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Book SynopsisA revealing portrait of an international anticommunist crusader whose life presaged the role of religion in right-wing American politics today.Trade Review“Teaching Anticommunism is a first-class piece of historical scholarship. It opens new avenues for scholarship and serves as a model for further research for the politics and culture of the early Cold War era.” American Historical Review“A sober, detailed, and fair-minded portrait of an organization that attracted wealthy donors, numerous public figures, and thousands of middleclass, religious Americans to combat the Communist menace. [It] provides as thorough an accounting of the CACC’s successes and failures as we will ever need and suggests the ways the organization foreshadowed the rise of the “new right” of the 1980s.” Journal of Cold War Studies“[Villeneuve’s] arguments connecting [the CACC and the US Right] are substantial and richly supported with evidence [and] shed light on a larger phenomenon and movement in US history. Artfully presented and diligently cited, this book adds a unique perspective to Cold War and US conservative history.” Cold War History“Teaching Anticommunism builds a strong case that Schwarz and the CACC played key roles in forging the arguments against communism that had significant influence in the United States and across the globe.” Church History« Outre son caractère instructif, cette monographie se distingue par son ton explicatif et nuancé. Qui plus est, la qualité de la recherche ne fait aucun doute : non seulement l’auteur a-t-il consulté quantité de sources secondaires judicieuses (travaux de Ellen Schrecker, Lisa McGirr, Andrew Hartman, Richard Horwitz, Allan Lichtman, etc.), mais encore faut-il ajouter qu’il a scrupuleusement examiné les bulletins de la CACC et pris connaissance de maints journaux. Il a aussi procédé au dépouillement de plusieurs fonds d’archives, parmi lesquels figurent en particulier ceux de William Buckley Jr., Barry Goldwater [entre autres]. …cette pertinente et originale monographie [constitue] un apport précieux à l’historiographie de ces fascinantes années d’après-guerre chez nos voisins du Sud. » Bulletin d’histoire politique

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Book SynopsisArlene M. Sánchez Walsh provides a thematic overview of Pentecostalism in America, covering Pentecostal faith and practices, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, trends and offshoots, and the future of American Pentecostalism. She also places it in context within the larger narrative of American religious history.Trade ReviewPentecostals in America is a lively thematic exploration of Pentecostal believers across the twentieth century and into our own time. With a keen ear and an acute sensitivity toward the stories that tie worshipers to this eclectic and powerfully embodied tradition, Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh insightfully scrutinizes the faith and practices of Pentecostal women and men. She attends closely to a diverse cast of noted leaders as well as contemporary outliers who stretch the boundaries of the tradition, analyzing important factors such as gender and sexuality ideals, popular culture, and race and ethnicity. A smart, compelling, and entertaining analysis of a homegrown American religion that has become a global force. -- R. Marie Griffith, John C. Danforth Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Washington University in St. Louis'Pentecostals tell great stories' and so does Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh in this marvelous new addition to the Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. Combining empathy with insight and deep scholarship with dramatic flair, Sánchez Walsh offers a well-rounded, richly textured picture that tells us a good deal about America as well as about Pentecostalism. This book will engage students, inspire scholars, and advance understanding of the power and complexity of religion in American life. -- Amanda Porterfield, author of Corporate Spirit: Religion and the Rise of the Modern CorporationIn Penteacostals in America, Arlene M. Sánchez Walsh explores, describes, and interprets the almost infinitely varied and complex world of American Pentecostalism. The result is an impressionist painting of Pentecostalism in America, beautifully colored and bursting with vivid description and stimulating interpretations, both useful and delightfully interesting to read. -- Paul Harvey, University of Colorado, Colorado SpringsArlene M. Sánchez Walsh’s book Pentecostals in America is a fresh take on the traditional history of the American Pentecostal movement. The book is thematic, rather than chronological, and explores issues around gender, sexuality, race, music, fame, and theological innovation by using snapshots of Pentecostal lives in order to excavate the complexities of the religious tradition. By focusing on particular people, Sanchez-Walsh puts well known Pentecostals including William Seymour, Charles Fox Parham, Aimee Semple McPherson, and A. A. Allen in conversation with more controversial figures such as Elvis Presley, Marvin Gaye, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Juanita Bynum, and the prosperity preacher Joel Osteen. She weaves her ethnographic findings together with historical and biographical research, thus enlivening the narrative with her wry, funny voice and personal observations. Sánchez Walsh writes with verve and the careful observation of one who has studied the movement for a long time. -- Angela Tarango, Trinity UniversityThis exciting project offers a compelling take on Pentecostalism’s history in the U.S., and is an eminently readable introduction to the subject that should be accessible to both students and scholars alike. By arguing that Pentecostalism, as a social and religious movement, is quintessentially American, Sánchez Walsh highlights Pentecostalism’s flexibility and improvisational nature. -- Phillip Luke Sinitiere, College of Biblical StudiesFor all readers, the book provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity to piece together the impact that Pentecostalism—because of its fragmentation and the entrepreneurialism of its leaders—has had on American history, popular culture and other aspects of American life. -- Ethan Sharp * Western Folklore *This is an absorbing study of US American Pentecostals that is easy to read, full of surprises, and sometimes shocks. Although it is certainly an academic study, well referenced in endnotes, it reads as a series of personal vignettes. -- Allan H. Anderson * Journal of Church and State *This book can provide a variety of readers with a useful introduction to American Pentecostalism. The book could be effectively assigned to undergraduate students. It is short enough to fit into a syllabus in a survey course, but also wide-ranging enough to be used as a textbook in a course focused on Pentecostalism. The book may also provide a useful entry point for scholars in related fields looking to familiarize themselves with Pentecostalism. . . . Clergy and seminarians outside the Pentecostal tradition may also find the book valuable as an aid to understanding their fellow Christians and strengthening ecumenical bonds. -- Skyler Reidy * Pneuma *Pentecostals in American is a very readable text that should be of interest to both scholars in and outside of the field of Pentecostal studies, and it will be especially useful for undergraduate and graduate courses in religious studies, American studies, and more, * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Pentecostal Faith and Practice2. Pentecostal Innovators3. Gender, Sexualities, and Pentecostalism4. Pentecostalism and Popular Culture5. “Laundry Talk”: Race, Ethnicity, and the Construction of an American Pentecostal Identity6. Outliers: Heresy and American PentecostalismEpilogue. A Whole New Thing—The Future of Pentecostalism in AmericaNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis interesting book balances presidential professions of faith with acknowledgment of private sins and the objections of nonbelievers to explicit religious demonstrations in public life. -- Rich Barlow Boston Globe Among its strengths is the inclusion of a considerable amount of newsworthy material for the thirteen presidents whose religious views are examined. -- Al Menendez Voice of Reason Immediately, one can imagine the value of this book in attempts to teach undergraduates something about religion and politics in American history. Kansas HistoryTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Religion and the Presidency of George Washington, by Daniel L. Dreisbach and Jeffry H. Morrison Religious Writings of George Washington 2. Religion and the Presidency of Thomas Jefferson, by Thomas E. Buckley Religious Writings of Thomas Jefferson 3. Religion and the Presidency of James Madison, by Garrett Ward Sheldon Religious Writings of James Madison 4. Religion and the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln, by Andrew R. Murphy Religious Writings of Abraham Lincoln 5. Religion and the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, by Gary Scott Smith Religious Writings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt 6. Religion and the Presidency of Harry S. Truman, by Elizabeth Edwards Spalding Religious Writings of Harry S. Truman 7. Religion and the Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Jerry Bergman Religious Writings of Dwight D. Eisenhower 8. Religion and the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, by Thomas J. Carty Religious Writings of John F. Kennedy 9. Religion and the Presidency of Jimmy Carter, by Kenneth E. Morris Religious Writings of Jimmy Carter 10. Religion and the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, by Paul Kengor Religious Writings of Ronald Reagan 11. Religion and the Presidency of George H. W. Bush, by Kjell O. Lejon Religious Writings of George H. W. Bush 12. Religion and the Presidency of William Jefferson Clinton, by Gaston Espinosa Religious Writings of William Jefferson Clinton 13. Religion and the Presidency of George W. Bush, by David Aikman Religious Writings of George W. Bush Conclusion List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book will become essential reading for anyone studying the importance of religion in international relations. Indeed, it will be relevant for