Religion and Representation
This book examines the complex relationship between Islam and democracy. Beyond demonstrating compatibility, authors employ theological reasoning and empirical data to explore connections between religious beliefs and political behaviour in diverse contemporary settings.
Written in response to extremists, this book argues that the present state of violence and injustice has nothing to do with Islam, but with man-made laws. It challenges Muslims to explore the purity of the faith to end hatred, bigotry, and intolerance.
Religion and Politics in Ukraine
Russia uses an “Orthodox civilization” to justify policies towards Ukraine. This book analyzes the role of religion in Ukrainian political life, focusing on Eastern Christian communities after the USSR’s collapse and the connection to its democratic character.
“Perplext in Faith”
This interdisciplinary collection explores the centrality of religious belief and doubt to Victorian culture. Essays investigate diverse topics, from the relationship between science and faith to the novels of Dickens, Eliot, and the Brontës.
From Islamic Revivalism to Islamic Radicalism in Southeast Asia
This ethnography of Jamā‘ah Tablīgh in Malaysia and Indonesia explores its members’ religious lives, revealing a radical yet non-violent vision for a contemporary, mosque-based Islamic caliphate.
Living with the AK-47
This book explores Hezbollah through extensive ethnography in its Beirut stronghold and training camps. Focusing on micro-narratives, it reveals how volunteers become militants, scripting a rich tale of ‘resistance’ and everyday life that offsets stereotypes.
Facing Challenges
This collection of essays focuses on the realities of conducting feminist work within Christian universities and churches. These honest, heartfelt essays describe the ongoing resistance feminists face while envisioning more liberating ways to integrate feminism with faith.
Gender Agenda Matters
Feminism has often been declared dead. This volume offers vivid proof that feminist studies have not lost their appeal, bringing together fresh and interesting research from young scholars. It shows that gender agendas still matter, especially when feminism is a political aim.
A God More Powerful Than Yours
Throughout American history, religious movements have used communication technologies to shape the nation. Broadcast media nurtured a dominant, conservative Christianity, while new technologies like the internet now cause its theological fragmentation.
His reign of tyranny shattered an empire. On his deathbed, Emperor Aurangzeb could only repent his “stupendous caravan of sins.” A stark, timeless warning against the devastating consequences of hatred and intolerance.
Render Unto God
While many reconsider capitalism, its most devout disciples—evangelicals—have been silent. This book calls Christians to rethink how market fundamentalism fractures families, creates inequality, and destroys the environment. Have we forgotten our commitment to God?
These essays explore the pivotal role of the book trade—printers, publishers, and booksellers—in distributing religious works. Covering the 16th to 20th centuries in Europe, they demonstrate how the trade was crucial for spreading both religion and literacy.
Few books focus on French missions in Britain’s sphere of influence. This work explores the unique experience of French missionary Eugène Casalis, who became a king’s advisor and is still hailed as one of the men who built the nation of Lesotho.
Laws of Nature, Laws of God?
How should we view scientific laws? In this book, scientists, historians, and philosophers tackle this topic, sparked by Nancy Cartwright’s provocative question: “How could laws make things happen?” Her answer was “They couldn’t!”
Alexandrian Legacy
These interdisciplinary essays explore the complex and often neglected Alexandrian patristic tradition. Combining historiography, theology, and philosophy, they reveal a vibrant Christian spirit striving for the reformation and transformation of the human being.
Islam-Oriented Parties’ Ideologies and Political Communication in the Quest for Power in Morocco
Unlike many other prominent Islam-oriented parties, Morocco’s PJD does not focus on commonly used precepts such as madawiyya and al da’awa al nidaliyya. This book explores the party’s recent political ideologies and its use of the internet in political advertising strategies.
Thomas and Charity Rotch
This study of Quakers Charity and Thomas Rotch explores their role in transforming the Ohio frontier from wilderness to a prosperous town. The letters of Charity Rotch suggest how Quaker women forged relationships crucial to building their faith communities.
Creation, Sin and Reconciliation
Through a close reading of chapters 1–11, 32–33 and 37–50, Letellier investigates the unique position of the Book of Genesis in its provision of the foundational stories of Creation and the emergence of mankind, paying particular attention to the language and style of the text.
Mysticism and Narcissism
This personal narrative of a long-serving Cenacle nun applies psychoanalytic theory to questions of theological and Marian identity and relationality, and is an historical resource for the study of women’s religious orders in the twentieth century.
Providing research from scholars from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, this collection of essays explores how the theological sector of education, drawing upon its scriptural heritage, can come to grips with the digital age.