Download PDF: Mahomed, RV, The Making of a Gay Muslim By: Shanon Shah London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. xvi + 354 pages.$139.99. Identity is a variant thing. In one sense it is simple. It is the way in which humans elect to
Jinnealolgy: Time, Islam, and Ecological Thought in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi
Download PDF: Das RV, Jinnealogy Anand Vivek TanejaStanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2017, 313 pages. $24.72. Anand Vivek Taneja, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Vanderbilt University received his PhD from the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University in 2013. His book,
Egypt in the Future Tense: Hope, Frustration, and Ambivalence before and after 2011
Download PDF: RV Landorf, Egypt in the Future Tense By Joska Samuli SchielkeBloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015. 260 pages. $30.00. What does it mean to “live the good life?” How do individuals navigate the spaces between frustration and hope, dreams
Debating Form, Consuming Substance: Halal Authenticity in Malaysian Islamic Finance
Download PDF: Rudnyckyj, Debating Form Consuming Substance Abstract In the past decade Malaysian planners have taken steps to create an “Islamic Wall Street” in the country’s capital, Kuala Lumpur. They seek to position the country as the central node in a
Marketing Islam: Entrepreneurial Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism in Indonesia
Download PDF: Hoesterey, Marketing Islam Abstract Indonesia — the world’s most populous Muslim majority country and third most populous democracy – has experienced both a widespread Islamic revival and democratic transition over the last several decades. Just prior to the fall
“Being True to Ourselves…Within the Context of Islam”: Practical Considerations in Hijab Practice among Muslim American Women
Download PDF: Mohibullah and Kramer, Being True to Ourselves Abstract Since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, debates about women’s status in Islam have become particularly galvanized. Images of oppressed Muslim women permeate popular imagination in the United
Exploring Conflict and Peacebuilding through Sacred Space: A Course on World Religions
Download PDF: Exploring Conflict and Peacebuilding Exploring World Religions through the Lens of Sacred Space “Sacred Space in World Religions” is a course taught at Candler School of Theology as a summer intensive. In it, we take advantage of the
When Religion Becomes Lethal: The Explosive Mix of Politics and Religion in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Download PDF: RV Holt, When Religion Becomes Lethal By Charles Kimball San Francisco: Wiley, Jossey-Bass, 2011. 272 pages. $27.95. As the title of the book When Religion Becomes Lethal implies, author Charles Kimball aims to educate the reader about the sensitive relationship between the great monotheistic
The Perils of Public Scholarship on Islam after 9/11
Download PDF: Curtis, Perils of Public Scholarship Abstract This paper examines the challenges of public scholarship on religion and Islam in the post-9/11 era. The first section, which focuses on Stephen Prothero’s introduction of Islam in God Is Not One, identifies a
Peace for All: St. George’s Day at a Shared Multi-Religious Shrine in Macedonia
“Peace for All” is a video ethnography that documents the activities at a “shared shrine” in Macedonia on St. George’s Day. The shrine is shared by Orthodox Christians and various Muslim denominations to celebrate the birth of their respective saints,
Sects and Violence: A Photo Essay on Religion’s Role in Palestinian and Israeli Politics
There are few places in the world so closely identified with religion and violence as Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Yet just as elements of each of the world’s three monotheistic religions have historically committed great episodes of violence in
Resources in Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding: An Annotated Bibliography
Download PDF: Resources in Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding Introduction The amount of literature that could be included in a bibliography on religion, violence, and peacebuilding is vast and attempting to delineate the nuances between each thinker and theory in our allotted
American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah
Download PDF: RV Kidd, American Muslim Women By Jamillah Karim New York: New York University Press, 2009. 292 pages. $23.00. Every author seeks to provide a new vantage point on her subject matter, but every so often, an author’s choice of
Better Left Unsaid: Ethnographic Representation and Discernment in “A Virtual Village”
Download PDF:Gottschalk and Schmalz, Better Left Unsaid Introduction Teaching about religion in South Asia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka has tended to depend on images of discreet “religions” Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Christianity, some of which appear
Poetics of Conduct: Oral Narrative and Moral Being in a South Indian Town
Download PDF: RV Devarajan, Poetics of Conduct By Leela Prasad New York: Columbia University Press, 2007. 291 pages. $28.00 Set in the town of Sringeri, in Northwest Karnataka, South India, Leela Prasad’s book Poetics of Conduct describes the intersection of authoritative institutional and