anyone who wishes to understand key dynamics in international affairs more broadly. -- Hendrik Spruyt, Northwestern University A remarkable collection that brings religion, in all its multiple forms, into international relations theory. These erudite chapters show the origins of secular theories in religious values and institutions, the ways in which religion can be incorporated into established theories, the other ways in which religion continues to rival secular world views, and the variety of consequences that we should expect from a world in which religion appears to be becoming increasingly salient. An essential addition to the library of international theory. -- Michael W. Doyle, author of Ways of War and Peace Though religion has returned to the global public square with a vengeance, until now international relations theory seemed oblivious. This book changes that. Its timely and thoughtful essays bring religion back into the picture, exploring major aspects of international relations theory and providing new ways of thinking about religion within major theoretical frames of reference. Written with clarity and grace by leading thinkers in the field, this landmark book will be read by scholars and students of international relations theory for years to come. -- Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State impressive -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs ... the book is easy to read and is a great source for scholars who are interested in the roots of secularism and the resurgence of religion. The contributors also elegantly tie their research to international relations theory in their respective conclusions. -- Nukhet A. Sandal Perspectives on PoliticsTable of Contents1. Introduction, by Jack Snyder 2. The Fall and Rise of Religion in International Relations: History and Theory, by Timothy Samuel Shah and Daniel Philpott 3. Secularism and International Relations Theory, by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd 4. Another Great Awakening? International Relations Theory and Religion, by Michael Barnett 5. Religion, Rationality, and Violence, by Monica Duffy Toft 6. Religion and International Relations: No Leap of Faith Required, by Daniel H. Nexon 7. In the Service of State and Nation: Religion in East Asia, by Il Hyun Cho and Peter J. Katzenstein 8. Conclusion: Religion's Contribution to International Relations Theory, by Emily Cochran Bech and Jack Snyder List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book will become essential reading for anyone studying the importance of religion in international relations. Indeed, it will be relevant for anyone who wishes to understand key dynamics in international affairs more broadly. -- Hendrik Spruyt, Northwestern University A remarkable collection that brings religion, in all its multiple forms, into international relations theory. These erudite chapters show the origins of secular theories in religious values and institutions, the ways in which religion can be incorporated into established theories, the other ways in which religion continues to rival secular world views, and the variety of consequences that we should expect from a world in which religion appears to be becoming increasingly salient. An essential addition to the library of international theory. -- Michael W. Doyle, author of Ways of War and Peace Though religion has returned to the global public square with a vengeance, until now international relations theory seemed oblivious. This book changes that. Its timely and thoughtful essays bring religion back into the picture, exploring major aspects of international relations theory and providing new ways of thinking about religion within major theoretical frames of reference. Written with clarity and grace by leading thinkers in the field, this landmark book will be read by scholars and students of international relations theory for years to come. -- Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Global Rebellion: Religious Challenges to the Secular State impressive -- G. John Ikenberry Foreign Affairs ... the book is easy to read and is a great source for scholars who are interested in the roots of secularism and the resurgence of religion. The contributors also elegantly tie their research to international relations theory in their respective conclusions. -- Nukhet A. Sandal Perspectives on PoliticsTable of Contents1. Introduction, by Jack Snyder 2. The Fall and Rise of Religion in International Relations: History and Theory, by Timothy Samuel Shah and Daniel Philpott 3. Secularism and International Relations Theory, by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd 4. Another Great Awakening? International Relations Theory and Religion, by Michael Barnett 5. Religion, Rationality, and Violence, by Monica Duffy Toft 6. Religion and International Relations: No Leap of Faith Required, by Daniel H. Nexon 7. In the Service of State and Nation: Religion in East Asia, by Il Hyun Cho and Peter J. Katzenstein 8. Conclusion: Religion's Contribution to International Relations Theory, by Emily Cochran Bech and Jack Snyder List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisMaría Pía Lara explores the ambiguity of secularization and the theoretical potential of a structural break between politics and religion.Trade ReviewSkillfully employing the tools of 'conceptual history,' Maria Pia Lara maps the convoluted discourse of secularization in Carl Schmitt, Hans Blumenberg, Karl Lowith, Hannah Arendt, Jurgen Habermas, and the father of Begriffsgeschichte himself, Reinhart Koselleck. The result is not only a masterful vindication of a method but also a challenge to the glib assumption that we have reached a postsecular era in which politica powerful case for a democratic politics of immanence only disclosed in a modern age facing problems that no restoration of a presecular past can solve.s can be traced back to its allegedly theological roots. Instead, Lara makes -- Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley The Disclosure of Politics is itself disclosive. Counterbalancing the current focus on religion as a semantic resource for politics, Maria Pia Lara shows how political theory and action contribute to the development of powerful political concepts such as publicity, emancipation, and democracy and enables us to see the importance of conceptual innovation in bringing about social change for the better. -- Maeve Cooke, University College DublinTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Semantics of Conceptual Change: The Emergence of the Concept of Emancipation 2. The Model of Translation: From Religion to Politics 3. Hans Blumenberg's Reoccupational Model: Conceptual Transformation 4. Blumenberg's Second Model: The Persistence of Mythical Narratives 5. Hannah Arendt's Model of the Autonomy of Politics: Semantic Innovation Through Religious Disclosure 6. Reinhart Koselleck's Model of Secularization: The Enlightenment as Problematic 7. Jurgen Habermas's Innovation Model: Bringing Justice Into the Domain of Politics 8. The Disclosure of Politics Revisited Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProminent scholars of Mormonism follow the religion’s quest for legitmacy in the United States and its intersection with American politics.Trade ReviewIt was a welcome treat to read a group of well-organized, well-written, and eminently readable essays from a diversity of distinguished authorial voices that, across the board, maintain a high level of quality. Mormonism and American Politics' nuanced contextualization of Mormonism successfully engages larger issues within U.S. religious history by means of focused, provocative case studies, making it relevant to scholars in a wide range of disciplines. -- Susanna Morrill, Lewis & Clark College This volume offers the best single collection of essays on Mormonism and American politics, a topic that is both rich and deserving of sustained scholarly treatment. -- Patrick Q. Mason, Claremont Graduate University From Joseph Smith's presidential bid and Brigham Young's theodemocracy, to Prop 8 and the Romney campaign of 2012, Mormons have engaged in a complex struggle to reconcile Latter-day Saint exceptionalism with political accommodation and legitimacy. Perhaps no faith tradition in America has been at the center of more church-state conflicts than Mormonism, and this vibrant collection of essays plumbs both past lessons and future prospects. -- Terryl Givens, author of Wrestling the Angel: The Foundations of Mormon Thought Mormonism and American Politics is the most deft, discerning, and nearly definitive book of essays about Mormons and politics ever published. The authors treat captivating facets of Mormon history-some famous, some unearthed here-with an eye-popping verve that shapes a new vista on both Mormonism and the evolving America in which it emerged. -- Jon Butler, Yale University Charting the shifting alliances and tensions between Mormonism and broader national currents, this volume offers an incisive narrative of the history of religious engagement with electoral politics. As the quintessential "outsider religion," Mormonism has danced on the knife-edge between toleration and rejection, acceptable diversity and illegitimate cult. These evocative essays trace that distinctively American dance and offer important lessons about the promise and perils of religious pluralism. -- Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Washington University The authors of these essays give genuine insight into Mormonism's political present without neglecting the significance of its past. A smart, accessible collection, it is a very good read for the academic and general public. Especially for the classroom, the volume offers an opportunity to discuss America's engagement with religion on such important themes as race, gender, majoritarian politics, religious liberty and its informal, but no less important, public counterpoint, toleration. -- Kathleen Flake, University of Virginia This timely collection integrates multiple perspectives and insights by leading scholars. The importance of Mormonism to American political life is shown here not only as a present phenomenon, but an enduring one across almost two hundred years. -- Sarah Barringer Gordon, University of Pennsylvania The most historically informed and culturally sophisticated analysis of the subject to date... Highly recommended. Choice This is a book that lives