Book Display – February 2017

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in February 2017 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and emerging scholars, the Maydan Book Displays will surely be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are searching for compelling sources to enrich their studies, as well as university professors and course instructors looking to add fresh material to their syllabi. Check back monthly for updates.

The Making of Selim: Succession, Legitimacy, and Memory in the Early Modern Ottoman World

Author: H. Erdem CipaPublisher: Indiana Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the Great Migration

Author: Judith WeisenfeldPublisher: New York Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: North America

Amplifying Islam in the European Soundscape: Religious Pluralism and Secularism in the Netherlands

Author: Pooyan Tamimi ArabPublisher: BloomsburyYear: 2017Discipline: AnthropologyRegion: Europe

Islam and the Americas

Editor: Aisha KhanPublisher: Univ. Press of FloridaYear: 2017Discipline: Anthropology, History, PoliticsRegion: North America, South America

Landscapes of the Jihad: Militancy, Morality, Modernity (Revised & Updated Edition)

Author: Faisal DevjiPublisher: HurstYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, Philosophy, HistoryRegion: Global

The FBI and Religion: Faith and National Security Before and After 9/11

Editor: Sylvester A. Johnson and Steven WeitzmanPublisher: Univ. of California PressYear: 2017Discipline: History, PoliticsRegion: North America

The Fatimid Empire

Author: Michael BrettPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology

Author: Marcus MilwrightPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Middle East

Women in Mongol Iran: The Khatuns, 1206-1335

Author: Bruno De NicolaPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Central Asia

Re-Orienting the Sasanians: East Iran in Late Antiquity

Author: Khodadad RezakhaniPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Central Asia

Purifying the Land of the Pure: A History of Pakistan's Religious Minorities

Author: Farahnaz IspahaniPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: History, PoliticsRegion: South Asia

The Sanaa Palimpsest: The Transmission of the Qur'an in the First Centuries AH

Author: Asma HilaliPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2016Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: Middle East

Politicizing Islam: The Islamic Revival in France and India

Author: Z. Fareen ParvezPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Europe, South Asia

The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo: Its Fortress, Churches, Synagogue, and Mosque

Editor: Carolyn Ludwig and Morris JacksonPublisher: American Univ. in Cairo PressYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Islam and Postcolonial Discourse: Purity and Hybridity

Editor: Esra Mirze Santesso and James McClungPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: History, LiteratureRegion: Global

Conversion and Islam in the Early Modern Mediterranean: The Lure of the Other

Editor: Claire NortonPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Europe

Prayer and Politics

Editor: Peter van der VeerPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Preaching Holy War: Crusade and Jihad, 1095-1105

Author: Niall Christie and Deborah GerishPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Europe

Islam and Modernity

Editor: Nasar MeerPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Sociology, History, PoliticsRegion: Global

Labor in an Islamic Setting: Theory and Practice

Editor: Necmettin Kizilkaya and Toseef AzidPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, Economics, LawRegion: Global

Alternative Performativity of Muslimness: The Intersection of Race, Gender, Religion, and Migration

Author: Amina Alrasheed NayelPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: SociologyRegion: Europe

Secularisms in a Postsecular Age? Religiosities and Subjectivities in Comparative Perspective

Editor: Mapril, et al.Publisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: Anthropology, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Civil Disobedience in Islam

Author: Muhammad Haniff HassanPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, PoliticsRegion: Middle East, Global

New Religiosities, Modern Capitalism, and Moral Complexities in Southeast Asia

Editor: Juliette Koning and Gwenael Njoto-FeillardPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, EconomicsRegion: Southeast Asia

The Arts of Ornamental Geometry

Editor: Gulru NecipogluPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Middle East

Politics of Honor in Ottoman Anatolia: Sexual Violence and Socio-Legal Surveillance in the Eighteenth Century

Author: Basak TugPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: History, LawRegion: Middle East

Religious Studies in Contemporary China, Vol. 6: Islam

Editor: Jin Yijiu and Ho Wai YipPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Asia

The Teaching and Learning of Arabic in Early Modern Europe

Editor: Jan Loop, Alastair Hamilton, and Charles BurnettPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Europe

Arabic Humanities, Islamic Thought

Editor: Joseph E. Lowry and Shawkat M. ToorawaPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: History, PhilosophyRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba: Selected Poems

Editor: Sana CamaraPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: Literature, Religious StudiesRegion: Africa

Muslim Shrines and Spiritual Culture in the Perso-Islamic World: Urban and Rural Shrines in Tajikistan

Author: Jo-Ann GrossPublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, Art HistoryRegion: Central Asia

Religion and the Morality of the Market

Editor: Filippo Osella and Daromir RudnyckyjPublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: AnthropologyRegion: Global

Muslims Against the Muslim League

Editor: Ali Usman Qasmi and Megan Eaton RobbPublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: South Asia

Contemporary Puritan Salafism: A Swedish Case Study

Author: Susanne OlssonPublisher: EquinoxYear: 2017Discipline: AnthropologyRegion: Europe

Hanafi Maturidism

Author: Ayedh S. AldosariPublisher: EquinoxYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Middle East

The al-Ghazali Enigma and Why Shari'a Is Not Islamic Law

Author: Haifaa G. KhalafallahPublisher: EquinoxYear: 2017Discipline: History, LawRegion: North Africa

A Critical Edition of 'Umdat al-Nazir 'ala al-Ashbah wa'l-Naza'ir

Author: Khadiga MusaPublisher: EquinoxYear: 2017Discipline: Law, HistoryRegion: Middle East

Architecture and Landscape in Medieval Anatolia, 1100-1500

Editor: Patricia Blessing and Rachel GoshgarianPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Middle East

Women and Equality in Iran: Law, Society and Activism

Author: Leila AlikaramiPublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2017Discipline: Law, PoliticsRegion: Middle East

The Imperatives of Progressive Islam

Author: Adis DuderijaPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global