Muslimsonthe Margins
CreatingQueerReligious CommunityinNorthAmerica
KatrinaDalyThompson
Theturnofthetwenty-first centuryusheredinawaveof progressiveMuslims,whose moderninterpretationsand practicestransformedthe public’sperceptionofwhocouldfollowtheteachings ofIslam. Thisbook tellsthestoryoftheirevenmore radicaldescendants:nonconformistswhohave reinterpretedtheirreligionandcreatedspacefor queer,trans,andnonbinaryidentitieswithinIslam.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:NorthAmericanReligions
April2023272pp
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ForPutinandfor Sharia
DagestaniMuslimsandthe IslamicState
IwonaKaliszewska
TranslatedbyArthur Barys
Thisbookexamineswhatit meanstosupportshariain twenty-first-centuryDagestan,wherecallsforan Islamicstatecoexistwithnostalgiaforthedaysof Stalin'sruleandMeccacalendarshangalongside portraitsofPutin.
CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:NIUSeriesinSlavic,EastEuropean,andEurasian Studies
February202324colorhalftones168pp
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ComposingViolence TheLimitsofExposureand theMakingofMinorities
MoyukhChatterjee
In2002,armedHindumobs attackedMuslimsinbroad daylightinthewestIndian stateofGujarat.Thepogrom, whichwaswidelyseenover television,leftmorethanone thousanddead.In ComposingViolence Moyukh Chatterjeeexamineshowhighlyvisiblepolitical violenceagainstminoritiesactsasacatalystfor radicalchangesinlaw,publicculture,andpower.
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Series:TheoryinForms
February20236illustrations184pp
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Medicineand Shariah
ADialogueinIslamic Bioethics
EditedbyAasimI.Padela
Althoughmuchinkhasbeen spilledingeneratingIslamic responsestobioethical questionsandinanalyzing fatwas,Islamicbioethicsstill remainsanemergingfield. Medicineand Shariah bringstogetherexpertsfromvariousfields, includingclinicians,Islamicstudiesexperts,and Muslimtheologians,toanalyzetheinteractionofthe doctorsandjuristswhoareforgingthefieldof Islamicbioethics.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
February2023266pp
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SufiDeleuze
SecretionsofIslamicAtheism
MichaelMuhammadKnight
Theologicalprojectsseekingtoengage DeleuzeremainembeddedwithinChristian theologiesandintellectualhistories; whethertheyembrace,resist,ornegotiate withDeleuze’satheism,theatheismin questionremainsoneextractedfrom Christiantheology,aChristianatheism. In SufiDeleuze,MichaelMuhammad Knightoffersanintervention,engaging Deleuzianquestionsandthemesfrom withinIslamictradition.
FORDHAMUNIVERSITYPRESS
February20234b/willustrations208pp
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PalestinianRitualsof Identity
TheProphetMosesFestivalin Jerusalem,1850-1948
AwadHalabi
PalestinianRitualsofIdentity takesan innovativeapproachtothestudyof Palestine’smodernhistorybyfocusingon theProphetMosesfestivalfromthelate OttomanperiodthroughtheeraofBritish rule.Halabiexploreshowthefestival servedasanarenaofcompeting discourses,withvarioussocialgroups attemptingtocontrolitssymbols.
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January202310b&wphotos,1map336pp
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OrderoutofChaos
Islam,Information,andtheRiseandFall ofSocialOrdersinIraq
DavidSiddharthaPatel
Combiningrationalchoiceapproaches, ethnographicunderstanding,andGIS analysis,DavidSiddharthaPatelrevealsthe interconnectednessoftheenduring problemofhowsocietiescreatesocial orderinastatelessenvironment,the originsandlimitsofpoliticalauthorityand leadership,andthesocialandpolitical salienceofcollectiveidentity.