up to its blurbs. BYU Studies Quarterly Intelligibly written and academically sound. It makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of an important religious denomination in American culture and politics while simultaneously illuminating the historical interaction and mutual impact of religious and political institutions in a democratic society. The Journal of American History The strengths of this volume is its combination of accessibility and scholarly originality. Journal of Church and StateTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction, by Randall Balmer and Jana Riess Part I: Origins and Tensions 1. Joseph Smith's Presidential Ambitions, by Richard Lyman Bushman 2. Unpopular Sovereignty: Brigham Young and the U.S. Government, 1847-1877, by John G. Turner 3. Polygamy in the Nation's Capitol: Protestant Women and the 1899 Campaign Against B. H. Roberts, by Jana Riess 4. Eternal Progression: Mormonism and American Progressivism, by Matthew Bowman Part II: Shifting Alliances 5. Ezra Taft Benson and the Conservative Turn of "Those Amazing Mormons," by Jan Shipps 6. Testimony and Theology: The Mormon Struggle with America's Civil Religion, by Russell Arben Fox 7. Chosen Land, Chosen People: Religious and American Exceptionalism Among the Mormons, by Philip L. Barlow 8. Like Father, Unlike Son: The Governors Romney, the Kennedy Paradigm, and the Mormon Question, by Randall Balmer Part III: Into the Twenty-first Century 9. A Politically Peculiar People: How Mormons Moved into and Then out of the Political Mainstream, by David E. Campbell, Christopher F. Karpowitz and J. Quin Monson 10. "Twice-told Tale": Telling Two Histories of Mormon-Black Relations During the 2012 Presidential Election, by Max Perry Mueller 11. Mormon Women Talk Politics, by Claudia L. Bushman 12. On the "Underground": What the Mormon "Yes on 8" Campaign Reveals About the Future of Mormons in American Political Life, by Joanna Brooks 13. Mitt, Mormonism, and the Media: An Unfamiliar Faith Takes the Stage in the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, by Peggy Fletcher Stack List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFollows the evolution of Tibetan Buddhism’s trülku (reincarnation) tradition from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, along with the Emperor of China’s efforts to control its developmentTrade ReviewThe most accessible, archives-based survey of modern Tibetan history ever to be written. -- Gray Tuttle, Columbia University A timely book that fills a vacuum in the study of Tibet's history. Schwieger provides an excellent analysis of the evolution of the institution of the Dalai Lama, particularly the Dalai Lama's relationship with the Chinese emperors, that goes beyond the generalized and accepted view of the relationship as symbolic. -- Tsering Shakya, president of the International Association of Tibetan Studies The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China marks a coming-of-age for Tibetan historical studies, complementing the New Qing History of the past several decades. Peter Schwieger brings precision to our understanding of Tibet's central political institution, that of the Dalai Lama, reaching beyond earlier scholarship thanks to his innovative and thorough use of archival sources. His work is essential reading for students of early modern relations among Tibet, Mongolia, and the Manchu empire. -- Matthew Kapstein, EPHE, Paris, and the University of Chicago There is much to discover in this rich, informative volume. Skillfully handling the new sources and documents at his disposal, Schwieger has written a book that is essential reading for anyone, specialist and nonspecialist, interested in the rise of the Dalai Lamas and their relations with Mongols, Manchus, and the Qing state. -- Elliot Sperling, Indiana University The originality of this remarkable book lies in the central position it accords to Tibetan documents-letters, edicts, petitions-written at the time of the events to which they relate, giving the reader an unprecedented front-row view of history as it unfolds: things do indeed look very different from this close. Schwieger's mastery of the intractable style of these official sources is matched by a well-trained caution in interpretation, a complete absence of political bias, and the ability to transform eight centuries of complex machinations into a gripping account that will appeal to a readership well beyond the field of Tibetan studies. -- Charles Ramble, EcolePratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris Schwieger's groundbreaking treatment of Tibetan political and religious history offers a new approach to understanding the development of the trulku (reincarnate lama) tradition... Indispensable reading for some upper-level undergraduates and for graduate students and faculty interested in Tibetan religious and political history. Choice The most well-researched, comprehensive book on the modern history of Tibet to be published to date. Reading Religion Accessible... engaging and easy to read. The book is a great addition to any undergraduate or graduate course on the history of Inner Asia, Tibet, and Late Imperial China. -- Ryan John Jones Religious Studies Review [The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China] does Tibetan studies a great service... An essential resource. -- Max Oidtmann The Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The Historical Development of the Trulku Position 2. A Trulku as the Head of Society 3. Struggle for Buddhist Government 4. The Emperor Takes Control 5. Buddhist Government Under the Imperial Umbrella 6. Imperial Authority Over the Trulku Institution 7. The Aftermath Conclusion Appendix 1: Tibetan Reincarnation Lines of Major Political Significance Appendix 2: Qing Emperors and Qoshot Kings of Tibet Abbreviations Notes Tibetan Orthographic Equivalents Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCritically engaging with traditional secularism and religious accommodationism, this collection introduces a constitutional secularism that robustly meets contemporary challenges.Trade ReviewReligion, Secularism, and Constitutional Democracy critically confronts the contemporary resurgence of 'political theology' with theoretical and philosophical sophistication while nevertheless exhibiting an admirable commitment to respect and tolerance of religious observance and plurality. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of religion and politics today. -- John P. McCormick, University of Chicago The question of the proper role of religion in a secular state, once thought settled, has reemerged as a major challenge to contemporary democracies. The essays in this superb volume address the many aspects of this question with depth and clarity, connecting normative, historical, and institutional analyses in an exemplary way. Taken together, the contributions do more than represent the state of the art in this field of research; rather, they take it to a new level of refinement. -- Rainer Forst, Goethe University Frankfurt This volume is practically a 'who's-who' of the very top scholars writing on religion, secularism, and cultural pluralism. It sits at the cutting edge of debates in all of these fields and will be required reading in seminar rooms across North America and Europe. -- Andrew F. March, author of Islam and Liberal CitizenshipTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Jean L. Cohen Part I: Freedom of Religion or Human Rights 1. Religious Freedom and the Fate of Secularism, by Samuel Moyn 2. Religion: Ally, Threat, or Just Religion?, by Anne Phillips 3. Regulating Religion Beyond Borders: The Case of FGM/C, by Yasmine Ergas 4. Pluralism vs. Pluralism: Islam and Christianity in the European Court of Human Rights, by Christian Joppke Part II: Non-Establishments and Freedom of Religion 5. Rethinking Political Secularism and the American Model of Constitutional Dualism, by Jean L. Cohen 6. Is European Secularism Secular Enough?, by Rajeev Bhargava 7. State-Religion Connections and Multicultural Citizenship, by Tariq Modood 8. Breaching the Wall of Separation, by Denis Lacorne 9. Transnational Nonestablishment (Redux), by Claudia Haupt Part III: Religion, Liberalism, and Democracy 10. Liberal Neutrality, Religion, and the Good, by Cecile Laborde 11. Religious Arguments and Public Justification, by Aurelia Bardon 12. Religious Truth and Democratic Freedom: A Critique of the Religious Discourse of Anti-Relativism, by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti 13. Republicanism and Freedom of Religion in France, by Michel Troper Part IV: Sovereignty and Legal Pluralism in Constitutional Democracies 14. Sovereignty and Religious Norms in the Secular Constitutional State, by Dieter Grimm 15. Religion and Minority Legal Orders, by Maheila Malik 16. The Intersection of Civil and Religious Family Law in the U.S. Constitutional Order: A Mild Legal Pluralism, by Linda C. McClain 17. Religion-Based Legal Pluralism and Human Rights in Europe, by Alicia Cebada Romero Conclusion: Is Religion Special? Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis anthology draws bold comparisons between secularist strategies to contain, privatize, and discipline religion and the treatment of racialized subjects by the American state. Contributors from a range of disciplines expose secularism’s prohibitive practices in all facets of American society and suggest opportunities for change.Trade ReviewRace and Secularism in America shows how conversations about race and secularism can be enriched by bringing the two together. This timeliness, coupled with the excellence of the contributors, makes the book essential reading for our times. -- Ted Smith, Emory University Candler School of Theology A tremendous volume. Its originality and interdisciplinary breadth will attract a range of scholars in the humanities and social sciences. It will shift conversations within and facilitate new discussions across the fields of race, religion, literature, and theology. -- James Manigault-Bryant, Williams College Jonathon S. Kahn and Vincent W. Lloyd have pulled together a deeply original set of essays on race and secularism in the United States that effectively challenges intellectualist, European-derived accounts of secularist discourse. Focusing on the fundamental whiteness of American secularism, the collection highlights the ways in which the specificities of both race and religion have been managed-and obscured-through the ideals and practices of secular statecraft. It is an impressive and necessary critique of the widespread neglect of race and racialization in contemporary secular studies. -- Leigh Eric Schmidt, Washington University in St. Louis This well-conceived and well-crafted collection provides another account of secularism by interrogating those processes by which not only are religion and religious discourse regulated or excluded but also race and religion are entwined, managed, or resisted. Methodologically and theoretically, these essays substantially deepen and complicate our understanding of secularism, religion, and race. -- M. Shawn Copeland, Boston College A turning point for understanding how relegating the sacred and the secular to incommensurable realms has produced and protected the structured advantages of whiteness and imbued the secular sphere with presumptions of innocence that preclude racial justice. -- George Lipsitz, author of How Racism Takes Place This review cannot do justice to the brilliance, beauty, and timeliness of these essays... The joy of reading these essays lies in the nuances and subtleties of the arguments. Marginalia LARBTable of ContentsIntroduction: Managing Race, Managing Religion, by Vincent W. Lloyd Part I: Orientations 1. White Supremacy and Black Insurgency as Political Theology, by George Shulman 2. Secular Compared to What? Toward a History of the Trope of Black Sacred/Secular Fluidity, by Josef Sorett Part II: Readings 3. Slaves, Slavery, and the Secular Age: Or, Tales of Haunted Scholars, Liberating Prisons, Exorcised Divinities, and Immanent Devils, by Edward J. Blum 4. "Welcome Back to the Living": Resurrections of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Secular Age, by Erica R. Edwards 5. Overlooking Race and Secularism in Muslim Philadelphia, by Joel Blecher and Joshua Dubler Part III: Inflections 6. Two Ways of Looking at an Invisible Man: Race, the Secular, and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Theology, by M. Cooper Harriss 7. Secular Coloniality: The Afterlife of Religious and Racial Tropes, by William D. Hart 8. Binding Landscapes: Secularism, Race, and the Spatial Modern, by Willie James Jennings Conclusion: James Baldwin and a Theology of Justice in a Secular Age, by Jonathon Kahn Afterword: Critical Intersections: Race, Secularism, Gender, by Tracy Fessenden List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThis anthology draws bold comparisons between secularist strategies to contain, privatize, and discipline religion and the treatment of racialized subjects by the American state. Contributors from a range of disciplines expose secularism’s prohibitive practices in all facets of American society and suggest opportunities for change.Trade ReviewRace and Secularism in America shows how conversations about race and secularism can be enriched by bringing the two together. This timeliness, coupled with the excellence of the contributors, makes the book essential reading for our times. -- Ted Smith, Emory University Candler School of Theology A tremendous volume. Its originality and interdisciplinary breadth will attract a range of scholars in the humanities and social sciences. It will shift conversations within and facilitate new discussions across the fields of race, religion, literature, and theology. -- James Manigault-Bryant, Williams College Jonathon S. Kahn and Vincent W. Lloyd have pulled together a deeply original set of essays on race and secularism in the United States that effectively challenges intellectualist, European-derived accounts of secularist discourse. Focusing on the fundamental whiteness of American secularism, the collection highlights the ways in which the specificities of both race and religion have been managed-and obscured-through the ideals and practices of secular statecraft. It is an impressive and necessary critique of the widespread neglect of race and racialization in contemporary secular studies. -- Leigh Eric Schmidt, Washington University in St. Louis This well-conceived and well-crafted collection provides another account of secularism by interrogating those processes by which not only are religion and religious discourse regulated or excluded but also race and religion are entwined, managed, or resisted. Methodologically and theoretically, these essays substantially deepen and complicate our understanding of secularism, religion, and race. -- M. Shawn Copeland, Boston College A turning point for understanding how relegating the sacred and the secular to incommensurable realms has produced and protected the structured advantages of whiteness and imbued the secular sphere with presumptions of innocence that preclude racial justice. -- George Lipsitz, author of How Racism Takes Place This review cannot do justice to the brilliance, beauty, and timeliness of these essays... The joy of reading these essays lies in the nuances and subtleties of the arguments. Marginalia LARBTable of ContentsIntroduction: Managing Race, Managing Religion, by Vincent W. Lloyd Part I: Orientations 1. White Supremacy and Black Insurgency as Political Theology, by George Shulman 2. Secular Compared to What? Toward a History of the Trope of Black Sacred/Secular Fluidity, by Josef Sorett Part II: Readings 3. Slaves, Slavery, and the Secular Age: Or, Tales of Haunted Scholars, Liberating Prisons, Exorcised Divinities, and Immanent Devils, by Edward J. Blum 4. "Welcome Back to the Living": Resurrections of Martin Luther King Jr. in a Secular Age, by Erica R. Edwards 5. Overlooking Race and Secularism in Muslim Philadelphia, by Joel Blecher and Joshua Dubler Part III: Inflections 6. Two Ways of Looking at an Invisible Man: Race, the Secular, and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Theology, by M. Cooper Harriss 7. Secular Coloniality: The Afterlife of Religious and Racial Tropes, by William D. Hart 8. Binding Landscapes: Secularism, Race, and the Spatial Modern, by Willie James Jennings Conclusion: James Baldwin and a Theology of Justice in a Secular Age, by Jonathon Kahn Afterword: Critical Intersections: Race, Secularism, Gender, by Tracy Fessenden List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisDotan Leshem reveals the role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. Beginning with early Christianity engagement with economic knowledge, he follows the secularization of economics in liberal and neoliberal theory. Only by relocating the origins of modernity in late antiquity, Leshem argues, can we confront neoliberalism.Trade ReviewDotan Leshem's important book makes a very powerful and original contribution to an increasingly significant discussion across different disciplines. Its consistency, erudition, and relevance for contemporary research into the 'theological' genealogy of economy and government is impressive indeed. -- Etienne Balibar, author of Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy In my opinion, this work is the most significant text so far in the field of what has come to be termed 'political theology.' Through his wide-ranging and careful scholarship, Leshem shows the extent to which a theological, biblically based dimension totally altered the operative categories of political virtue. -- John Milbank, author of Beyond Secular Order: The Representation of Being and the Representation of the People This dazzling book takes us on an intellectual journey of rare substance. It demonstrates that our current predicament-the dominance of economic 'rationality,' the imperatives of growth-is at once newer and older, narrower and broader, than we have been taught. This is a humbling and teaching book that will change, that must change, the way we conceive of the economic in its relation to the political, the philosophical, and the theological. An economist and a philosopher, Leshem writes with masterful intensity and compellingly calls for an extraordinary transformation, for an 'ethical economy,' for nothing less than a new political philosophy. -- Gil Anidjar, author of Blood: A Critique of Christianity The Origins of Neoliberalism demonstrates that histories of economic thought can no longer ignore pre-modernity and that political economy owes more to theological rationality than its modern exponents are willing to avow. Marx & Philosophy Review of Books This exceptionally learned book will deservedly cause a stir among students of political and economic theology. -- John Plender Times Literary Supplement Dotan Leshem's study is a valuable intervention in the larger project of developing a theological genealogy of the modern concepts of economy and government ... The singular achievement of Leshem's study is the way it extends our understanding of how the principles of incarnation and growth are central to the way the early church develops its unique notion of oikonomia ... The great virtue of Leshem's study is that it reconciles divergent approaches to the theological genealogy of economy and governmentality, and at the same time clarifies how Christianity inaugurates a distinct form of economic life at both micro (subjective) and macro (social) levels. -- Jennifer Rust Syndicate There is very much in Dotan Leshem's book to recommend it ... It is indeed an important study that will form the foundation of many more ... Leshem's book will no doubt continue to help direct me to new and richer fields for a long time to come. -- Mitchell Dean Syndicate Leshem entered largely unchartered waters and demonstrated how Christian thinking of oikonomia is not irrelevant to contemporary philosophical discussions of the trinity of politics, economy, and philosophy, as evinced especially in the work of Foucault, Agamben, and Arendt ... On these and other related questions, Leshem has offered an important and groundbreaking book. -- Aristotle Papanikolaou Syndicate Leshem's text, a brilliant, muscular historical semiotics of the economy, traces not only the category, but the model, of the economy ... For those of us in the social sciences long conditioned to understand the capitalist economy as a profane and carnal domain, as the secret sociological ground of the power of dominant classes and nation-states, let alone our god, Leshem has turned the tables. -- Roger Friedland Syndicate From this point forward, anyone investigating the place of economy in Christian theology will have to engage with Leshem's work. -- Adam Kotsko An und fur sich Leshem has written a detailed account of the thought of late antiquity that will be of interest for anyone who has followed recent debates in politics, economics and theology through Foucault and Agamben as well as those interested in the conceptual origins of neoliberalism. -- David Hancock Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Economy Before Christ 1. From Oikos to Ecclesia 2. Modeling the Economy 3. Economy and Philosophy 4. Economy and Politics 5. Economy and the Legal Framework 6. From Ecclesiastical to Market Economy Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisDotan Leshem reveals the role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. Beginning with early Christianity engagement with economic knowledge, he follows the secularization of economics in liberal and neoliberal theory. Only by relocating the origins of modernity in late antiquity, Leshem argues, can we confront neoliberalism.Trade ReviewDotan Leshem's important book makes a very powerful and original contribution to an increasingly significant discussion across different disciplines. Its consistency, erudition, and relevance for contemporary research into the 'theological' genealogy of economy and government is impressive indeed. -- Etienne Balibar, author of Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy In my opinion, this work is the most significant text so far in the field of what has come to be termed 'political theology.' Through his wide-ranging and careful scholarship, Leshem shows the extent to which a theological, biblically based dimension totally altered the operative categories of political virtue. -- John Milbank, author of Beyond Secular Order: The Representation of Being and the Representation of the People This dazzling book takes us on an intellectual journey of rare substance. It demonstrates that our current predicament-the dominance of economic 'rationality,' the imperatives of growth-is at once newer and older, narrower and broader, than we have been taught. This is a humbling and teaching book that will change, that must change, the way we conceive of the economic in its relation to the political, the philosophical, and the theological. An economist and a philosopher, Leshem writes with masterful intensity and compellingly calls for an extraordinary transformation, for an 'ethical economy,' for nothing less than a new political philosophy. -- Gil Anidjar, author of Blood: A Critique of Christianity The Origins of Neoliberalism demonstrates that histories of economic thought can no longer ignore pre-modernity and that political economy owes more to theological rationality than its modern exponents are willing to avow. Marx & Philosophy Review of Books This exceptionally learned book will deservedly cause a stir among students of political and economic theology. -- John Plender Times Literary Supplement Dotan Leshem's study is a valuable intervention in the larger project of developing a theological genealogy of the modern concepts of economy and government ... The singular achievement of Leshem's study is the way it extends our understanding of how the principles of incarnation and growth are central to the way the early church develops its unique notion of oikonomia ... The great virtue of Leshem's study is that it reconciles divergent approaches to the theological genealogy of economy and governmentality, and at the same time clarifies how Christianity inaugurates a distinct form of economic life at both micro (subjective) and macro (social) levels. -- Jennifer Rust Syndicate There is very much in Dotan Leshem's book to recommend it ... It is indeed an important study that will form the foundation of many more ... Leshem's book will no doubt continue to help direct me to new and richer fields for a long time to come. -- Mitchell Dean Syndicate Leshem entered largely unchartered waters and demonstrated how Christian thinking of oikonomia is not irrelevant to contemporary philosophical discussions of the trinity of politics, economy, and philosophy, as evinced especially in the work of Foucault, Agamben, and Arendt ... On these and other related questions, Leshem has offered an important and groundbreaking book. -- Aristotle Papanikolaou Syndicate Leshem's text, a brilliant, muscular historical semiotics of the economy, traces not only the category, but the model, of the economy ... For those of us in the social sciences long conditioned to understand the capitalist economy as a profane and carnal domain, as the secret sociological ground of the power of dominant classes and nation-states, let alone our god, Leshem has turned the tables. -- Roger Friedland Syndicate From this point forward, anyone investigating the place of economy in Christian theology will have to engage with Leshem's work. -- Adam Kotsko An und fur sich Leshem has written a detailed account of the thought of late antiquity that will be of interest for anyone who has followed recent debates in politics, economics and theology through Foucault and Agamben as well as those interested in the conceptual origins of neoliberalism. -- David Hancock Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Economy Before Christ 1. From Oikos to Ecclesia 2. Modeling the Economy 3. Economy and Philosophy 4. Economy and Politics 5. Economy and the Legal Framework 6. From Ecclesiastical to Market Economy Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisJews and the American Religious Landscape explores major complementary facets of American Judaism and Jewish life through a comprehensive analysis of contemporary demographic and sociological data. The volume adds empirical value to questions concerning the strengths of Jews as a religious and cultural group in America.Trade ReviewRebhun has produced a pioneering study that provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the sociopolitical and religious patterns of America's Jews and is a major contribution to our understanding of the place of Jews in America's religious landscape. -- Chaim I. Waxman, Rutgers University and the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, author of American Aliya: Portrait of an Innovative Migration Movement Jews and the American Religious Landscape is an ambitious study of American Judaism in relation to the other religious traditions currently developing within the United States. It identifies American Judaism in terms of social class composition, demographic dynamics, educational attainment, religious versus ethnic adherence, native-born versus immigrant composition, religious practices, and voter choice in U.S. presidential elections. Rebhun's effort is masterful, and readers will both enjoy the work and be enlightened by its unique ability to combine structural analysis with cultural analysis. This book will be regarded as a landmark study of religion and politics in the United States. -- Thomas A. Hirschl, Cornell University, coauthor or Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes Uzi Rebhun's elegant comparative study of Jews and the American Religious Landscape deftly situates American Jews in multiple, overlapping contexts that yield fascinating results. Whether he is examining demography, religiosity, politics, or education, Rebhun's multivariate analysis disrupts accepted wisdom and points to the enormous value of comparison when trying to understand American Jews. -- Deborah Dash Moore, author of Urban Origins of American Jews Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Religion in America 1. Population Size and Dynamics 2. Spatial and Socioeconomic Stratification 3. Interfaith Marriage 4. Religious Identification 5. Political Orientation Epilogue: Jews and the American Religious Landscape Appendix A1. Religious Identificational Variables Used in Analysis Appendix A2. Loading of Questions on Religious Identification Factors: Principle Component Varimax Rotation Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisExperts in American religious history and the sociology of religion examine the decline of mainline Protestantism over the past half century and assess its future. The book argues that the mainline Protestant movement will continue to be a vital remnant in a culture torn between the contending forces of secularism and evangelicalism.Trade ReviewMainline Protestantism never outgrew its ethnic families of origin and it suffered a breathtaking fall from fifty percent to ten percent of the population. Yet it remains a constructive and influential force in American life. This splendid book lucidly, cogently, and judiciously captures both sides of this story and picture, making a valuable contribution. -- Gary Dorrien, Columbia UniversityFor at least two decades, scholars have been addressing the presumed decline of mainline Protestantism in the United States. But mainline Protestantism refuses to disappear. Thus, what The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America proffers, namely a look at the future of mainline Protestantism, is timely indeed. -- Charles Lippy, University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaA timely collection, The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America synthesizes a great deal of recent scholarship in a way that will speak to a wide audience of students and scholars alike. It will make a positive contribution to the wider field of American religion, in particular, to the fields of sociology of religion, history of American Christianity, and religion in American culture. -- Christopher Evans, Boston UniversityWith precision, clarity, and balance, these authors explore many facets of the well-known but less well understood mainline tradition. The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America offers facts, a guide to pertinent literature, a survey of history, and predictions about coming challenges and opportunities—all highly relevant to conversations about religion in American culture. -- Elesha J. Coffman, author of The Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant MainlineA welcome contribution to American religious scholarship. * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Introduction: The Future of Religion in America, by Mark Silk and Andrew H. WalshIntroduction, by James Hudnut-Beumler1. The State of Contemporary Mainline Protestantism, by Graham Reside2. The Beliefs and Practices of Mainline Protestants, by David Bains3. Futures for Mainline Protestant