Category Archives: Book Announcements

Sites and Politics In recent years, the Southern borders of Europe have become landmarks for the mediatic and academic verve regarding the migration and diasporas towards and beyond ‘Schengen Europe’. In these debates, religion is acknowledged as playing a central … Continue reading →

Why the West Fears IslamAn Exploration of Muslims in Liberal DemocraciesBy Jocelyne Cesarihttps://us.macmillan.com/whythewestfearsislam/JocelyneCesari “Based on several years of empirical surveys among Muslims in Europe and the US, the book states that the current political fear of Islam cannot be explained … Continue reading →

Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia [Hardcover] Tan Tai Yong (Editor), Md Mizanur Rahman (Editor) Release date: October 18, 2013 | ISBN-10:1137334444 | ISBN-13:978-1137334442 Book Description The global South Asian diaspora is over 50 million strong. Many of its … Continue reading →

Edited by François Gauthier, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Tuomas Martikainen, University of Helsinki, Finland https://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409449867 Presenting an overview of an emerging field in the study of contemporary religion, this book, together with a complementary volume Religion in the Neoliberal Age, … Continue reading →

New title on Sunni-Shia relations available from Hurst Publishers: The Dynamics of Sunni-Shia Relationships Doctrine, Transnationalism, Intellectuals and the Media Edited by Brigitte Marechal and Sami Zemni Hardback / 320pp / 978-1849042178 / £39.99 https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-dynamics-of-sunni-shia-relationships/ ‘This collection of brilliant contributions … Continue reading →

Dieu en ligne Expériences et pratiques religieuses sur Internet Isabelle Jonveaux Paris, Bayard, 2013, 248 p., ISBN : 9782227486454. https://lectures.revues.org/11489 Présentation de l’éditeur Le monde du web religieux est vaste, ses confins difficilement identifiables. Il existe de nombreuses propositions virtuelles … Continue reading →

Nancy Davis and Robert Robinson’s Claiming Society for God: Religious Movements and Social Welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States (Indiana University Press, 2012) has been awarded the gold medal in the Religion category of the Independent Publishers … Continue reading →

Islam and Society: Sociological Explorations Riaz Hassan · Paperback $59.99 Sociological Explorations The central focus of this volume is to explore and highlight the nexus between the ideology of Islam and social and cultural milieus with the aim of reconceptualising … Continue reading →

NEW BOOK FROM PETER LANG Islam in the West: Iraqi Shi’i Communities in Transition and Dialogue By Kieran Flynn Oxford: Peter Lang 259 pp. | ISBN 978-3-0343-0905-9 | £40.00 This book studies the historical, religious and political concerns of the … Continue reading →

Writing Religion. The Making of Turkish Alevi Islam Markus Dressler Oxford University Press, 2013 https://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryWorld/British/Since1945/?view=usa&ci=9780199969401 Description In the late 1980s, the Alevis, at that time thought to be largely assimilated into the secular Turkish mainstream, began to assert their difference … Continue reading →

Risky Liasons? Democracy and Religion: reflections and case studies. G.J Buijs, J.T. Sunier and P.G.A. Versteeg (eds.) VU University Press, 2013 https://www.vuuitgeverij.com/149-risky-liaisons In a democracy, there is always the risk of antagonism, conflict and opposition rising to the surface. Most … Continue reading →

Nancy Davis and Robert Robinson’s Claiming Society for God: Religious Movements and Social Welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States (Indiana University Press, 2012) has been awarded the gold medal in the Religion category of the Independent Publishers … Continue reading →

Please find a link below for Dr Anna Halafoff’s new book The Multifaith Movement: Global Risks and Cosmopolitan Solutions published by Springer: https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/religious+studies/book/978-94-007-5209-2 This book documents the ultramodern rise of the multifaith movement, as mulitfaith initiatives have been increasingly deployed … Continue reading →

About the book: The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin offers an in-depth ethnographic account of Muslim youth’s religious identity formation and their engagement with Islam in everyday life. Focusing on Muslim women in the organisation MJD in … Continue reading →

Coco, Angela 2013 Catholics, conflicts and choices: an exploration of power relations in the Catholic Church, Durham, Acumen. https://www.acumenpublishing.co.uk/display.asp?K=e2012121316213398&sf1=series&st1=Gender,%20Theology%20and%20Spirituality&sort=sort_date/d&cid=target&m=4&dc=14