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  • The Day Nina Simone Stopped Singing

    by Darina Al-Joundi, Mohamed Kacimi ...
    Translated by Marjolijn de Jager ...
    The Homeland actress's "recollections of her unconventional youth in war-torn Beirut are heartbreaking yet humorous . . . in this unique" memoir ( Publishers Weekly).Raised in 1970s Lebanon on Charles Baudelaire, A Clockwork Orange, and fine Bordeaux, Darina Al-Joundi was encouraged by her unconventional father to defy all taboos. She spent her adolescence defying death in Beirut nightclubs as ... Read more

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  • Grace Without God

    The Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging in a Secular Age

    by Katherine Ozment ...
    Journalist Katherine Ozment's Grace Without God is a thought-provoking exploration of how secular Americans find fulfillment without organized religion.A Nautilus Gold Award Winner: Religion and Spirituality of Other TraditionsStudies show that religion makes us happier, healthier and more giving, connecting us to our past and creating tight communal bonds. Most Americans are raised in a religious ... Read more

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  • Introducing Islam

    A Graphic Guide

    by Ziauddin Sardar ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of fundamentalism, bigotry and violence- a perception that couldn't be more wrong.Introducing Islam recounts the history of Islam from the birth of Prophet ... Read more

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  • Being German, Becoming Muslim

    Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe

    by Esra Özyürek ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Every year more and more Europeans, including Germans, are embracing Islam. It is estimated that there are now up to one hundred thousand German converts—a number similar to that in France and the United Kingdom. What stands out about recent conversions is that they take place at a time when Islam is increasingly seen as contrary to European values. Being German, Becoming Muslim explores how ... Read more

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  • An Enchanted Modern

    Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon

    by Lara Deeb ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Based on two years of ethnographic research in the southern suburbs of Beirut, An Enchanted Modern demonstrates that Islam and modernity are not merely compatible, but actually go hand-in-hand. This eloquent ethnographic portrayal of an Islamic community articulates how an alternative modernity, and specifically an enchanted modernity, may be constructed by Shi'I Muslims who consider themselves ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD

  • Terrified

    How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream

    by Chris Bail ...
    In July 2010, Terry Jones, the pastor of a small fundamentalist church in Florida, announced plans to burn two hundred Qur'ans on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Though he ended up canceling the stunt in the face of widespread public backlash, his threat sparked violent protests across the Muslim world that left at least twenty people dead. In Terrified, Christopher Bail demonstrates ... Read more

    $40.69 CAD

  • The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West

    Edited by Edward E. Curtis ...
    For more than a millennium, Islam has been a vital part of Western civilization. Today, however, it is sometimes assumed that Islam is a foreign element inside the West, and even that Islam and the West are doomed to be in perpetual conflict. The need for accurate, reliable scholarship on this topic has never been more urgent.The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West brings together some of the ... Read more

    $49.69 CAD

  • Western Imaginings

    The Intellectual Contest to Define Wahhabism

    by Rohan Davis ...
    Wahhabism is often understood as a radical version of Islam responsible for inspiring and motivating Islamic terrorism. Western Imaginings: The Intellectual Contest to Define Wahhabism is an inquiry into how Wahhabism has been understood and represented by Western intellectuals, particularly those belonging to the neo-conservative and liberal traditions. In contrast to the existing literature that ... Read more

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  • Common Ground

    Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism

    by Paul L. Heck ...
    Christian-Muslim interaction is a reality today in all corners of the globe, but while many celebrate the commonality of these traditions, significant differences remain. If these religions cannot be easily reconciled, can we perhaps view them through a single albeit refractive lens? This is the approach Paul Heck takes in Common Ground: To undertake a study of religious pluralism as a theological ... Read more

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  • Muslims and Islam in U.S. Education

    Reconsidering multiculturalism

    by Liz Jackson ...
    Winner of Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA)'s inaugural PESA Book Awards in 2015, and The University of Hong Kong Research Output Prize for Education 2014-15.Muslims and Islam in U.S. Education explores the complex interface that exists between U.S. school curriculum, teaching practice about religion in public schools, societal and teacher attitudes toward Islam and Muslims, ... Read more

    $82.44 CAD

  • Islam, Standards, and Technoscience

    In Global Halal Zones

    by Johan Fischer ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Anthropology
    Halal (literally, "permissible" or "lawful") production, trade, and standards have become essential to state-regulated Islam and to companies in contemporary Malaysia and Singapore, giving these two countries a special position in the rapidly expanding global market for halal products: in these nations state bodies certify halal products as well as spaces (shops, factories, and restaurants) and ... Read more

    $100.30 CAD

  • Young Muslim Change-Makers

    Grassroots Charities Rethinking Modern Societies

    by William Barylo ...
    Series series Routledge Islamic Studies Series
    The Muslim charity sector is stronger than ever, attracting thousands of volunteers and millions of pounds in donations. In times of mobile internet and social media, young people have set up small scale charities in urban areas, providing general social services to Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Breaking away from bureaucratic non-governmental organisations and traditional faith-based charities, ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD