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HIGHLIGHTS FROM DUST THEY CAME

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BEYOND DOUBT

Government Camps and the Religion of Reform in New Deal California Jonathan H. Ebel

The Secularization of Society Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman and Ryan T. Cragun

The federal government’s Depression-era effort to redeem Dust Bowl refugees in rural California through religion

Demonstrates definitively that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide

In North American Religions

240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814282

CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND THE BIRTH OF THE WAR ON DRUGS

THE WOMEN’S MOSQUE OF AMERICA

Authority and Community in US Islam Tazeen M. Ali

Andrew Monteith

Analyzes how American Muslim women assert themselves as religious actors in the US and beyond

Recovers the religious origins of the War on Drugs 304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479817924

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479811304

CONCEIVING CHRISTIAN AMERICA

JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOLS

Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America Laura Yares

Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics Risa Cromer

How changes to Jewish education in the nineteenth century served as a site for the wholescale reimagining of Judaism itself

How embryo adoption advances the Christian Right’s political goals for creating a Christian nation 320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818594

In Anthropologies of American Medicine

264 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479822270

THE FAITHFUL SCIENTIST

256 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479823710

In Secular Studies

In North American Religions

MUSLIMS OF THE HEARTLAND

Experiences of AntiReligious Bias in Scientific Training Christopher P. Scheitle

How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest Edward E. Curtis IV

Reveals biases within scientific PhD training programs against emerging scientists who embrace a religious faith and the ramifications for science

Uncovers the surprising history of Muslim life in the early American Midwest

256 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479827220

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NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIONS MUSLIMS ON THE MARGINS

CHRISTIAN IMPERIAL FEMINISM

Creating Queer Religious Community in North America Katrina Daly Thompson

White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire Gale L. Kenny

Offers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communities

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814350

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RELIGION AND US EMPIRE

THE CHURCH OF THE DEAD

Critical New Histories Edited by Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson

The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas Jennifer Scheper Hughes

How American forms of religion and empire developed in tandem, shaping and reshaping each other over the course of American history 384 PP | PAPER | $38 9781479810390

264 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479825936

FEAR IN OUR HEARTS

The founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the nascent faith alive

OLD CANAAN IN A NEW WORLD

What Islamophobia Tells Us about America Caleb Iyer Elfenbein

Native Americans and the Lost Tribes of Israel Elizabeth Fenton

Argues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American values

Were indigenous Americans descendants of the lost tribes of Israel?

248 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479820528

256 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479820481

WHEN THE MEDIUM WAS THE MISSION

VERNACULAR RELIGION

Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano Edited by Deborah Dash Moore

The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture Jenna Supp-Montgomerie FINALIST, 2022 PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies 312 PP | PAPER | $35 ISBN

How white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness

344 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818679

A comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studies

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RACE AND ETHNICITY THE BLACK COPTIC CHURCH

256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816460

NETWORKING THE BLACK CHURCH

Race and Imagination in a New Religion Leonard Cornell McKinnis II

Digital Black Christians and Hip Hop Erika D. Gault

Provides an illuminating look at the diverse world of Black religious life in North America

Provides a timely portrait of young Black Christians and how digital technology is transforming the Black Church

In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

312 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479805822

BLACK FUNDAMENTALISTS

THE DIVIDED MIND OF THE BLACK CHURCH

Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity in the Segregation Era Daniel R. Bare

Theology, Piety, and Public Witness Raphael G. Warnock

Reveals the history of Black Fundamentalists during the early part of the twentieth century 272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803279

A revealing look at the identity and mission of the Black church 276 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479806003

RASTAFARI

Black Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century Korie Little Edwards and Michelle Oyakawa

Illuminates how the Rastafari movement managed to evolve in the face of severe biases

200 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479812530

THE GROUND HAS SHIFTED

The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation Rima Vesely-Flad

Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award

304 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479897186

Explores the complex role that Black religious leaders play—or don’t play—in twenty-first-century racial justice efforts

BLACK BUDDHISTS AND THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION

The Future of the Black Church in PostRacial America Walter Earl Fluker

In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

SMART SUITS, TATTERED BOOTS

The Evolution of a People and Their Identity Charles Price

352 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479888122

In Religion and Social Transformation

344 PP | PAPER | $30 ISBN

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How Black Buddhist Teachers and Practitioners interpret Western Buddhism in spiritual and communal ways

GENDER THE STATE OF DESIRE

QUEER JUDAISM

LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel Orit Avishai

Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land Lea Taragin-Zeller

Offers a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities

An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel 200 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479817368