Institutions, by Maria Erling4. A Divided House, by Daniel Sack5. The Mainline and the Soul of International Relations, by Andrew H. WalshConclusion: The Quakerization of Mainline Protestantism, by James Hudnut-BeumlerAppendix A: American Religious Identification Survey: Research DesignAppendix B: American Religious Identification Survey: Future of Religion in America SurveyAppendix C: American Religious Identification Survey: Typology of Religious GroupsList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisExperts in American religious history and the sociology of religion examine the decline of mainline Protestantism over the past half century and assess its future. The book argues that the mainline Protestant movement will continue to be a vital remnant in a culture torn between the contending forces of secularism and evangelicalism.Trade ReviewMainline Protestantism never outgrew its ethnic families of origin and it suffered a breathtaking fall from fifty percent to ten percent of the population. Yet it remains a constructive and influential force in American life. This splendid book lucidly, cogently, and judiciously captures both sides of this story and picture, making a valuable contribution. -- Gary Dorrien, Columbia UniversityFor at least two decades, scholars have been addressing the presumed decline of mainline Protestantism in the United States. But mainline Protestantism refuses to disappear. Thus, what The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America proffers, namely a look at the future of mainline Protestantism, is timely indeed. -- Charles Lippy, University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaA timely collection, The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America synthesizes a great deal of recent scholarship in a way that will speak to a wide audience of students and scholars alike. It will make a positive contribution to the wider field of American religion, in particular, to the fields of sociology of religion, history of American Christianity, and religion in American culture. -- Christopher Evans, Boston UniversityWith precision, clarity, and balance, these authors explore many facets of the well-known but less well understood mainline tradition. The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America offers facts, a guide to pertinent literature, a survey of history, and predictions about coming challenges and opportunities—all highly relevant to conversations about religion in American culture. -- Elesha J. Coffman, author of The Christian Century and the Rise of the Protestant MainlineA welcome contribution to American religious scholarship. * Reading Religion *Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Introduction: The Future of Religion in America, by Mark Silk and Andrew H. WalshIntroduction, by James Hudnut-Beumler1. The State of Contemporary Mainline Protestantism, by Graham Reside2. The Beliefs and Practices of Mainline Protestants, by David Bains3. Futures for Mainline Protestant Institutions, by Maria Erling4. A Divided House, by Daniel Sack5. The Mainline and the Soul of International Relations, by Andrew H. WalshConclusion: The Quakerization of Mainline Protestantism, by James Hudnut-BeumlerAppendix A: American Religious Identification Survey: Research DesignAppendix B: American Religious Identification Survey: Future of Religion in America SurveyAppendix C: American Religious Identification Survey: Typology of Religious GroupsList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisMohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar traces half a century of shifting Islamist doctrines, demonstrating that religious narratives in Iran can change rapidly, frequently, and dramatically in accordance with elites’ threat perceptions. Religious Statecraft constructs a new picture of Iranian politics in which power drives Islamist ideology.Trade ReviewContinually changing narratives, based on individual, factional, or regime interests, rather than any consistent or immutable commitment to Islamic teachings and principles, define the ebbs and flows of Iran's postrevolutionary politics. As Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar puts it, 'there is no such thing as political Islam. There is, however, a politics of Islam.' Through meticulous and extensive use of official, semiofficial, independent, and oppositional media, both in Iran and abroad, Religious Statecraft illustrates and persuasively proves this argument. -- Ali Banuazizi, Boston CollegeTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: The Politics of Islam1. The Factional Causes and Religious Consequences of Politics2. A Shi’a Theory of the State3. The “Islamic” Revolution4. Institutionalizing Velayat-e Faqih5. The Hostage Crisis: The Untold Account of the Communist Threat6. Religion and Elite Competition in the Iran–Iraq War7. The Metamorphosis of Islamism After the War8. The Factional Battle Over Khomeini’s Velayat-e Faqih9. Media, Religion, and the Green Movement10. Historical Revisionism and Regional Threats11. The Domestic Sources of Nuclear PoliticsConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisMichael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Córdoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.Trade ReviewHighly original and fascinating empirical research, combined with theoretical depth, positions this book on high ground. Dumper adroitly and expertly examines the nexus between religion and urbanity in five holy cities in Israel/Palestine, Spain, India, China, and Malaysia. The book foregrounds the intersection of structural determinants and street-level phenomena as key to understanding whether dominance or tolerance takes hold in urban space. -- Scott Bollens, University of California, IrvinePower, Piety and People brings together both political insights into the key dynamics that comprise religious conflicts in cities and detailed studies of relevant cases across two continents. Dumper examines the patterns of urban conflict that flow from the way key religious sites are used and how they are managed, financed, and protected. The result is a fascinating and informative analysis of the complexity and the intractability of religious conflicts which will inform those concerned with the growing challenges of an increasingly urbanized world. -- Lynn Meskell, author of A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of PeacePower, Piety, and People is a tour de force. Dumper explores the politics of contemporary “holy cities” through rich and thoughtful case studies of Jerusalem, the Mezquita of Cordoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town. His analysis highlights the complex ways belief, institutions, politics, and economies can interact to support exclusionary claims of communal priority or encourage more pluralist and integrative urban societies. -- Rex Brynen, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Jerusalem: Template of a Holy City in Conflict?2. The Politics of Regionalism: Cordoba’s Mezquita on the Frontline3. Hindu–Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present4. A Very Secular Occupation: Buddhist Lhasa and Communism5. Branding Religious Coexistence: Malaysia’s George Town as a Model City of Harmony?6. Religious Conflicts in CitiesGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisMichael Dumper explores the causes and consequences of contemporary conflicts in holy cities. He offers five case studies of important disputes, beginning with Jerusalem, often seen as the paradigmatic example of a holy city in conflict, and discussing Córdoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town in Malaysia.Trade ReviewHighly original and fascinating empirical research, combined with theoretical depth, positions this book on high ground. Dumper adroitly and expertly examines the nexus between religion and urbanity in five holy cities in Israel/Palestine, Spain, India, China, and Malaysia. The book foregrounds the intersection of structural determinants and street-level phenomena as key to understanding whether dominance or tolerance takes hold in urban space. -- Scott Bollens, University of California, IrvinePower, Piety and People brings together both political insights into the key dynamics that comprise religious conflicts in cities and detailed studies of relevant cases across two continents. Dumper examines the patterns of urban conflict that flow from the way key religious sites are used and how they are managed, financed, and protected. The result is a fascinating and informative analysis of the complexity and the intractability of religious conflicts which will inform those concerned with the growing challenges of an increasingly urbanized world. -- Lynn Meskell, author of A Future in Ruins: UNESCO, World Heritage, and the Dream of PeacePower, Piety, and People is a tour de force. Dumper explores the politics of contemporary “holy cities” through rich and thoughtful case studies of Jerusalem, the Mezquita of Cordoba, Banaras, Lhasa, and George Town. His analysis highlights the complex ways belief, institutions, politics, and economies can interact to support exclusionary claims of communal priority or encourage more pluralist and integrative urban societies. -- Rex Brynen, McGill UniversityTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and TablesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Jerusalem: Template of a Holy City in Conflict?2. The Politics of Regionalism: Cordoba’s Mezquita on the Frontline3. Hindu–Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present4. A Very Secular Occupation: Buddhist Lhasa and Communism5. Branding Religious Coexistence: Malaysia’s George Town as a Model City of Harmony?6. Religious Conflicts in CitiesGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn essays and conversations, leading writers reflect on how Black churches have participated in recent discussions about issues such as marriage equality, reproductive justice, and transgender visibility. They consider the varied ways that Black people and groups negotiate the intersections of religion, race, gender, and sexuality.Trade ReviewThe Black church is a complexly rich institution, and its sexual politics are even more complex. Yet the Black church has been caricatured as culturally monolithic and its sexual politics as dogmatically conservative. The Sexual Politics of Black Churches reveals the inaccurate and gross