Book Display – June 2018

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in June 2018 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 Qur'an and the Bible: Text and Commentary

Author: Gabriel Said ReynoldsPublisher: Yale Univ. PressYear: 2018Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Islam Without Europe: Traditions of Reform in Eighteenth-Century Islamic Thought

Author: Ahmad DallalPublisher: Univ. of North Carolina PressYear: 2018Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Middle East, Europe

The Proper Order of Things: Language, Power, and Law in Ottoman Administrative Discourses

Author: Heather L. FergusonPublisher: Stanford Univ. PressYear: 2018Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

Islamists and the Politics of the Arab Uprisings

Editor: Hendrik Kraetzschmar and Paola RivettiPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2018Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East, North Africa

British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism

Author: Philip Lewis and Sadek HamidPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2018Discipline: Politics, SociologyRegion: Europe

Seeing God in Sufi Qur'an Commentaries

Author: Pieter CoppensPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2018Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Islam, State, and Society in Indonesia

Author: Yanwar PribadiPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2018Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Southeast Asia

Business Ethics in the Middle East

Author: Yusuf SidaniPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2018Discipline: Religious Studies, EconomicsRegion: Middle East

Languages of Religion: Exploring the Politics of the Sacred

Editor: Sipra MukherjeePublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2018Discipline: Politics, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

The New Testament in Muslim Eyes

Author: Shabbir AkhtarPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2018Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Religion and Civil Society in the Arab World

Editor: Tania Haddad and Elie Al HindyPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2018Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East, North Africa

Becoming a Genuine Muslim: Kierkegaard and Muhammad Iqbal

Author: Sevcan OzturkPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2018Discipline: PhilosophyRegion: Global

Forging the Ideal Educated Girl: The Production of Desirable Subjects in Muslim South Asia

Author: Shenila Khoja-MooljiPublisher: Univ. of California PressYear: 2018Discipline: SociologyRegion: South Asia