FORBIDDEN
A 3,000-YEAR HISTORY OF JEWS AND THE PIG
JORDAN D. ROSENBLUM
“Easy to read, spiced with humor and new information. Who knew there was so much history between Jews and pigs?”
—Jewish Herald-Voice
272 PP | CLOTH | $30.00 | 9781479831494
LINCOLN AND THE JEWS A HISTORY, WITH A NEW PREFACE
JONATHAN D. SARNA AND BENJAMIN SHAPELL
Explores the littleknown connection between Lincoln and the Jews
272 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479832804
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MARTY GLICKMAN
THE LIFE OF AN AMERICAN JEWISH SPORTS LEGEND
JEFFREY S. GUROCK
COWBOY APOCALYPSE RELIGION AND THE MYTH OF THE VIGILANTE MESSIAH RACHEL WAGNER
Charts the myth of the “good guy with a gun,” connecting America’s frontier beginnings with visions of the end of the world
320 PP | CLOTH | $35.00 | 9781479831623
DIANNE ASHTON AND MELISSA R. KLAPPER
A vivid look at the wartime experiences of a Jewish woman in the Confederate South
In the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
256 PP | CLOTH | $32.00 | 9781479831906 THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF EMMA MORDECAI
GUIDING GOD’S MARRIAGE FAITH AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN PREMARITAL COUNSELING
“This engrossing, vibrant biography explores the evolving identity of Jewish people in twentiethcentury America.” —Foreword Reviews 272 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479822157
FIRST
LADY
OF LAUGHS
THE FORGOTTEN STORY OF JEAN CARROLL, AMERICA’S FIRST JEWISH WOMAN STAND-UP COMEDIAN GRACE KESSLER OVERBEKE
Before Hacks and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, there was the comedienne who started it all
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COURTNEY ANN IRBY
Examines how religious leaders use premarital counseling to influence how we view intimacy
HOMEGROWN
RADICALS
A STORY OF STATE VIOLENCE, ISLAMOPHOBIA, AND JIHAD IN THE POST-9/11 WORLD YOUCEF SOUFI
“Political thriller meets sharp political analysis.” Juliane Hammer, author of Peaceful Families
272 PP | CLOTH | $32.00 | 9781479832262
THE CHURCH OF STOP SHOPPING AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVISM COMBATTING CONSUMERISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH PERFORMANCE
GEORGE GONZÁLEZ
Explores the religious activism of the Stop Shopping Church performance group
336 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781479817733
CHRISTIAN IMPERIAL FEMINISM WHITE PROTESTANT WOMEN AND THE CONSECRATION OF EMPIRE
GALE L. KENNY
How white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness that centered themselves
288
JENNIFER SCHEPER HUGHES
The founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease
Reframes religion’s role
JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
TEACHING RELIGION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA
LAURA YARES
How changes to Jewish education served as a site for the wholescale reimagining of Judaism itself
MUSLIMS ON THE MARGINS CREATING QUEER RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IN NORTH AMERICA
KATRINA DALY THOMPSON
Offers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communities
FROM DUST THEY CAME GOVERNMENT CAMPS AND THE RELIGION OF REFORM IN NEW DEAL CALIFORNIA
JONATHAN H. EBEL
The government’s effort to redeem Dust Bowl refugees in rural California through religion
FEAR IN OUR HEARTS WHAT ISLAMOPHOBIA TELLS US ABOUT AMERICA
CALEB IYER ELFENBEIN
Argues that antiMuslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American values
WHITE PROPERTY, BLACK TRESPASS RACIAL CAPITALISM AND THE RELIGIOUS FUNCTION OF MASS CRIMINALIZATION
ANDREW KRINKS
The criminalization of Black, Indigenous, and dispossessed peoples In Religion and Social Transformation
328 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781479823857
A MISREPRESENTED PEOPLE
MANHOOD IN BLACK RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
DARRIUS D’WAYNE HILLS
Offers a Black male response to the challenge of womanist thought In Religion and Social Transformation
216 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479823291
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THE DIVIDED MIND OF THE BLACK CHURCH THEOLOGY, PIETY, AND PUBLIC WITNESS
RAPHAEL G. WARNOCK
A revealing look at the identity and mission of the Black church In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
SANCTUARY PEOPLE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZING IN LATINA/O COMMUNITIES
GINA M. PÉREZ
Explores ways faith communities offer protection and services for Latina/o communities
224 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479823918
THE BLACK COPTIC CHURCH RACE AND IMAGINATION IN A NEW RELIGION
LEONARD CORNELL MCKINNIS II
Explores the diverse world of Black religious life in North America In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
256 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479816460
A THEOLOGY OF BROTHERHOOD
THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AND THE PROBLEM OF RACE
CURTIS J. EVANS
THE CONTEMPORARY BLACK CHURCH THE NEW DYNAMICS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RELIGION
JASON E. SHELTON
The changing dynamics of religion among African Americans
In Religion and Social Transformation
352 PP | CLOTH | $32.00 | 9781479824748
GOD’S RESISTANCE MOBILIZING FAITH TO DEFEND IMMIGRANTS
BRAD CHRISTERSON, ALEXIA SALVATIERRA, ROBERT CHAO ROMERO, AND NANCY WANG YUEN
Examines the influence of the Federal Council of Churches’ Department of Race Relations 192 PP | PAPER | $28.00 | 9781479816422
Explores the power of faith to drive resistance to antiimmigration policies in the United States
BLACK PANTHER WOMAN
THE POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL LIFE OF ERICKA HUGGINS
MARY FRANCES PHILLIPS
UNSETTLED
AMERICAN JEWS AND THE MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
OREN KROLL-ZELDIN
The story of a queer Black woman who brought spiritual selfcare practices to the Black Panther Party In Black Power 280
320 PP | CLOTH | $35.00 | 9781479802937
RESHAPING JEWISH ORTHODOXY THROUGH THE ARTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
JESSICA RODA
Examines how young Jewish Americans’ fundamentally Jewish values have led them to organize in solidarity with Palestinians
THE THRESHOLD OF DISSENT A HISTORY OF AMERICAN JEWISH CRITICS OF ZIONISM
MARJORIE N. FELD
Explores the long history of anti-Zionist American Jews
How Hasidic and formerly Hasidic women have used media technologies to create a market “for women and girls only” 288
336 PP | CLOTH | $40.00 | 9781479809752 FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS ONLY
The complex and often unexpected ways that women and ideas about women shaped widely read Jewish newspapers
In the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
BLACK POWER, JEWISH POLITICS REINVENTING THE ALLIANCE IN THE
MARC DOLLINGER
Highlights Jewish participation in the civil rights movement
In the Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
Highlights how millennial Jewish stars symbolize national politics in US media
THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST LGBTI RIGHTS HOW
AND GENDER MINORITIES
PHILLIP M. AYOUB AND KRISTINA STOECKL
The global movement to curtail LGBTI rights In LGBTQ Politics
CATHOLICISM
BEYOND DOUBT
THE SECULARIZATION OF SOCIETY
ISABELLA KASSELSTRAND, PHIL ZUCKERMAN, AND RYAN T. CRAGUN
“Both ambitious and rewarding.”
—Publishers Weekly
240 PP | PAPER
$30.00 | 9781479814282
CATHOLICISM AT A CROSSROADS THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF AMERICA’S LARGEST CHURCH
MAUREEN K. DAY, JAMES C. CAVENDISH, PAUL M. PERL, MICHELE DILLON, AND MARY L. GAUTIER, WITH WILLIAM V. D’ANTONIO
Offers a big picture analysis of American Catholicism
336 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781479832187
IN THE SHADOW OF EBENEZER
A BLACK CATHOLIC PARISH IN THE AGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND VATICAN II
LEAH MICKENS
Uncovers how the Civil Rights Movement and Vatican II affected African American Catholics in Atlanta
GOODBYE RELIGION
THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF SECULARIZATION
RYAN T. CRAGUN AND JESSE M. SMITH
Examines why so many are leaving religion
352 PP | PAPER
$35.00 | 9781479825301
FALLING IN LOVE WITH NATURE THE VALUES OF LATINX CATHOLIC ENVIRONMENTALISM
AMANDA J. BAUGH
256 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479824052
THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CATHOLICISM
REGIONAL CULTURE AND THE CATHOLIC EXPERIENCE
MICHAEL J. PFEIFER
Traces the development of Catholic cultures across the US
CHRISTIAN ANARCHIST
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
Explores the contours of Latinx Catholic environmentalism In North American Religions 216 PP | PAPER | $32.00 | 9781479816507
PP | CLOTH | $45.00 | 9781479810079
LIFEBLOOD OF THE PARISH MEN AND CATHOLIC DEVOTION IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN ALYSSA MALDONADO-ESTRADA
Explores men’s unique approaches to Catholic devotion
In North American Religions
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND THE BIRTH OF THE WAR ON DRUGS
ANDREW MONTEITH
Recovers the religious origins of the War on Drugs
304 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479817924
CONCEIVING
CHRISTIAN AMERICA
EMBRYO ADOPTION AND REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS
RISA CROMER
How embryo adoption advances the Christian Right’s goals for creating a Christian nation
In Anthropologies of American Medicine
320 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479818594
MUHAMMAD IN THE SEMINARY PROTESTANT TEACHING ABOUT ISLAM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
DAVID D. GRAFTON
FORGED IN AMERICA
HOW IRISH-JEWISH ENCOUNTERS SHAPED A NATION
EDITED BY HASIA R. DINER AND MIRIAM NYHAN GREY
How Irish and Jewish Americans defined their place in society
In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
288 PP | PAPER | $28.00 | 9781479826070
DIVIDING THE FAITH THE RISE OF SEGREGATED CHURCHES IN THE EARLY AMERICAN NORTH RICHARD J. BOLES
The participation of African Americans and Native Americans in Protestant churches
In Early American Places
344 PP | CLOTH | $37.00 | 9781479803187
KABBALAH AND THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA THE EARLY INFLUENCE OF JEWISH THOUGHT IN THE NEW WORLD
BRIAN OGREN
Explores the influence of Kabbalah in shaping America’s religious identity
Uncovers what Christian seminaries taught about Islam in their formative years 328 PP | PAPER | $24.00 | 9781479835225
304 PP | CLOTH | $45.00 | 9781479831463
FOR
SOOJIN CHUNG
Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentiethcentury transnational adoption movement
FAITHFUL BODIES PERFORMING RELIGION AND RACE IN THE PURITAN ATLANTIC HEATHER MIYANO KOPELSON
Understanding religion, politics, and identity in the English Atlantic World
In Early American Places
THE ESSENCE OF REALITY A DEFENSE OF PHILOSOPHICAL SUFISM
AYN AL-QUDAT
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY MOHAMMED RUSTOM
A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism
270 PP | PAPER | $15.00 | 9781479826278
THE BOOK OF MONASTERIES
AL-SHABUSHTI
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY HILARY KILPATRICK
A literary tour of Christian monasteries of the medieval Middle East
300 PP | CLOTH | $35.00 | 9781479825769
THE DISCOURSES REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY, SUFISM, THEOLOGY, AND LITERATURE— VOLUME ONE
AL-HASAN AL-YUSI TRANSLATED BY JUSTIN STEARNS
Essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life
280 PP | PAPER | $16.00 | 9781479810581
KALILAH AND DIMNAH
IBN AL-MUQAFFAʿ
EDITED BY MICHAEL FISHBEIN
TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL FISHBEIN AND JAMES E. MONTGOMERY
Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUFI PATH A DEFENSE OF THE MYSTICAL TRADITION
IBN KHALDŪN
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY CAROLYN BAUGH
Sufism through the eyes of a legal scholar
224 PP | PAPER | $15.00 | 9781479834198
THE DIVINE NAMES
A MYSTICAL THEOLOGY OF THE NAMES OF GOD IN THE QURʾAN
ʿAFIF AL-DIN ALTILIMSANI
EDITED AND TRANSLATED BY YOUSEF CASEWIT
Philosophical interpretation of the names of God
300 PP | CLOTH | $30.00 | 9781479826124
THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATAÑJALI
ABŪ RAYḤĀN AL- BĪRŪNĪ
TRANSLATED BY MARIO KOZAH
300 PP | PAPER | $17.00 | 9781479813216
LIGHT IN THE HEAVENS SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD AL-QĀḌĪ AL-QUḌĀʿĪ
TRANSLATED BY TAHERA QUTBUDDIN
Humanitarian lessons and practical insights from the prophet of Islam
A brilliant crosscultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophy 300 PP | PAPER | $16.00 | 9781479825776
192 PP | PAPER | $17.00 | 9781479864485
WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS
OYÈRÓNKÉ OLÁDÉMỌ
Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people
200 PP | PAPER | $25.00 | 9781479813995
WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS
REBECCA MOORE
Uncovers women’s participation and impact on defining historical moments and themes of Christian traditions
