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Holy Ignorance When Religion and Culture Part Ways

Roy Olivier

ISBN: PB: 9781849044479, ISBN: HB: 9781850659921, Hurst Publishers, April 2017
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! Olivier Roy, world-renowned authority on Islam and politics, finds in the modern disconnection between faith communities and socio-cultural identities a fertile space for fundamentalism to grow. Instead of freeing the world fro...

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Islam

Current Affairs

Jihad and Death The Global Appeal of Islamic State

Roy Olivier

ISBN: HB: 9781849046985, Hurst Publishers, April 2017
160 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! How has ISIS been able to muster support far beyond its initial constituency in the Arab world and attract tens of thousands of foreign volunteers, including converts to Islam, and seemingly countless supporters online? In this...

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Christianity

One True Life The Stoics and Early Christians as Rival Traditions

Rowe C. Kavin

ISBN: HB: 9780300180121, Yale University Press, May 2016
344 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm

In this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work of philosophy and biblical studies, New Testament scholar C. Kavin Rowe explores the promise and problems inherent in engaging rival philosophical claims to what is true. Juxtaposing the Roman Stoics Se...

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Asia

Islam

Islam Translated Literature, Conversion, and the Arabic Cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia

Ronit Ricci

ISBN: PB: 9780226380537, ISBN: HB: 9780226710884, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
336 pp., 23.1x15.5 cm, 3 maps, 4 halftones

The spread of Islam eastward into South and Southeast Asia was one of the most significant cultural shifts in world history. As it expanded into these regions, Islam was received by cultures vastly different from those in the Middle East, incorporati...

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Political Science

Maldives Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy

Robinson J. J.

ISBN: PB: 9781849045896, Hurst Publishers, November 2015
336 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm

For sale in CIS only! The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than experiments in democracy. It is a country of contradictions, where tourists sip cocktails on the beach while on nearby isla...

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Judaism

Brandeis Modern Hebrew

Ringvald Vardit, Porath Bonit, Peleg Yaron, Shorr Esther, Hascal Sara

ISBN: PB: 9781611689181, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2015
608 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Written by the core faculty of the Hebrew Program at Brandeis University, Brandeis Modern Hebrew is an accessible introduction to the Hebrew language for American undergraduates and high school students. Its functional and contextual elements are des...

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Judaism

Brandeis Modern Hebrew: Intermediate to Advanced Pilot Edition

Ringvald Vardit, Porath Bonit, Peleg Yaron, Shorr Esther

ISBN: PB: 9781611684476, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, August 2013
396 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Written by the core faculty of the Hebrew program at Brandeis University, the pilot edition of Brandeis Modern Hebrew, Intermediate to Advanced serves as a sequel to the well-known volume for beginners. It contains the functional and contextual eleme...

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Christianity

Judaism

Promise of Salvation A Theory of Religion

Riesebrodt Martin

ISBN: PB: 9780226006932, ISBN: HB: 9780226713915, University of Chicago Press, October 2012
248 pp., 25x15 cm

Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. Meanwhile, scholars of religion have expanded their field to such an extent that...

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Women Studies

Islam

Self-Determination and Women's Rights in Muslim Societies

Raghavan Chitra, Levine James P.

ISBN: PB: 9781611682809, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, July 2012
358 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

Contradicting the views commonly held by westerners, many Muslim countries in fact engage in a wide spectrum of reform, with the status of women as a central dimension. This anthology counters the myth that Islam and feminism are always or necessaril...

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Buddhism

Bonds of the Dead Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism

Rowe Mark Michael

ISBN: PB: 9780226730158, ISBN: HB: 9780226730134, University of Chicago Press, November 2011
256 pp., 23x15 cm, 2 tables, 10 halftones, 2 line illus.

Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism's social and economic base has long been in mortuary services – a base now...

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