Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Showing 1 - 12 of 13 results for “edward e curtis”
Skip side bar filters

  • Muslim Americans in the Military

    Centuries of Service

    by Edward E. Curtis ...
    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    Stories of Muslims who have served, dating back to the Revolutionary War.Since the Revolutionary War, Muslim Americans have served in the United States military, risking their lives to defend a country that increasingly looks at them with suspicion and fear. In Muslim Americans in the Military: Centuries of Service, Edward E. Curtis illuminates the long history of Muslim service members who have ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Muslims of the Heartland

    How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest

    by Edward E Curtis IV ...
    The surprising history of Muslim life in the American Midwest in the early 20th century.The American Midwest is often thought of as uniformly white, and shaped exclusively by Christian values. However, this view of the region as an unvarying landscape fails to consider a significant community at its very heart. Muslims of the Heartland uncovers the long history of Muslims in a part of the country ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Practice of Islam in America

    An Introduction

    by Edward E Curtis IV ...
    An introduction to the ways in which ordinary Muslim Americans practice their faith.Muslims have always been part of the United States, but very little is known about how Muslim Americans practice their religion. How do they pray? What's it like to go on pilgrimage to Mecca? What rituals accompany the birth of a child, a wedding, or the death of a loved one? What holidays do Muslims celebrate and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy

    by Edward E Curtis IV ...
    Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politicsSince the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have played outsized roles in US politics, sometimes as political dissidents and sometimes as political insiders. However, more than at any other moment in history, Muslim Americans now stand at the symbolic center of US politics and public life.This volume ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arab American Public History

    Edited by Edward E. Curtis IV ...
    Series series History and the Public
    How have public history projects celebrated Arab American life and culture and countered anti-Arab bias and discrimination? The editor and contributors to Arab American Public History show how this vibrant community creates their own narratives through writing, blogging, curating, collaborating, and broadcasting. They also consider how the larger social and political contexts affect their work and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Across the Worlds of Islam

    Muslim Identities, Beliefs, and Practices from Asia to America

    Edited by Edward E. Curtis IV ...
    Winner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleMuslim people are found all over the world. Most live outside the Middle East, from Asia to the Americas. The vast majority of contemporary Muslims are not fluent in Arabic, and speakers of languages such as Persian, Urdu, and Turkish have made essential contributions to Islamic history and culture. However, typical courses on Islam tend to downplay ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Across the Worlds of Islam

    Muslim Identities, Beliefs, and Practices from Asia to America

    Edited by Edward E. Curtis IV ...
    Winner, 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleMuslim people are found all over the world. Most live outside the Middle East, from Asia to the Americas. The vast majority of contemporary Muslims are not fluent in Arabic, and speakers of languages such as Persian, Urdu, and Turkish have made essential contributions to Islamic history and culture. However, typical courses on Islam tend to downplay ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975

    by Edward E. Curtis ...
    Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam came to America's attention in the 1960s and 1970s as a radical separatist African American social and political group. But the movement was also a religious one. Edward E. Curtis IV offers the first comprehensive examination of the rituals, ethics, theologies, and religious narratives of the Nation of Islam, showing how the movement combined elements of Afro ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The New Black Gods

    Arthur Huff Fauset and the Study of African American Religions

    Edited by Edward E. Curtis IV, Danielle Brune Sigler ...
    Taking the influential work of Arthur Huff Fauset as a starting point to break down the false dichotomy that exists between mainstream and marginal, a new generation of scholars offers fresh ideas for understanding the religious expressions of African Americans in the United States. Fauset's 1944 classic, Black Gods of the Metropolis, launched original methods and theories for thinking about ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Call of Bilal

    Islam in the African Diaspora

    by Edward E. Curtis IV ...
    Series series Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks
    How do people in the African diaspora practice Islam? While the term “Black Muslim” may conjure images of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali, millions of African-descended Muslims around the globe have no connection to the American-based Nation of Islam. The Call of Bilal is a penetrating account of the rich diversity of Islamic religious practice among Africana Muslims worldwide. Covering North Africa ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West

    Edited by Edward E. Curtis ...
    For more than a millennium, Islam has been a vital part of Western civilization. Today, however, it is sometimes assumed that Islam is a foreign element inside the West, and even that Islam and the West are doomed to be in perpetual conflict. The need for accurate, reliable scholarship on this topic has never been more urgent.The Bloomsbury Reader on Islam in the West brings together some of the ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Muslims in America

    A Short History

    by Edward E. Curtis IV ...
    Series series Religion in American Life
    Muslims are neither new nor foreign to the United States. They have been a vital presence in North America since the 16th century. Muslims in America unearths their history, documenting the lives of African, Middle Eastern, South Asian, European, black, white, Hispanic and other Americans who have been followers of Islam. The book begins with the tale of Job Ben Solomon, a 18th century African ... Read more

    $18.99 USD