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Head and Heart
A History of Christianity in America
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2007
Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.
Gary Wills has won significant acclaim for his bestselling works of religion and history. Here, for the first time, he combines both disciplines in a sweeping examination of Christianity in America throughout...
The Lively Experiment
Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...
Washington's Rebuke to Bigotry
Reflections on Our First President's Famous 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation In Newport, Rhode Island
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
George Washington’s 1790 Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, a foundational document in the history of religious freedom in the United States, embodies a vision of religious harmony that remains deeply pertinent in our increasingly diverse society. In Washington’s Rebuke...
by Omar Saif Ghobash
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
**A New York Times Editor's Pick**
**One of Time's Most Anticipated Books of 2017, a Bustle Best Nonfiction Pick for January 2017, a Chicago Review of Books Best Book to Read in January 2017, an Amazon Best of January 2017 in History, a Stylist Magazine Best Book of 2017, included in New Statesman's...
Mecca and Main Street
Muslim Life in America after 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
Islam is Americas fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighbors? What are their beliefs and desires? How are they coping with life under the War on Terror? In Mecca and Main Street, noted author and...
by Kahlil Gibran
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Passionate and spiritual writings uncovering the philosophical foundations of one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers
Kahlil Gibran’s works are known throughout the world for their lyrical grandeur, wisdom, and insights drawn from the everyday sufferings of man. This nine-book...
The FBI and Religion
Faith and National Security before and after 9/11
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has had a long and tortuous relationship with religion over almost the entirety of its existence. As early as 1917, the Bureau began to target religious communities and groups it believed were hotbeds of anti-American politics. Whether these religious communities...
The Law and the Prophets
Black Consciousness in South Africa, 1968–1977
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2010
“No nation can win a battle without faith,” Steve Biko wrote, and as Daniel R. Magaziner demonstrates in The Law and the Prophets, the combination of ideological and theological exploration proved a potent force.
The 1970s are a decade virtually lost to South African historiography. This...
by Mario I Aguilar
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2015
If God can be used by the powerful to justify violence in the name of order, he can also be used by the weak to illuminate the position of the victims of political conflict. Religion, Torture and the Liberation of God explores the theological possibilities of a God who is a prisoner and a victim of...
Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth?
Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
Dawkins and Hitchens have convinced many western intellectuals that secularism is the way forward. But most people don't read their books before deciding whether to be religious. Instead, they inherit their faith from their parents, who often innoculate them against the elegant arguments of secularists....
Islamophobia
The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2011
Islamophobia has been on the rise since September 11, as seen in countless cases of discrimination, racism, hate speeches, physical attacks, and anti-Muslim campaigns. The 2006 Danish cartoon crisis and the controversy surrounding Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg speech have underscored the urgency...
by Asim Qureshi
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
A new work of political philosophy, in which Asim Qureshi reflects on injustice in the world he sees around him. Covering issues from torture and extrajudicial killings, to racism and discrimination, A Virtue of Disobedience takes the reader on a journey through the history of oppression, and begins...
Strengthening Democracy in Malaysia
The Need for a Vibrant Public Sphere
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
What is democracy? For many of us, it simply involves having periodic elections to decide which political party forms the next government. Yet, democracy is more than just elections. It involves the existence of a space which allows for people to freely debate on public issues and government...
Antisemitism, Gender Bias, and the "Hervay Affair" of 1904
Bigotry in the Austrian Alps
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
This book examines the antisemitism that flourished outside of Vienna, in Austrian provinces such as Styria, Carinthia, Vorarlberg, Upper Austria, and Tyrol, focusing in particular on gender bias and its relationship to antisemitism. The 1904 arrest and bigamy trial of Frau von Hervay, the Jewish...