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  • South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora

    Critical Perspectives from Canada

    Edited by Amina Jamal, Jane Ku, Maryam Khan ...
    South Asian Feminisms in Diaspora explores how South Asian feminisms challenge exclusionary narratives in the Global North. Conceptualizing “South Asian” as a transnational conjuncture that links diasporic and mainland aspirations and anxieties, the contributors to this collection describe how, at what sites, and in what ways they encounter South Asianness, especially its complicity with ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • Canadian Perspectives on Community Development

    by Maurice Beaudin, Denis Bourque, Dillon Black, Mirna Carranza, Dominique Charbonneau, Omar Chouinard, Yvan Comeau, Sarah Cooper, David Este, Julie Guillemot, Alicia Kalmanovitch, Jane Ku, Claudia Lahaie, Lynn Lavallee, André Leclerc, Bill Lee, Mishka Lysak, Judy MacDonald, Susan McGrath, Ken Moffatt, Melissa Myers, Elaine Moody, Katherine Occhiuto, André-Ann Parent, Heather Peters, Alison Phinney, Christa Sato, Majella Simard ...
    Series series Politics and Public Policy
    Founded in a perspective that speaks to the diversity of contexts and processes used across Canada, this work is nevertheless firmly grounded in theory, offering an in-depth analysis geared toward advanced study in community practice.This depth is further strengthened by the diversity of topics represented in this collective work: community work in various regions of the country exploring issues ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Identity and Violence

    The Illusion of Destiny

    by Amartya Sen ...
    Series series Issues of Our Time
    “One of the few world intellectuals on whom we may rely to make sense out of our existential confusion.”—Nadine GordimerIn this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents an inspiring vision ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

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  • Islam and Anarchism

    Relationships and Resonances

    by Mohamed Abdou ...
    'One of the fiercest books I've ever read' - Jasbir K. PuarDiscourse around Muslims and Islam all too often lapses into a false dichotomy of Orientalist and fundamentalist tropes. A popular reimagining of Islam is urgently needed. Yet it is a perhaps unexpected political philosophical tradition that has the most to offer in this pursuit: anarchism.Islam and Anarchism is a highly original and ... Read more

    $25.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond

    Edited by Paul Bramadat, Lorne Dawson ...
    After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, those in London and Madrid, and the arrest of the “Toronto 18,” Canadians have changed how they think about terrorism and security. As governments respond to the potential threat of homegrown radicalism, many observers have become concerned about the impact of those security measures on the minority groups whose lives are “securitized.”In Religious ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Women and Islam

    Edited by Zayn R. Kassam ...
    Series series Women and Religion in the World
    This balanced exploration provides the basis for an energetic engagement with what it means to be a Muslim woman in a globalized world.The expert essays in Women and Islam are designed to stimulate discussion and help readers achieve a more sober understanding of the lives of Muslim women around the world. They explore the issues Muslim women face as they fight for gender justice and meet the ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Sexuality in Muslim Contexts

    Restrictions and Resistance

    Edited by Anissa Helie, Homa Hoodfar ...
    This groundbreaking book explores resistance against the harsh policing of sexuality in some Muslim societies. Many Muslim majority countries still use religious discourse to enforce stigmatization and repression of those, especially women, who do not conform to sexual norms promoted either by the state or by non-state actors. In this context, Islam is often stigmatized in Western discourse for ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Canadian Islamic Schools

    Unravelling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge, and Identity

    by Jasmin Zine ...
    Religious schooling in Canada has been a controversial subject since the secularization of the public school system, but there has been little scholarship on Islamic education. In this ethnographic study of four full-time Islamic schools, Jasmin Zine explores the social, pedagogical, and ideological functions of these alternative, and religiously-based educational institutions. Based on eighteen ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Islam, Justice, and Democracy

    by Sabri Ciftci ...
    Series series Religious Engagement in Democratic Politics
    Justice (al-‘adl) is one of the principal values of the Islamic faith. In Islam, Justice, and Democracy, Sabri Ciftci explores the historical, philosophical, and empirical foundations of justice to examine how religious values relate to Muslim political preferences and behavior. He focuses on Muslim agency and democracy to explain how ordinary Muslims use the conceptions of divine justice—either ... Read more

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  • Different Gods

    Integrating Non-Christian Minorities into a Primarily Christian Society

    by Raymond Breton ...
    In recent decades the ebb and flow of immigration to Canada has changed significantly, with the majority of immigrants coming from non-European countries. A striking feature of this shift is that a significant proportion of immigrants are non-Christians newly immersed in a society entrenched in Christian ideals.In Different Gods, Raymond Breton looks at the significance of religious differences ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Religion and World Politics

    Connecting Theory with Practice

    by Erin K. Wilson ...
    Religion and World Politics provides a short, accessible, and practical introduction to how we can understand the place of religion in world politics in a more comprehensive, contextually relevant way.Is religion central or irrelevant, positive or negative in world politics today? So much political commentary and analysis focuses on these issues. But these are the wrong questions to be asking. ... Read more

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  • Faithful Transformations

    Islamic Self-Help in Contemporary Singapore

    by Nurhaizatul Jamil ...
    Series series Dissident Feminisms
    Malay Muslim women in Singapore cultivate piety by attending popular Islamic self-help classes. Nurhaizatul Jamil’s ethnographic study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of this phenomenon.The Islamic self-help classes in this book exist at the nexus of sacred texts, aphorisms, and social media engagements, scaffolded by the neoliberal economy that shapes idealized Muslim subjectivities. Within ... Read more

    $14.39 USD