224 PP | PAPER | $25.00 | 9781479821754
WOMEN IN JAPANESE RELIGIONS
BARBARA R. AMBROS
A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditions
240 PP | PAPER | $25.00 | 9781479884063
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WOMEN IN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS
KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO
A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world
224 PP | CLOTH | $89.00 | 9781479803415
WOMEN IN NEW RELIGIONS
LAURA VANCE
An in-depth history of selected New Religions that highlights the roles of women in their founding and continual practice
224 PP | PAPER | $25.00 | 9781479816026
THEORY OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS
CATHERINE WESSINGER
An introduction to the study of women in diverse religious cultures
232 PP | PAPER | $25.00 | 9781479809462
THE STATE OF DESIRE RELIGION AND REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS IN THE PROMISED LAND LEA TARAGIN-ZELLER
An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel
200 PP | PAPER | $28.00 | 9781479817368
QUEER JUDAISM
LGBT ACTIVISM AND THE REMAKING OF JEWISH ORTHODOXY IN ISRAEL
ORIT AVISHAI
Offers a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities
320 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9781479810031
A COLD WAR EXODUS HOW AMERICAN ACTIVISTS MOBILIZED TO FREE SOVIET JEWS
SHAUL KELNER
Reveals the invention of the mass mobilization tactics that helped free Soviet Jews—and reshaped Jewish American culture in the process
248 PP |
MY SECOND-FAVORITE COUNTRY
HOW AMERICAN JEWISH CHILDREN THINK ABOUT ISRAEL
SIVAN ZAKAI
Reveals how young American Jewish children come to develop their views about Israel
9781479808984
TO BE A JEWISH STATE ZIONISM AS THE NEW JUDAISM
YAACOV YADGAR
| $30.00 | 9781479832408
JEWS AND THE CIVIL WAR A READER
EDITED BY JONATHAN D. SARNA AND ADAM D. MENDELSOHN
Examines the meaning of Jewish politics in Israel 456
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JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY WAR, CONQUEST, AND CATASTROPHE, 1939–1945, VOLUME 3
OLEG BUDNITSKII, DAVID ENGEL, GENNADY ESTRAIKH, AND ANNA SHTERNSHIS
A comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during WWII
A unique collection revealing the experience of Jewish soldiers and civilians during the Civil War
445 PP | PAPER | $30.00 | 9780814771136
JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY AFTER STALIN, 1953–1967, VOLUME 5
GENNADY ESTRAIKH
Offers an analysis of Soviet Jewish society after the death of Joseph Stalin
9781479819461
RELIGION IS RACED UNDERSTANDING
AMERICAN RELIGION IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
EDITED BY GRACE YUKICH AND PENNY EDGELL
Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twentyfirst century
344 PP | PAPER | $37.00 | 9781479808748
RELIGION AND US EMPIRE CRITICAL NEW HISTORIES
EDITED BY TISA WENGER AND SYLVESTER A. JOHNSON
Shows how American forms of religion and empire developed in tandem
In North American Religions
384 PP | PAPER | $40.00 | 9781479810390
POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE RELIGION IN A WORLD OF MOVEMENT
SIMON COLEMAN
A groundbreaking reframing of religious pilgrimage to include everyday locations
344 PP | PAPER | $35.00 | 9781479811946
UNIVERSITY OF GUAM PRESS
THE LIFE AND MARTYRDOM OF DIEGO LUIS DE SAN VITORES, S.J. FRANCISCO GARCÍA, S.J.
A collection of letters and documents
THE FAITHFUL SCIENTIST EXPERIENCES OF ANTI-RELIGIOUS BIAS IN SCIENTIFIC TRAINING
CHRISTOPHER P. SCHEITLE
Reveals biases within scientific PhD training programs against emerging scientists who embrace a religious faith
VERNACULAR RELIGION COLLECTED ESSAYS OF LEONARD NORMAN PRIMIANO
EDITED BY DEBORAH DASH MOORE
A collection of pioneering works In North American Religions
CREOLE RELIGIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN, THIRD EDITION AN INTRODUCTION
MARGARITE FERNÁNDEZ OLMOS AND LIZABETH PARAVISINI-GEBERT
“A major contribution.” —Multicultural Review
In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
392 PP | PAPER | $32.00 | 9781479803484
NEW VILLAGE PRESS
JUDITH LETTING GO SIX MONTHS IN THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DEATH CAFE
MARK DOWIE
An old man learns how to die from a younger woman facing death
128 PP | PAPER $16.95 | 9781613322352