simplification of both of these characterizations. The interdisciplinary voices and varied approaches represented in this volume provide the kind of cultural, theological, historical, and political analyses that are necessary if one is ever to appreciate the intricate nature of Black churches and their sometime opaque sexual politics. For anyone who wants to move beyond the stereotypic tropes about Black churches as stubbornly homophobic, this volume is a must read. It does not simply build upon previous studies of Black church sexual politics; rather, it provides a new interdisciplinary approach that allows for a nuanced understanding of what has seemed too easily misunderstood and casually dismissed. -- The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, author of Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter and dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological SeminaryBlack churches have been stalked by flat-footed depictions of civil rights mythology on one hand and homophobia on the other. Thankfully, this volume brings together leading scholars and thinkers to trouble those waters, helping all of us to see a history and present that is far more complex, interesting, and beautiful. -- Lerone Martin, associate professor of religious studies, Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair, director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford UniversityAttitudes about LGBTQ rights have changed dramatically in the United States since the start of the twenty-first century and the legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Communities of faith have both championed and challenged these changes. In this important and timely work, scholars explore Black churches’ responses to questions of gender, sexual identity, and marriage equality. It is a must-read for those doing ministry in the twenty-first century and those thinking about the future of Black religious faith and sexuality. -- Marla Frederick, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture, Candler School of Theology, Emory UniversityCombining the genres of dialogue and essay, Josef Sorett curates one of the most rigorous and riveting engagements with the state of the Black church and its political-cultural-sexual complexities. This collection overthrows theological and critical tables, providing essential and original close readings of the contemporary Black church, its pitfalls and possibilities. The Sexual Politics of Black Churches is a refreshing and welcomed contribution to Black church and sexuality studies! -- Jeffrey Q. McCune, director of the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, University of RochesterJosef Sorett and the team of scholars, practitioners, artists, and thinkers—blended at the intersections of their expertise—present readers with an invitation to explore and feel our way through important discussions of blackness, sexuality, and church/spiritual politics. Written and presented as a communal practice of listening, learning, and "reasoning together," this volume illuminates what matters today in black religious discourse. -- Thelathia “Nikki" Young, author of Black Queer Ethics, Family and Philosophical ImaginationI am a Same-Gender Loving African American Woman, Pastor, Bishop, Teacher, Preacher, Mother and evolving-Pentecostal Justice Warrior! I find my whole self and my community deeply situated in The Sexual Politics of Black Churches…a collection of experiences and studies focused on The Black Church and Sexuality. It was a joy to be part of the conversations, and the finished product is filled with scholarship and liberation power! May the Black Church and all of Her beautiful Spirit-filled Children read and experience the Christ-Call to Radical Inclusivity & Extravagant Grace! -- Rev. Dr. Yvette A. Flunder, presiding bishop of the Fellowship of Affirming MinistriesThe Sexual Politics of Black Churches is not only timely—even overdue—but especially rewarding intellectually, politically, and ethically. Advancing conversations on sexuality and Black Christianity, this work is essential reading for anyone interested in Black Christianity in general, in religion and sexuality, in studies of religion and race, and in accounts of theology and politics in the U.S. A wonderful achievement. -- Anthony Petro, author of After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American ReligionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Josef SorettPart I. A Call to Conversation1. Religion, Race & Sexuality in American Culture: A Public Conversation, featuring Victor Anderson, Serene Jones, and Barbara Savage; moderated by Cathy Cohen and Josef SorettPart II. Sacred Texts, Social Authority, Sexual Difference2. Jephthah’s Daughter and #SayHerName, by Nyasha Junior3. An Inconsistent Truth: The New Testament, Early Christianity, and Sexuality, by Michael Joseph BrownPart III. Historical and Cultural Formations of Black (Christian) Sexual Politics4. “Have the Sons of Africa No Souls?” Manliness, Freedom and Power in the Cultural Roots of Afro-Phallic Protestantism, by Jonathan Lee Walton5. Everybody Knew He Was “That Way”: Chicago’s Clarence H. Cobbs, American Religion, and Sexuality during the Post-World War II Period, by Wallace Best6. Interrogating the Passionate and Pious: Televangelism and Black Women’s Sexuality, by Monique MoultriePart IV. Identity and Inclusion in Black Churches7. The Self Interested Politics of Collective Religious Transformation: Issues of Family Definition and LGBT Inclusion in Black Churches, by Melynda J. Price8. Intersectional Invisibility and the Experience of Ontological Exclusion: The Case of Black Gay Christians, by Valerie Purdy-Greenaway, Richard Eibach, and Nick CampPart V. Theological and Pastoral Visions of Inclusive Black Churches9. Gay Is the New Black, Theologically Speaking, by Monica A. Coleman10. Flesh That Needs to be Loved: Wounded Black Bodies and Preachin’ in the Spirit, by Luke A. Powery11. Aiding and Abetting New Life: “Sex-Talk” in the Pulpit, Pew and Public Square, by Brad R. Braxton12. An Experiment in Inclusion: A Conversation with Christine and Dennis Wiley, an Interview by Derrick W. McQueenEpilogue by Josef SorettNotesList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn essays and conversations, leading writers reflect on how Black churches have participated in recent discussions about issues such as marriage equality, reproductive justice, and transgender visibility. They consider the varied ways that Black people and groups negotiate the intersections of religion, race, gender, and sexuality.Trade ReviewThe Black church is a complexly rich institution, and its sexual politics are even more complex. Yet the Black church has been caricatured as culturally monolithic and its sexual politics as dogmatically conservative. The Sexual Politics of Black Churches reveals the inaccurate and gross simplification of both of these characterizations. The interdisciplinary voices and varied approaches represented in this volume provide the kind of cultural, theological, historical, and political analyses that are necessary if one is ever to appreciate the intricate nature of Black churches and their sometime opaque sexual politics. For anyone who wants to move beyond the stereotypic tropes about Black churches as stubbornly homophobic, this volume is a must read. It does not simply build upon previous studies of Black church sexual politics; rather, it provides a new interdisciplinary approach that allows for a nuanced understanding of what has seemed too easily misunderstood and casually dismissed. -- The Very Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, author of Resurrection Hope: A Future Where Black Lives Matter and dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological SeminaryBlack churches have been stalked by flat-footed depictions of civil rights mythology on one hand and homophobia on the other. Thankfully, this volume brings together leading scholars and thinkers to trouble those waters, helping all of us to see a history and present that is far more complex, interesting, and beautiful. -- Lerone Martin, associate professor of religious studies, Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair, director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford UniversityAttitudes about LGBTQ rights have changed dramatically in the United States since the start of the twenty-first century and the legalization of same-sex marriage by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015. Communities of faith have both championed and challenged these changes. In this important and timely work, scholars explore Black churches’ responses to questions of gender, sexual identity, and marriage equality. It is a must-read for those doing ministry in the twenty-first century and those thinking about the future of Black religious faith and sexuality. -- Marla Frederick, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture, Candler School of Theology, Emory UniversityCombining the genres of dialogue and essay, Josef Sorett curates one of the most rigorous and riveting engagements with the state of the Black church and its political-cultural-sexual complexities. This collection overthrows theological and critical tables, providing essential and original close readings of the contemporary Black church, its pitfalls and possibilities. The Sexual Politics of Black Churches is a refreshing and welcomed contribution to Black church and sexuality studies! -- Jeffrey Q. McCune, director of the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, University of RochesterJosef Sorett and the team of scholars, practitioners, artists, and thinkers—blended at the intersections of their expertise—present readers with an invitation to explore and feel our way through important discussions of blackness, sexuality, and church/spiritual politics. Written and presented as a communal practice of listening, learning, and "reasoning together," this volume illuminates what matters today in black religious discourse. -- Thelathia “Nikki" Young, author of Black Queer Ethics, Family and Philosophical ImaginationI am a Same-Gender Loving African American Woman, Pastor, Bishop, Teacher, Preacher, Mother and evolving-Pentecostal Justice Warrior! I find my whole self and my community deeply situated in The Sexual Politics of Black Churches…a collection of experiences and studies focused on The Black