Forthcoming Islam Books

Forthcoming Books

1. Engendering the Politics of Religion

   Women, Identity and Agency in Global Religio-Politics

   Edited by Naveed S. Sheikh

   How does gender relate to the making and challenging of politics based on religion? This book attempts to shed new light on the multi-faceted relationship gender in relation to religio-politics at the local, national and global levels. Bringing together an international group of scholars, this...

   To Be Published July 11th 2013 by Routledge
2. Marriage Ceremonies in Morocco (Routledge Revivals)

   By Edward Westermarck

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1914, this title was the first comparative study of the marriage ceremonies in different parts of Morocco. Westermarck considers how ceremonial customs and rituals differ across social and cultural groups throughout the country and discusses their possible roots. Based on...

   To Be Published July 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Routledge Handbook of Islam in the West

   Edited by Roberto Tottoli

   Islam has long been a part of the West in terms of religion, culture, politics and society. This handbook provides coverage of that interaction from al-Andalus to the present. It includes chapters detailing the Muslim minority experience in Europe and the Americas and explores the influence Islam...

   To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. True Believers

   A Symbolic Anthropological Study of Islamist Culture

   Edited by Dawn Perlmutter

   Written for defense, intelligence and law enforcement professionals, True Believers: A Symbolic Anthropological Study of Islamist Culture provides a comprehensive overview of the symbols, rituals, beliefs, customs, and unfamiliar practices of Islamist culture. Ritualistic crime expert Dawn...

   To Be Published February 14th 2014 by CRC Press
5. State and Religion in the Arab World

   Edited by Khair El-Din Haseeb, Youssef Mohammed Sawani

   Given the inertia for social change after the Arab Spring, this book presents a comprehensive view of the main arguments in the quest of determining the position of Islam in relation to the popularly desired democratic states. This panorama presents analytical, descriptive, and informative material...

   To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge