muslim: Understanding the Beliefs and Practices of Islam

2015-05-10
1811 Views
Author Sumbul Ali-Karamali offers her personal account, discussing the many and varied questions she fielded from curious friends and schoolmates while growing up in Southern California—from diet, to dress, to prayer and holidays and everything...
Producing Islamic Knowledge: Transmission and dissemination in Western Europe

Producing Islamic Knowledge: Transmission and dissemination in Western Europe

2015-05-10
1924 Views
How do Muslims in Europe acquire discursive and practical knowledge of Islam? How are conceptions of Islamic beliefs, values and practices transmitted and how do they change? Who are the authorities on these issues that Muslims listen to? How do new ...
Islamophobia in the West: Measuring and Explaining Individual Attitudes

Islamophobia in the West: Measuring and Explaining Individual Attitudes

2015-05-10
1776 Views
Since the late 1980s, growing migration from countries with a Muslim cultural background, and increasing Islamic fundamentalism related to terrorist attacks in Western Europe and the US, have created a new research field investigating the way states ...
The Islamic State in the Post-Modern World: The Political Experience of Pakistan

The Islamic State in the Post-Modern World: The Political Experience of Pakistan

2015-05-10
1740 Views
The Islamic State in the Post-Modern World is a study of the political development of Pakistan. This study consists of three parts. The first addresses the concept of the 'state' as it has evolved historically. The approach is comparative and involve...
God, Muhammad and the Unbelievers

God, Muhammad and the Unbelievers

2015-05-10
2105 Views
This study of the Qur'an arises from an interest in a pressing contemporary issue, the relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims ('the Ummah and the Other'). This text explores how the Qur'an comments on this relationship as it changed in the cour...
Speaking for Islam: Religious Authorities in Muslim Societies

Speaking for Islam: Religious Authorities in Muslim Societies

2015-05-10
1740 Views
The present volume - grown out of an international symposium at the Free University, Berlin in 2002 - is concerned with religious authorities, men and women claiming, projecting and exerting religious authority within a given context. The volume focu...
Guardians of Shi'ism: Sacred Authority and Transnational Family Networks

Guardians of Shi'ism: Sacred Authority and Transnational Family Networks

2015-05-10
1978 Views
A study of transnational Shi'ism that explains the constitution of clerical leadership patterns across borders What is the significance of transnationalism to Shi`i Islam? And how is clerical authority shaped across borders? Based on a political s...
No Islam But Islam

No Islam But Islam

2015-05-10
2037 Views
This book weaves its way into the fabric of Islam torn into shreds by the birth of many sects. The great twins, Shia and Sunni Islam; Ismaeli Islam; Ahmadiyya Islam; Wahhabi Islam; and Taliban Islam, to name a just few, dab the fabric of Islam in pat...
The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam

The Spirit of Tolerance in Islam

2015-05-10
2011 Views
When asked which religion was most loved by God, the Prophet of Islam refrained from naming a specific religion, and instead referred to a quality which should infuse the faith of all believers: ‘The primordial, generously tolerant faith’...
Xenophobia and Islamophobia in Europe

Xenophobia and Islamophobia in Europe

2015-05-10
1954 Views
European anti-Muslim attitudes: the voice of public protest against out-of-touch elites?Are anti-Muslim attitudes becoming the spectre that is haunting Europe? Is Islamophobia as widespread and virulent as is made out? Or do some EU societies appear ...
The Future of Islam

The Future of Islam

2015-05-10
1965 Views
John L. Esposito is one of America's leading authorities on Islam. Now, in this brilliant portrait of Islam today--and tomorrow--he draws on a lifetime of thought and research to sweep away the negative stereotypes and provide an accurate, richly nua...
Islam and the Veil: Theoretical and Regional Contexts

Islam and the Veil: Theoretical and Regional Contexts

2015-05-10
1894 Views
This volume is centred around the theme of veiling in Islam and provides multifarious aspects of the discussion regarding veiling of Muslim women, especially in the West. The issue of veiling has been intensively debated in Western society and has im...
A Brief History of Islam in Europe: Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence

A Brief History of Islam in Europe: Thirteen Centuries of Creed, Conflict and Coexistence

2015-05-10
1693 Views
The relationship between Europe and Islam has been complicated, if not troubled, throughout the thirteen centuries since Muslims first began playing a part in European history. This volume offers a compact, yet comprehensive look at the entire histor...
Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West's Past

Confronting Political Islam: Six Lessons from the West's Past

2015-05-10
1823 Views
How should the Western world today respond to the challenges of political Islam? Taking an original approach to answer this question, Confronting Political Islam compares Islamism’s struggle with secularism to other prolonged ideological clashe...
Islam and the West: A Civilized Dialogue

Islam and the West: A Civilized Dialogue

2015-05-10
1925 Views
Interaction between the Muslim World and the West stretches back centuries and, although the points of conflict are well known, the exchange of knowledge and cultural awareness has hitherto been mostly neglected. Islam and the West takes inspiration ...
The State in Contemporary Islamic Thought: A Historical Survey of the Major Muslim Political Thinkers of the Modern Era

The State in Contemporary Islamic Thought: A Historical Survey of the Major Muslim Political Thinkers of the Modern Era

2015-05-10
1508 Views
The debates on 'Islam and Modernity' clearly include in their analysis notions of the State. Abdelillah Belkeziz here charts the development of the concept of 'the state' (al-dawlah) in Islamic discourse over the last two centuries. The result is a t...
Islamism and Islam

Islamism and Islam

2015-05-10
1913 Views
Despite the intense media focus on Muslims and their religion since the tragedy of 9/11, few Western scholars or policymakers today have a clear idea of the distinctions between Islam and the politically based fundamentalist movement known as Islamis...
Muslim Childhood: Religious Nurture in a European Context

Muslim Childhood: Religious Nurture in a European Context

2015-05-10
1828 Views
How do we learn to be religious? To make sense of this process should we emphasise the habitual reinforcement of bodily rituals? Or the active role of individuals in making decisions about faith at key moments? Or should we turn to cognitive science ...
The Muslims Are Coming: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror

The Muslims Are Coming: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror

2015-05-10
1835 Views
"An important and moving investigation of the costs of the 'war on terror' for those who have been its targets, including the thousands of innocent Muslims who have been infiltrated, entrapped, and surveilled in the search for the radicalized terrori...
Islam and Public Controversy in Europe

Islam and Public Controversy in Europe

2015-05-10
1898 Views
In this volume the authors take us beyond analysis of society and politics. Their focus is the complex and tense field of the conceptual: in what ways are Muslims in Europe European Muslims; what do events and related discourses do to affect the form...
Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks

Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks

2015-05-10
1876 Views
Islam in Europe delves into the daily routines of European Muslim communities in order to provide a better understanding of what it means to be a European Muslim today. Instead of positing particular definitions of being Muslim, this volume invites a...
Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities: Islam, Youth, and Social Activism in the Middle East

Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities: Islam, Youth, and Social Activism in the Middle East

2015-05-10
1806 Views
"In this book, Dietrich Jung and his collaborators demonstrate theoretically and empirically how we are all 'moderns' in today's global world but modern in different ways. They do this concretely on the basis of historical analyses and contemporary r...
Muhammad: His Character and Conduct

Muhammad: His Character and Conduct

2015-05-10
2022 Views
Extraordinarily well written and presented" — Midwest Book Review "a valued contribution to the growing body of Islamic literature and very highly recommended for community and academic library Islamic Studies collections, as well as the perso...
Demystifying Islam: Tackling the Tough Questions

Demystifying Islam: Tackling the Tough Questions

2015-05-10
1930 Views
In the wake of 9/11, Zafar, a blogger, speaker, and teacher, found himself invited to explain Islam to non-Muslim audiences in a climate of fear and misinformation—at the age of twenty-two. Now a national spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Muslim Commu...
The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin: An Ethnographic Study

The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin: An Ethnographic Study

2015-05-10
1919 Views
"At last, a richly-textured, ethnographic study which takes religiosity seriously. This fine study of young women's involvement in a particular, Islamic movement in Berlin illuminates the reasons for 'the turn to Islam' of a new generation in Europe....
The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades

The Race for Paradise: An Islamic History of the Crusades

2015-05-10
2092 Views
"As Paul Cobb demonstrates in his splendidly detailed and timely narrative, lslamic authors and writers in Arabic showed a keen interest in the medieval Christian interlopers into the Muslim world, in political events and in the ideology of jihad tha...
Terrified: How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream

Terrified: How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream

2015-05-10
1695 Views
"The book not only lays bare the behind-the-scenes story of a momentous shift in public opinion, it employs cutting-edge computer analysis techniques applied to large archives of data to develop a new theoretical outlook, capable of making sense of t...
The Cambridge Companion to American Islam

The Cambridge Companion to American Islam

2015-05-10
1833 Views
'The twenty chapters of this superbly edited volume etch American Muslims at the crossroads - between immigrant past and citizen future, between indigenous African-American and global Arab-Asian. Neither secular nor Sufi nor Salafi but contingent, mo...
Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy

Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy

2015-05-10
2425 Views
A "lucid, learned and engaging book" - Karen Armstrong, The Sunday Times, Aug. 10 "Erudite and provocative" - Eric Ormsby, The Literary Review, Aug. 2014 "Brown possesses formidable knowledge of premodern Muslim scholars who sought to preserv...
Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past