320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810031

JEWISH RADICAL FEMINISM

464 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479802548

THE FORBIDDEN BODY

Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement Joyce Antler

Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination Douglas E. Cowan

Finalist, 2019 PROSE Award in Biography, given by the Association of American Publishers

From creature features to indie horror flicks, find out what happens when sex, horror, and the religious imagination come together

In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History

328 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803118

POLITICS FAITH AND POWER

ONE FAITH NO LONGER

Latino Religious Politics Since 1945 Edited by Felipe Hinojosa, Maggie Elmore and Sergio M. González

The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk

Illuminates how religion shapes Latino politics and community building

352 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479804528

304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479808687

THE MYTH OF COLORBLIND CHRISTIANS

OPEN HEARTS, CLOSED DOORS

Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism Nicholas T. Pruitt

Evangelicals and White Supremacy in the Civil Rights Era Jesse Curtis

A history of mainline Protestant responses to immigrants and refugees during the twentieth century

Reveals how Christian colorblindness expanded white evangelicalism and excluded Black evangelicals 304 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479809387

Irreconcilable differences drive the division between progressive and conservative Christians—is there a divorce coming?

296 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479803545

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SECULAR STUDIES THE NEW HERETICS

THE SECULAR PARADOX

Skepticism, Secularism, and Progressive Christianity Rebekka King

264 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479836147

Charts the development of progressive Christianity’s engagement with modern science, historical criticism, and liberal humanism

On the Religiosity of the Not Religious Joseph Blankholm A radically new way of understanding secularism which explains why being secular can seem so strangely religious 312 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479809509

CATHOLICISM IN THE SHADOW OF EBENEZER

THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CATHOLICISM

A Black Catholic Parish in the Age of Civil Rights and Vatican II Leah Mickens

Regional Culture and the Catholic Experience Michael J. Pfeifer

Uncovers how the Civil Rights Movement and Vatican II affected African American Catholics in Atlanta 216 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816507

Traces the development of Catholic cultures to larger patterns of Catholicism in the United States 248 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479889426

LIFEBLOOD OF THE PARISH

CHRISTIAN ANARCHIST

Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada

Ammon Hennacy, A Life on the Catholic Left William Marling A biography of a remarkable figure, whose politics prefigured today’s social justice, ecology, and gender equality movements

A New York City ethnography that explores men’s unique approaches to Catholic devotion 296 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479830497

In North American Religions

336 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479810079

CATHOLIC ACTIVISM TODAY

CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice Maureen K. Day

Progressive Movements in the United States Sharon Erickson Nepstad A history of Catholic social thought

Uncovers why Catholic organizations fail to foster civic activism

320 PP | CLOTH | $39

In Religion and Social Transformation

224 PP | PAPER | $30

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CHRISTIANITY WANAMAKER’S TEMPLE

GOD’S RESISTANCE

The Business of Religion in an Iconic Department Store Nicole C. Kirk

Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, Robert Chao Romero, and Nancy Wang Yuen

How a pioneering merchant blended religion and business to create a unique American shopping experience 288 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479827237

192 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479816422

ADOPTING FOR GOD

WHITE CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE

The Mission to Change America through Transnational Adoption Soojin Chung

The Illusion of Religious Equality in America Khyati Y. Joshi Exposes the invisible ways in which Christian privilege disadvantages religious minorities in America

Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentieth-century transnational adoption movement 232 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479808854

Explores the power of faith to drive resistance to antiimmigration policies in the United States

256 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479812004

EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY KABBALAH AND THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA

THE COURSE OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE

The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World Brian Ogren

Religion, Health, and the Body in Early America Philippa Koch Shows that a religious understanding of illness and health persisted well into post-Enlightenment early America

Explores the influence of Kabbalah in shaping America’s religious identity 328 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479807987

280 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479806683

JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR

DIVIDING THE FAITH

The Union Army Adam D. Mendelsohn

The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American North Richard J. Boles

Offers an engaging account of the experiences of Jewish soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War

336 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479812233

In North American Religions

Uncovers the often overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant churches 344 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479803187

In Early American Places

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LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE THE ESSENCE OF REALITY

THE BOOK OF MONASTERIES

A Defense of Philosophical Sufism Ayn al-Qudat Edited and translated by Mohammed Rustom

al-Shabushti Edited and translated by Hilary Kilpatrick A literary tour of Christian monasteries of the medieval Middle East

A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism 350 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479816590

300 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479825769

KALĪLAH AND DIMNAH

THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATAÑJALI

Fables of Virtue and Vice Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ Translated by Michael Fishbein and James E. Montgomery Foreword by Marina Warner

300 PP | PAPER | $16 9781479825776

Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal

Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī Translated by Mario Kozah Foreword by David Gordon White A brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophy 300 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479813216