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Series:ReligionandConflict
December20222b&whalftones,7maps,1chart 240pp
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InandOutofThisWorld MaterialandExtraterrestrialBodiesin theNationofIslam
StephenC.Finley
Drawingonthespeechesandwritingof figuressuchasElijahMuhammad,Malcolm X,WarithDeenMohammad,andLouis Farrakhan,FinleyshowsthattheNOIand itsleadersusedmultiplereligioussymbols, rituals,andmythologiesmeanttorecast themeaningofthecosmosandcreatenew transcendentandimmanentblackbodies whosemeaningcannotbereducedto productsofracism.
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:ReligiousCulturesofAfricanandAfrican DiasporaPeople
November20224illustrations264pp
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Don'tThinkforYourself AuthorityandBeliefinMedieval Philosophy
PeterAdamson
Adamsonprovidesananswertoaquestion asrelevanttodayasitwasinthemedieval period:howandwhenshouldweturnto theauthoritativeexpertiseofotherpeople informingourownbeliefs?Hechallenges ustoreconsiderourapproachtothis questionthroughaconstructiverecovery oftheintellectualandculturaltraditionsof theIslamicworld,theByzantineEmpire, andLatinChristendom.
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Series:ConwayLecturesinMedievalStudies
October2022194pp
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TheWomen’sMosqueof America AuthorityandCommunityinUSIslam TazeenM.Ali
DrawingontextualanalysisofWMA sermonsandethnographicinterviewswith communitymembers,andutilizingBlack feministandwomanistframeworks,Ali investigateshowAmericanMuslimwomen createandauthorizenewconceptionsof Islamicauthority.
NEWYORKUNIVERSITYPRESS
October20224b&willustrations288pp
9781479811304 £25.99 PB now£18.19
OnSalafism ConceptsandContexts
AzmiBishara
OnSalafism offersacompellingnew understandingofthisphenomenon,both itsdevelopmentandcontemporary manifestations.Withthisbook,Azmi Bisharacriticallydeconstructsclaimsof continuitybetweenearlyIslamand modernmilitancyandmakesa counterargument:Salafismisawholly modernconstructinformedbyspecific sociopoliticalcontexts.
STANFORDUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:StanfordStudiesinMiddleEasternand IslamicSocietiesandCultures
September2022246pp
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MarketsofCivilization
IslamandRacialCapitalisminAlgeria
MuriamHalehDavis
In MarketsofCivilization MuriamHaleh Davisprovidesahistoryofracial capitalism,showinghowIslambecamea racialcategorythatshapedeconomic developmentincolonialandpostcolonial Algeria.Highlightingtheentanglementsof raceandreligion,Davisdemonstratesthat economicorthodoxieshelpedfashion understandingsofnationalidentityon bothsidesoftheMediterraneanduring decolonization.
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:TheoryinForms
September202212illustrations288pp
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EducationTransformation inMuslimSocieties
ADiscourseofHope
EditedbyIlhamNasser
Scholarsfromaroundtheworldoffera wealthofperspectivesforincorporating hopeintheeducationofstudentsfrom kindergartenthroughuniversityto stimulatechange,dialogue,and transformationintheircommunities.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:AdvancingEducationinMuslimSocieties
September20227figures232pp
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RageandCarnageinthe NameofGod
ReligiousViolenceinNigeria
AbiodunAlao
Alaoexaminestheemergenceofaculture ofreligiousviolenceinpostindependence Nigeria,whereChristianity,Islam,and traditionalreligionshaveallbeen associatedwithviolence.Heinvestigates therootcausesandhistoricalevolutionof Nigeria’sreligiousviolence,locatingitin theforcedcomingtogetherofdisparate ethnicgroupsundercolonialrule,which plantedtheseedsofdiscordthatreligion, elites,anddomesticpoliticsexploit.
DUKEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:ReligiousCulturesofAfricanandAfrican DiasporaPeople
August20221illustration312pp
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ThreeCenturiesofTravel WritingbyMuslimWomen
EditedbySiobhanLambert-Hurley, DanielMajchrowiczandSunil
Sharma
Thecontributorsrecover,translate, annotate,andprovidehistoricaland culturalcontextforthe17th-to20thcenturywritingsofMuslimwomen travelersintendifferentlanguages.The stunningfirsthandaccountsinthis collectioncompletelyupendpreconceived notionsofwhowasexploringtheworld.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
August202240b&willus.532pp
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BeyondPietyandPolitics
Religion,SocialRelations,andPublic PreferencesintheMiddleEastand NorthAfrica
SabriCiftci,F.MichaelWuthrich andAmmarShamaileh
BeyondPietyandPolitics providesa groundbreakingapproachto understandingthedepthandvarietyof politicalattitudesheldbypeoplewho considerthemselvestobepiousMuslims.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
May202228b&willus.,30b&wtables272pp
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MakingModernityinthe IslamicMediterranean
EditedbyMargaretS.Gravesand AlexDikaSeggerman
Revealshow19th-centuryartistsinthe MiddleEastandNorthAfricareckoned withnewtools,materials,andtastesfrom localperspectives.Contributorsfocuson theshiftingmethodsofproduction, reproduction,circulation,andexchange artistsfacedastheyworkedinfieldssuch asphotography,weaving,design, metalwork,ceramics,andeven transportation.
INDIANAUNIVERSITYPRESS
April2022145colorillus.282pp
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TheHistoryandCultureof IranandCentralAsia
FromthePre-IslamictotheIslamic Period
EditedbyD.G.TorandMinoru InabaNootherregionoftheworldunderwent suchradicaltransformation,which fundamentallyalteredthecourseofworld history,asthisareadidduringthe centuriesoftransitionfromthepre-Islamic totheIslamicperiod.
UNIVERSITYOFNOTREDAMEPRESS
April202251b&willustrations,38maps364pp
9780268202095 £81.00 HB now£56.70
IslamicGardensand Landscapes
D.FairchildRuggles
Awardedthe2009J.B.JacksonBookPrize fromtheFoundationforLandscapeStudies
JustasIslamiccultureishistoricallydense, sophisticated,andcomplex,sotooisthe historyofitsbuiltlandscapes.A comprehensivesurveyofIslamicgardens, fromantiquitythroughtothepresent,this bookimmersesthereaderintheworldof thearchitectsofthegreatgardensofthe Islamicworld,frommedievalMoroccoto contemporaryIndia.
UNIVERSITYOFPENNSYLVANIAPRESS
Series:PennStudiesinLandscapeArchitecture
March202228color,177b/willus.312pp
9780812225143 £29.99 PB now£20.99
TheIslamicMovementin Israel
TildeRosmer
Sinceitsestablishmentinthelate1970s, Israel’sIslamicMovementhasgrownfrom asmallreligiousrevivalistorganization focusedonstrengtheningthefaithof Muslimresidentstoacountrywide sociopoliticalmovementwith representationintheIsraelilegislature. TildeRosmertellsthestoryofthe movement,itsidentity,anditsactivities.
UNIVERSITYOFTEXASPRESS
February20221map240pp
9781477323540 £45.00 HB now£31.50
Islam,Justice,and Democracy
SabriCiftci
Justice(al-'adl)isoneoftheprincipal valuesoftheIslamicfaith.SabriCiftci focusesonMuslimagencyanddemocracy toexplainhowordinaryMuslimsusethe conceptionsofdivinejustice—either servitudetoGodorexercisingfreewill againstoppressors—tomakesenseofrealworldproblems.
TEMPLEUNIVERSITYPRESS
Series:ReligiousEngagementinDemocratic Politics
December202119tables,12figs.221pp
9781439921500 £27.99 PB now£19.59
WhoseIslam
TheWesternUniversityandModern IslamicThoughtinIndonesia
MeganBrankleyAbbas
Inthisincisivenewbook,MeganBrankley AbbasarguesthattheWesternuniversity hasemergedasasignificantspacefor producingIslamicknowledgeandMuslim religiousauthority. Whose Islam? examinesthefar-reaching repercussionsofthischangeformajor MuslimcommunitiesaswellasforIslamic studiesasanacademicdiscipline.
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Series:EncounteringTraditions
June2021280pp
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