Old Islam in Detroit: Rediscovering the Muslim American Past

2015-05-10
1909 Views
"The early twentieth century witnessed the institutionalization of mainstream Islam in America. Its history, however, has been overlooked until recently. I can think of no place more central than Detroit to understanding the complex racial, sectarian...
The Generalship of Muhammad: Battles and Campaigns of the Prophet of Allah

The Generalship of Muhammad: Battles and Campaigns of the Prophet of Allah

2015-05-10
2028 Views
His campaigns, military thought, and insurgent strategy "An excellent analysis of Muhammad as a general, placing his battles within the context of military history, and a good introduction to the life of the founder of Islam."--David Cook, author ...
The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam

The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam

2015-05-10
1567 Views
"A work of utmost importance, and one that has profound implications for our understanding of how Islam began."—Fred Donner, University of Chicago
Shi'i Sectarianism in the Middle East: Modernisation and the Quest for Islamic Universalism

Shi'i Sectarianism in the Middle East: Modernisation and the Quest for Islamic Universalism

2015-05-10
1648 Views
""Eisheva Machlis offers new and refreshing insights to Shii politics and intellectual activity in Iraq and Lebanon since World War One. In examining hitherto untapped sources, she skillfully analyzes how leading Shii scholars and political activists...
Islamic Reform and Conservatism: Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam

Islamic Reform and Conservatism: Al-Azhar and the Evolution of Modern Sunni Islam

2015-05-10
2216 Views
'Indira Gesink's deeply researched study on al-Azhar reform sheds new light on a major chapter in the history of modern Islam. Dispensing with conventional portrayals of entrenched conservatives resisting enlightened modernists, Gesink reveals a far ...
Studying Islam in Practice

Studying Islam in Practice

2015-05-10
1891 Views
"These lively narratives and reflections reflect the diversity and complexity of Islam as a lived religious tradition. The multidisciplinary perspectives represented vividly reveal the process and experience of studying Muslim religious life and prac...
Young American Muslims: Dynamics of Identity

Young American Muslims: Dynamics of Identity

2015-05-10
1948 Views
"Young American Muslims: Dynamics of Identity is an incisive, informative and accessible study, written in well-organised and succinct chapters promoting dialogue and critical engagement." - Maja Milatovic, University of Edinburgh, LSE Review of Book...
Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East

Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East

2015-05-10
2116 Views
"Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East is a groundbreaking volume which will soon establish itself as a seminal text in Arab media and cultural studies. Its thirteen chapters cover a wide geography and contextualise religious broadcasting in the ...
What Is an American Muslim?: Embracing Faith and Citizenship

What Is an American Muslim?: Embracing Faith and Citizenship

2015-05-10
1704 Views
"Abdullahi An-Na'im is arguably America's most important Muslim thinker and in this book he lays out the most compelling argument I've ever read about what it really means to be Muslim and American in a post-9/11 world." --Reza Aslan, author of No go...
New Directions in Islamic Education: Pedagogy and Identity Formation

New Directions in Islamic Education: Pedagogy and Identity Formation

2015-05-10
1602 Views
"This ground-breaking book is one of the most significant contributions made in recent years to Islamic education and, indeed, to wider religious education." - John M. Hull, Honorary Professor of Practical Theology in The Queen's Foundation for Ecume...
Neighboring Faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the Middle Ages and Today

Neighboring Faiths: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the Middle Ages and Today

2015-05-10
1650 Views
“Neighboring Faiths provides a cogent and powerful intervention into one of the most debated topics and thorniest issues in the history of the late medieval West: How did Christians, Muslims, and Jews live with each other and think about one an...
Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism

Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism

2015-05-10
1873 Views
'Flaskerud explores the visibility of popular Iranian Shi'ism in the context of concrete devotional practices and tackles questions of iconography, epigraphy, representation, emotion and subjectivity in an exemplary way with analytical depth. Develop...
Muslim-Christian Engagement in the Twentieth Century: The Principles of Interfaith Dialogue and the Work of Ismai'l al-Faruqi

Muslim-Christian Engagement in the Twentieth Century: The Principles of Interfaith Dialogue and the Work of Ismai'l al-Faruqi

2015-05-10
1696 Views
""This book is a first class piece of scholarship on a major Muslim pioneer in Islamic studies in the West and in interfaith dialogue. Charles Fletcher's book will in fact be the first major single-authored critical scholarly study on Ismail al-Faruq...
The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution

The Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution

2015-05-10
1783 Views
“Quite simply, the best Western journalist at work in Iraq today.”  —Seymour Hersh "Accessible…Cockburn describes a continuing tragedy in which hubris and optimism destroyed a seemingly promising revolution.” &...
Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition

Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition

2015-05-10
1742 Views
Her analysis of postcolonial and contemporary scholarship adds an important dimension to the debate, showing that while religion and religious commands continues to remain relevant to contemporary believers, with a strong desire to remain rooted in t...
British Secularism and Religion: Islam, Society and the State

British Secularism and Religion: Islam, Society and the State

2015-05-10
1689 Views
This interesting, topical and sometimes heated, conversation among theologians, social scientists and policy experts on British secularism helps to shed vital light on the challenges of accommodating religious minorities and majorities within modern ...
Islam: The Straight Path

Islam: The Straight Path

2015-05-10
1969 Views
"This is an excellent, comprehensive, and highly accessible introduction to Islam and its civilization; Muslims and their societies in the pre-modern to the modern period; and contemporary intellectual and political trends. In my opinion, it really i...
The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims

The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims

2015-05-10
1687 Views
"Nathan Lean's meticulous study of the Islamophobia industry is a convincing demonstration of the threat this form of extremism poses to a harmonious pluralistic society and democratic values. Rationalizing hatred of Muslims, well-funded ideologues h...
Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age

Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari'ah in the Modern Age

2015-05-10
1698 Views
Islamic law is widely viewed in the West as synonymous with Nazi law; it cannot be reformed or redeemed. In Reasoning with God, Khaled Abou El Fadl demonstrates not only how distorted this perception is but also how bigoted it can be as well. Part me...
Islamic Movements of Europe

Islamic Movements of Europe

2015-05-10
1887 Views
'Addressing a topic that is little understood and subject to much speculation, Islamic Movements of Europe provides the most authoritative and comprehensive statement to date on this timely issue. The range and quality of the scholarship represented ...
Islamic Tolerance: Amir Khusraw and Pluralism

Islamic Tolerance: Amir Khusraw and Pluralism

2015-05-10
1826 Views
"This book marks an important landmark in scholarship on classical Persian literature and medieval South Asian history... This excellent book, meticulously researched and lucidly written, has much to offer scholars of religion, literature, and histor...
Secularism, Theology and Islam: The Danish Social Imaginary and the Cartoon Crisis of 2005 - 2006

Secularism, Theology and Islam: The Danish Social Imaginary and the Cartoon Crisis of 2005 - 2006

2015-05-10
2184 Views
This thorough analysis of the Cartoon Crisis offers readers several rewards. It explains and analyzes the historical roots and as well as the contemporary social background of the so-called cartoon crisis in Denmark in 2005. Furthermore, it invites r...
Muslim Political Participation in Europe

Muslim Political Participation in Europe

2015-05-10
1768 Views
"This book provides a foundation for the study of Muslim political participation in Europe. In particular it will contribute to undermining the essentialist stereotypes which have poisoned much of European debate about Muslims." --Samim Akgonul, Prof...
Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722 (New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys)

Twelver Shiism: Unity and Diversity in the Life of Islam, 632 to 1722 (New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys)

2015-05-09
1634 Views
"Newman's analysis provides a valuable perspective and numerous insights into the long intellectual developments which it covers. Moreover, showing as it does what can be achieved through diligent application of the biographical and bibliographical s...
The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam

The Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam

2015-05-09
1987 Views
"The Apostates is not about religious freedom or religion that poisons. It is about some 'ordinary' British and Canadian ex-Muslims who struggle to find themselves. They ask others to respect, as also mirror, their anxieties, their hesitant belonging...
Towards Building a British Islam: New Muslims' Perspectives

Towards Building a British Islam: New Muslims' Perspectives

2015-05-09
1578 Views
"What is the fundamental nature of "British Islam"? Whatkind of message is being conveyed by British Muslims? This book helpsanswer such questions, providing an in-depth series of case-studies of the mostinfluential voices in the contemporary Muslim ...
 The Oxford Handbook of European Islam (Jocelyne Cesari, Editor)

The Oxford Handbook of European Islam (Jocelyne Cesari, Editor)

2015-02-01
2163 Views
he Oxford Handbook of European Islam is the first collection to present a comprehensive approach to the multiple and changing ways Islam has been studied across European countries. Parts one to three address the state of knowledge of Islam and Muslim...
Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Process (Library of Islamic Law)

Gender and Equality in Muslim Family Law: Justice and Ethics in the Islamic Legal Process (Library of Islamic Law)

2014-04-29
2165 Views
Gender equality is a modern ideal, which has only recently, with the expansion of human rights and feminist discourses, become inherent to generally accepted conceptions of justice. In Islam, as in other religious traditions, the idea of equality bet...
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