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Christianity

Christianity and Race in the American South A History

Harvey Paul

ISBN: PB: 9780226598086, ISBN: HB: 9780226415352, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 table

The history of race and religion in the American South is infused with tragedy, survival, and water – from St. Augustine on the shores of Florida's Atlantic Coast to the swampy mire of Jamestown to the floodwaters that nearly destroyed New Orleans. D...

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Islam

Critical Muslim, Volume 28 Narratives

Sardar Ziauddin

ISBN: PB: 9781787380219, Hurst Publishers, October 2018
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! How do we communicate meaning in the age of fake news? What is the difference between narrative and information; between ideology and political narrative; between "narrative fiction" and a story? Will the narration continue for...

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Asia

Islam

Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus Since the Fall of the Soviet Union

Balci Bayram

ISBN: HB: 9781849049689, Hurst Publishers, October 2018
248 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! With the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, a major turning point in all former Soviet republics, Central Asian and Caucasian countries began to reflect on their history and identities. As a consequence of their opening up to the...

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Islam

Europe

"Infidel Within" Muslims in Britain Since 1800

Ansari Humayun

ISBN: PB: 9781849049474, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
456 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Muslims constitute Britain's second largest religious grouping, and writing about their experiences has found a new audience in recent years – though not always through a positive lens. But a proper historical treatment of thei...

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Middle East

Islam

Myanmar's "Rohingya" Conflict

Ware Anthony, Laoutides Costas

ISBN: PB: 9781849049047, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims has made global headlines in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, amidst serious allegations of genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against...

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Political Science

Islam

Political Islam in Tunisia The History of Ennahda

Wolf Anne

ISBN: PB: 9781787380332, ISBN: HB: 9781849048262, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
304 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! "Political Islam in Tunisia" uncovers the secret history of Tunisia's main Islamist movement, Al-Nahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present. Banned until the popular uprisings of 2010-2011 and the overthrow of Ben Ali'...

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Other

Anthropology

Apples and Oranges Explorations In, On, and With Comparison

Lincoln Bruce

ISBN: PB: 9780226564074, ISBN: HB: 9780226563916, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 19 halftones, 12 tables

Comparison is an indispensable intellectual operation that plays a crucial role in the formation of knowledge. Yet comparison often leads us to forego attention to nuance, detail, and context, perhaps leaving us bereft of an ethical obligation to tak...

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Literary Criticism

Christianity

Staging Contemplation Participatory Theology in Middle English Prose, Verse, and Drama

Johnson Eleanor

ISBN: PB: 9780226572178, ISBN: HB: 9780226572031, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

What does it mean to contemplate? In the Middle Ages, more than merely thinking with intensity, it was a religious practice entailing utter receptiveness to the divine presence. Contemplation is widely considered by scholars today to have been the hi...

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Literary Criticism

Christianity

Philology of the Flesh

Hamilton John T.

ISBN: HB: 9780226572826, University of Chicago Press, August 2018
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

As the Christian doctrine of Incarnation asserts, "the Word became Flesh". Yet, while this metaphor is grounded in Christian tradition, its varied functions far exceed any purely theological import. It speaks to the nature of God just as much as to t...

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Criminology

Islam

Burying Jihadis Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity

Kastoryano Riva

ISBN: HB: 9781849048859, Hurst Publishers, August 2018
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! What should states do with the bodies of suicide bombers and other jihadists who die while perpetrating terrorist attacks? This original and unsettling book explores the host of ethical and political questions raised by this di...

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