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Africa

By Alice Werner

Congregations in Conflict: Cultural Models of Local Religious Life

By Penny Edgell Becker (Princeton University, New Jersey)

Sex and the Empire That is No More: Gender and the Politics of Metaphor in Oyo Yoruba Religion

By J. Lorand Matory

The Anthropology of Christianity

By Fenella Cannell

Across The Boundaries Of Belief: Contemporary Issues In The Anthropology Of Religion

By Maxine Weisgrau, Morton Klass

Lugbara Religion: Religion and Authority Among an East African People

By John Middleton

Guns and Rain: Guerrillas and Spirit Mediums in Zimbabwe

By David Lan

Religious Change In Zambia

By Wim M.J. Van Binsbergen

Night

By Wiesel, Elie, Wiesel, Marion, Elie Wiesel

The Circassians of Turkey: War, Violence and Nationalism from the Ottomans to Ataturk

By Caner Yelbasi

Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950

By Jamie Gilham

Gender-based explosions: the nexus between Muslim masculinities, jihadist Islamism and terrorism

By Maleeha Aslam, United Nations University

Violent Radical Movements in the Arab World: The Ideology and Politics of Non-State Actors

By Peter Sluglett, Victor Kattan

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

By Mushegh Asatryan

Faith and Ethics

By M. Ali Lakhani

Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement

By Roel Meijer

Iranian Identity and Cosmopolitanism: Spheres of Belonging

By Professor Lucian Stone (The University of North Dakota, USA)

The Rule of Violence: Subjectivity, Memory and Government in Syria

By Salwa Ismail (University of London)

Shiism and Politics in the Middle East

By Laurence Louer

Islam After Liberalism

By Faisal Devji, Zaheer Kazmi

Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction

By Aaron W. Hughes

Modern Middle Eastern Jewish Thought: Writings on Identity, Politics, and Culture, 1893-1958 (Brandeis Library of Modern Jewish Thought)

By Behar, Moshe, Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi

The Shari'a: History, Ethics and Law

By Amyn Sajoo

Jews and Islamic Law in Early 20th-Century Yemen

By Mark S. Wagner

Narrating Muslim Sicily: War and Peace in the Medieval Mediterranean World

By Prof. William Granara

Twilight Nationalism: Politics of Existence at Life's End

By Daniel Monterescu, Haim Hazan

Muslim Cosmopolitanism in the Age of Empire

By Seema Alavi

Shari'a Law and Modern Muslim Ethics

By Robert W. Hefner, Anver Emon, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, Zakia Salime, Malika Zeghal

A Code of Conduct: A Treatise on the Etiquette of the Fatimid Ismaili Mission

By Verena Klemm, Paul E. Walker (The Institute of Ismaili Studies, UK)

Al-Qaeda: From Global Network to Local Franchise - Rebels

By Christina Hellmich