THE DIVINE NAMES

THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUFI PATH

A Mystical Theology of the Names of God in the Qurʾan Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani Edited and translated by Yousef Casewit

A Defense of the Mystical Tradition Ibn Khaldūn Edited and translated by Carolyn Baugh

A Sufi scholar’s philosophical interpretation of the names of God

300 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479826124

Sufism through the eyes of a legal scholar 320 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479806331

THE DISCOURSES

LIGHT IN THE HEAVENS

Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī Translated by Justin Stearns Foreword by Ayesha Ramachandran

Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī Translated by Tahera Qutbuddin Foreword by Bishop Paul Hinder

Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life 280 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479810581

192 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479864485

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Humanitarian lessons and practical insights with a universal appeal

WOMEN IN RELIGIONS WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS

WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

Oyèrónké Oládémọ

Rebecca Moore

Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people

Uncovers women’s participation and impact on defining historical moments and themes of Christian traditions

200 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479813995

224 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479821754

WOMEN IN NEW RELIGIONS

WOMEN IN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

Laura Vance

Karma Lekshe Tsomo

An in-depth history of selected New Religions that highlights the roles of women in their founding and continual practice

224 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479816026

A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world 232 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479803422

WOMEN IN JAPANESE RELIGIONS

THEORY OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS

Barbara R. Ambros

Catherine Wessinger

A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditions

An introduction to the study of women in diverse religious cultures

240 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479884063

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232 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479809462

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JEWISH STUDIES FORGED IN AMERICA

MARTY GLICKMAN

The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend Jeffrey S. Gurock

How Irish-Jewish Encounters Shaped a Nation Edited by Hasia R. Diner and Miriam Nyhan Grey

The first comprehensive biography of the preeminent voice of New York sports

How Irish and Jewish Americans defined their place in a complex society.

288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479826070

In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History

248 PP | CLOTH | $28 9781479820870

MY SECONDFAVORITE COUNTRY

BEYOND THE SYNAGOGUE

Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice Rachel B. Gross

How American Jewish Children Think About Israel Sivan Zakai

Reveals nostalgia as a new way of maintaining Jewish continuity

Reveals how young American Jewish children come to develop their views about Israel 264 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479808984

In North American Religions 272 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479820511

A REVOLUTION IN TYPE

JEWS ACROSS THE AMERICAS

Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press Ayelet Brinn

A Sourcebook, 1492–Present Edited by Adriana M. Brodsky and Laura Arnold Leibman

A fascinating glimpse into the complex and often unexpected ways that women and ideas about women shaped widely read Jewish newspapers 328 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479817665

An overview of the history of American Jewry using primary sources 552 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479819324

JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY

JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY

After Stalin, 1953–1967, Volume 5 Gennady Estraikh

War, Conquest, and Catastrophe, 1939–1945, Volume 3 Oleg Budnitskii, David Engel, Gennady Estraikh, and Anna Shternshis

Offers an analysis of Soviet Jewish society after the death of Joseph Stalin 432 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479819461

In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History

440 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479819430

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Provides a comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during WWII

GREAT FOR COURSES STUDYING LIVED RELIGION

POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE

Contexts and Practices Nancy Tatom Ammerman

Religion in a World of Movement Simon Coleman

Offers an overarching definition and framework for the study of religion as it manifests itself in everyday life

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479804344

A groundbreaking reframing of religious pilgrimage to include everyday locations

344 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479811946

RELIGION IS RACED

ALTERNATIVE SOCIOLOGIES OF RELIGION

Understanding American Religion in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Grace Yukich and Penny Edgell

Through Non-Western Eyes James V. Spickard

Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first century 344 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479808748

336 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479866311

CREOLE RELIGIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN, THIRD EDITION

CRITICAL RACE THEORY, FOURTH EDITION

An Introduction Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic

An Introduction Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

392 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803484

An updated introduction to the religions developed in the Caribbean region

Uncovers what the sociology of religion would look like had it emerged in a Confucian, Muslim, or Native American culture rather than in a Christian one

A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory In Critical America 224 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479818259

PARTNERS HONOURING THE DECLARATION

LOSS OF INDIGENOUS EDEN AND THE FALL OF SPIRITUALITY

Church Commitments to Reconciliation and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Edited by Don Schweitzer and Paul L. Gareau

Blair A. Stonechild

Highlights the commonalities between Indigenous nations

A framework for indigenous and settler reparations 312 PP | PAPER | $35 9780889778320

Published by University of Regina Press

344 PP | PAPER | $28 9780889776999

Published by University of Regina Press

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