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  • Islam

    History, Religion, and Politics

    by Tamara Sonn ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
    Now available in a fully-revised and updated third edition, Islam: History, Religion and Politics, provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the core teachings, historical development, and contemporary public struggles of Islam.Features a new chapter on the Arab Spring and the ongoing struggles for representative governance throughout the Muslim worldIncludes up-to-date analysis of the ... Read more

    $27.00 USD

  • The Religion Toolkit

    A Complete Guide to Religious Studies

    by John Morreall, Tamara Sonn ...
    This complete overview of religious studies provides students with the essential knowledge and tools they need to explore and understand the nature of religion.Covers the early development of religion, with overviews of major and minor religions from Islam to ScientologyConsiders recent developments including secularization; the relationship between religion and science; and scientific studies on ... Read more

    $102.00 USD

  • The Religion Toolkit

    Understanding Religion in the World Today

    by John Morreall, Tamara Sonn ...
    THE RELIGION TOOLKITA comprehensive survey of the study of religion worldwide, from ancient indigenous traditions to today’s religious nationalism.“This is an excellent book that is a good, comprehensive overview of the history of religions and the ways of studying religion within Religious Studies… it really brings religions to life for the reader.”—Gavin Flood, Professor of Hindu Studies and ... Read more

    $47.00 USD

  • Overcoming Orientalism

    Essays in Honor of John L. Esposito

    Edited by Tamara Sonn ...
    Orientalism is the term applied to scholarship that reduces Islam and Muslims to stereotypes of ignorance and violence in need of foreign control. It has been used to rationalize Europe's colonial domination of most of the Muslim world and continued American-led interventions in the post-colonial period. In the past 30 years it has been represented by claims that a monolithic Islam and equally ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Islamic Democratic Discourse

    Theory, Debates, and Philosophical Perspectives

    by Tarek Ramadan, Tamara Sonn, Asma Afsaruddin, Osman Bakar, Ozlem Denli, Mahgoub El-tigani Mahmoud, Carolyn Fleuhr, Ali Paya, Abdulaziz Sachedina, Marc Lynch, Abdelwahab El-Affendi ...
    Series series Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory
    There is a growing consensus among experts and the educated public alike that democratization will reduce the many problems of the Muslim world. The question that remains is how Islam should be incorporated into the public sphere. Islamic Democratic Discourse is in itself a dialogue that explores the multi-faceted relationship between Islam and democracy. Each chapter, by a preeminent scholar of ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Muslim Minorities in the West

    Visible and Invisible

    by Abdelhamid Lotfi, Kathleen Moore, Agha Saheed, Robert M. Dannin, Khalid Fattah Griggs, Garbi Schmidt, Gary David, Sylviane A. Diouf, Saphinaz-Amal Naguib, James Helicke, A H. Johns, Samina Yasmeen, William Shepard, Tamara Sonn, John Voll ...
    Although they are typically portrayed by the media as dangerous extremists in distant lands, Muslims in fact form a permanent, peaceful and growing population in nearly every Western country. While Westerners are now more commonly seeing mosques in their neighborhoods or scarved Muslim women in their streets, misperceptions and stereotypes remain. With expanding numbers and desires to protect ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Between Qur'an And Crown

    The Challenge Of Political Legitimacy In The Arab World

    by Tamara Sonn ...
    The struggle for political legitimacy in many Middle Eastern countries today poses a dilemma for ruling elites. In order to maintain authority, leaders often must capitulate to Islamic universalist dogma, which may conflict with their own views of the state as well as threaten the legitimacy of other leaders in the region who are attempting to establish a secular, national basis for government. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring

    by John L. Esposito, Tamara Sonn, John O. Voll ...
    The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. In Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority societies today. Applying a twenty-first century perspective to the question of whether Islam is "compatible" with democracy, ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring

    by John L. Esposito, Tamara Sonn, John O. Voll ...
    The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. In Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority societies today. Applying a twenty-first century perspective to the question of whether Islam is "compatible" with democracy, ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Is Islam an Enemy of the West?

    by Tamara Sonn ...
    Series series Global Futures
    New York, Washington, Madrid, London and now Paris Ð the list of Western cities targeted by radical Islamic terrorists waging global jihad continues to grow. Does this extreme violence committed in the name of Islam point to a fundamental enmity between the Muslim faith and the West?In this compelling essay, leading scholar of Islam Tamara Sonn argues that whilst the West has many enemies among ... Read more

    $10.00 USD

  • 50 Great Myths About Religions

    by John Morreall, Tamara Sonn ...
    50 Great Myths about Religions is an intriguing, informative, and often humorous introduction to some of the long standing myths that surround religious belief. This engaging book will get its readers thinking about how and why certain myths have arisen, and their continuing influence on our personal and collective view of religion.Offers a lively, informative, and thought-provoking introduction ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • The SAGE Handbook of Islamic Studies

    Edited by Tamara Sonn, Akbar S Ahmed ...
    … a welcome addition to the already available introductory works on Islam. The chapters of the book combine depth of analysis and erudition on a wide range of subjects. Thus in a single volume one finds several superbly written papers not only on the foundations of Islam and the manifestations of Islamic culture but also on issues which are at the centre of contemporary debates among Muslims such ... Read more

    $118.79 USD