Book Display – May 2017

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in May 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.

Islam and Secularism in Post-Colonial Thought: A Cartography of Asadian Genealogies

Author: Hadi EnayatPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanYear: 2017Discipline: Sociology, AnthropologyRegion: Global

Islamophobia and Racism in America

Author: Erik LovePublisher: New York Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: SociologyRegion: North America

Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King

Author: Audrey TruschkePublisher: Stanford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: South Asia

Islam Instrumentalized: Religion and Politics in Historical Perspective

Author: Jean-Philippe PlatteauPublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, EconomicsRegion: Global

Philosophers, Sufis, and Caliphs: Politics and Authority from Cordoba to Cairo and Baghdad

Author: Ali Humayun AkhtarPublisher: CambridgeYear: 2017Discipline: History, PoliticsRegion: Europe, Middle East

Montazeri: The Life and Thought of Iran's Revolutionary Ayatollah

Author: Sussan SiavoshiPublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: History, PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Yemen Endures: Civil War, Saudi Adventurism and the Future of Arabia

Author: Ginny HillPublisher: HurstYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Synagogues in the Islamic World: Architecture, Design and Identity

Editor: Mohammad GharipourPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Global

Letters of Light: Arabic Script in Calligraphy, Print, and Digital Design

Author: J.R. OsbornPublisher: Harvard Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: Middle East

The Sultan's Renegades: Christian-European Converts to Islam and the Making of the Ottoman Elite, 1575-1610

Author: Tobias P. GrafPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East, Europe

Sciences of the Soul and Intellect, Part III: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 39-41

Editor: Carmela Baffioni and Ismail K. PoonawalaPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: Middle East

On Companionship and Belief: An Arabic Critical Edition and English Translation of Epistles 43-45

Editor: Toby Mayer, Ian Richard Netton, and Samer F. TraboulsiPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: Middle East

Muslim Civil Society and the Politics of Religious Freedom in Turkey

Author: Jeremy F. WaltonPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Jewish-Muslim Relations in Past and Present: A Kaleidoscopic View

Editor: Josef MeriPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: Middle East, Europe

Malay Court Religion, Culture and Language: Interpreting the Qur'an in 17th Century Aceh

Author: Peter G. RiddellPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: Southeast Asia

Christian Engagement with Islam: Ecumenical Journeys since 1910

Author: Douglas PrattPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Christian and Islamic Theology of Religions

Author: Esra Akay DagPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Orthodoxy and Islam: Theology and Muslim-Christian Relations in Modern Greece and Turkey

Author: Archimandrite Nikodemos AnagnostopoulosPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Middle East, Europe

Islam and International Relations: Fractured Worlds

Author: Mustapha Kamal PashaPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Global

Political Islam in Tunisia: The History of Ennahda

Author: Anne WolfPublisher: HurstYear: 2017Discipline: Politics, HistoryRegion: North Africa

Mongols and the Islamic World: From Conquest to Conversion

Author: Peter JacksonPublisher: Yale Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Central Asia, Middle East