Church and Sexuality. It was a joy to be part of the conversations, and the finished product is filled with scholarship and liberation power! May the Black Church and all of Her beautiful Spirit-filled Children read and experience the Christ-Call to Radical Inclusivity & Extravagant Grace! -- Rev. Dr. Yvette A. Flunder, presiding bishop of the Fellowship of Affirming MinistriesThe Sexual Politics of Black Churches is not only timely—even overdue—but especially rewarding intellectually, politically, and ethically. Advancing conversations on sexuality and Black Christianity, this work is essential reading for anyone interested in Black Christianity in general, in religion and sexuality, in studies of religion and race, and in accounts of theology and politics in the U.S. A wonderful achievement. -- Anthony Petro, author of After the Wrath of God: AIDS, Sexuality, and American ReligionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Josef SorettPart I. A Call to Conversation1. Religion, Race & Sexuality in American Culture: A Public Conversation, featuring Victor Anderson, Serene Jones, and Barbara Savage; moderated by Cathy Cohen and Josef SorettPart II. Sacred Texts, Social Authority, Sexual Difference2. Jephthah’s Daughter and #SayHerName, by Nyasha Junior3. An Inconsistent Truth: The New Testament, Early Christianity, and Sexuality, by Michael Joseph BrownPart III. Historical and Cultural Formations of Black (Christian) Sexual Politics4. “Have the Sons of Africa No Souls?” Manliness, Freedom and Power in the Cultural Roots of Afro-Phallic Protestantism, by Jonathan Lee Walton5. Everybody Knew He Was “That Way”: Chicago’s Clarence H. Cobbs, American Religion, and Sexuality during the Post-World War II Period, by Wallace Best6. Interrogating the Passionate and Pious: Televangelism and Black Women’s Sexuality, by Monique MoultriePart IV. Identity and Inclusion in Black Churches7. The Self Interested Politics of Collective Religious Transformation: Issues of Family Definition and LGBT Inclusion in Black Churches, by Melynda J. Price8. Intersectional Invisibility and the Experience of Ontological Exclusion: The Case of Black Gay Christians, by Valerie Purdy-Greenaway, Richard Eibach, and Nick CampPart V. Theological and Pastoral Visions of Inclusive Black Churches9. Gay Is the New Black, Theologically Speaking, by Monica A. Coleman10. Flesh That Needs to be Loved: Wounded Black Bodies and Preachin’ in the Spirit, by Luke A. Powery11. Aiding and Abetting New Life: “Sex-Talk” in the Pulpit, Pew and Public Square, by Brad R. Braxton12. An Experiment in Inclusion: A Conversation with Christine and Dennis Wiley, an Interview by Derrick W. McQueenEpilogue by Josef SorettNotesList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisStating the Sacred offers a novel approach to nation-state formation, arguing that its most critical element is how the state sacralizes the nation. Focusing primarily on China, Michael J. Walsh argues that the foundational role of the sacred makes all nation-states religious states.Trade ReviewAs an anatomy of sacralization, territorialization, and violence, Stating the Sacred illuminates state formation in China through brilliant exposition, dwelling in vivid details, historical depths, and current controversies, but also through uncovering brutal truths of state formation in the modern world. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of how the sacred works in the modern and how the modern works the sacred. -- David Chidester, author of Empire of Religion: Imperialism and Comparative ReligionIn Stating the Sacred, Michael J. Walsh parses what China's postcoloniality and South African apartheid have in common: the sacredness of violence. Drawing upon a wealth of theoretical insight from Schmidt on political theology, Bataille on sacrifice, to Agamban on profanation, and Barthes on myth, Walsh is especially insightful on how the Chinese avowedly atheist party-state adroitly rules through its stringent and energetic containment of religion, channeling those energies into policies on territorial sovereignty and citizenship itself. These tactics range beyond patriotic Christian organizations and registering all the clergy everywhere, to policing reincarnation among the Tibetan Buddhist and reeducation of Uyghur Muslims in camps. For Walsh, this sense of 'religion,' shared by China with many other places, becomes the modern repository of violence and mythos that he finds fundamental to any nation-state formation. -- Angela Zito, coeditor of DV-Made China: Digital Subjects and Social Transformations after Independent FilmRecommended. * Choice *[A] brilliant analysis of contemporary China. * Reading Religion *This is an innovative study that gives particular consideration to the role of the sacred in the formation of the PRC state, and to nation-states more generally. * Journal of Church and the State *Table of ContentsPreface1. Territory2. Constitution3. Religion4. Reincarnation5. Contact6. NativityGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisStating the Sacred offers a novel approach to nation-state formation, arguing that its most critical element is how the state sacralizes the nation. Focusing primarily on China, Michael J. Walsh argues that the foundational role of the sacred makes all nation-states religious states.Trade ReviewAs an anatomy of sacralization, territorialization, and violence, Stating the Sacred illuminates state formation in China through brilliant exposition, dwelling in vivid details, historical depths, and current controversies, but also through uncovering brutal truths of state formation in the modern world. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of how the sacred works in the modern and how the modern works the sacred. -- David Chidester, author of Empire of Religion: Imperialism and Comparative ReligionIn Stating the Sacred, Michael J. Walsh parses what China's postcoloniality and South African apartheid have in common: the sacredness of violence. Drawing upon a wealth of theoretical insight from Schmidt on political theology, Bataille on sacrifice, to Agamban on profanation, and Barthes on myth, Walsh is especially insightful on how the Chinese avowedly atheist party-state adroitly rules through its stringent and energetic containment of religion, channeling those energies into policies on territorial sovereignty and citizenship itself. These tactics range beyond patriotic Christian organizations and registering all the clergy everywhere, to policing reincarnation among the Tibetan Buddhist and reeducation of Uyghur Muslims in camps. For Walsh, this sense of 'religion,' shared by China with many other places, becomes the modern repository of violence and mythos that he finds fundamental to any nation-state formation. -- Angela Zito, coeditor of DV-Made China: Digital Subjects and Social Transformations after Independent FilmRecommended. * Choice *[A] brilliant analysis of contemporary China. * Reading Religion *This is an innovative study that gives particular consideration to the role of the sacred in the formation of the PRC state, and to nation-states more generally. * Journal of Church and the State *Table of ContentsPreface1. Territory2. Constitution3. Religion4. Reincarnation5. Contact6. NativityGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, Sufism has been held up as a supposedly peaceful alternative to forms of Islam associated with violence, an embodiment of tolerance and pluralism. Modern Sufism and the State brings together a range of scholars, including anthropologists, historians, and religious-studies specialists, to challenge common assumptions.Trade ReviewDiscussions of Islam and politics typically focus on Islamic states and Islamists, leaving Sufis to appear transcendently above the political realm. These twelve compelling case studies show how Sufi leaders and organizations are entangled in local, national, and transnational politics among the world's largest Muslim communities in India and Pakistan. -- Nile Green, author of Sufism: A Global HistoryA crucial resource for understanding the limits and legacies of 'Sufism'—a category invented by nineteenth-century Orientalism—in shaping patterns of religious and political conflict, affinity, and indifference across South Asian societies. This superb collection offers a powerful rebuttal to the reigning orthodoxy of Sufi contra Salafi within studies of contemporary Islam. -- Charles Hirschkind, author of The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic CounterpublicsModern Sufis and the State shows the diversity, multivalence, and local embeddedness of Sufi political engagements. Its emphasis on complexity and local rootedness is a welcome contribution. The editors and the contributors bridge several different fields and combine expertise to offer new and important perspectives on the Barelwi and Deobandi movements. -- Scott Kugle, author of Sufis and Saints’ Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in IslamThis welcome book explores the roles of those widely influential figures identified as Sufis. This is an important subject given the ignorance about Sufis and much else that often fuels the anti-Muslim violence and Islamophobia all too evident in today's world. The work should be of interest to policy makers involved with Muslim populations as well as to academics and others interested in Islam in the contemporary world. -- Barbara Metcalf, author of Islamic Contestations: Essays on Muslims in India and PakistanTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction: Sufis and the State: The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond, by Katherine Pratt EwingPart I: Sufism and Its Modern Engagements with a Global Order1. Anti-Colonial Militants or Liberal Peace Activists? The Role of Private Foundations in Producing Pacifist Sufis During the Cold War, by Rosemary R. Corbett2. From Taṣawwuf Modern to Neo-Sufism: Nurcholish Madjid, Fazlur Rahman, and the Development of an Idea, by Verena Meyer3. Beyond Barelwiism: Tahir-ul-Qadri as an Example of Trends in Global Sufism, by Marcia HermansenCommentary on Part I: Ambiguities and Ironic Reversals in the Categorization of Sufism, by Carl W. ErnstPart II: Sufis, Sharia, and Reform4. Is the Taliban Anti-Sufi? Deobandi Discourses on Sufism in Contemporary Pakistan, by Brannon D. Ingram5. Sufism Through the Prism of Sharia: A Reformist Barelwi Girls’ Madrasa in Uttar Pradesh, India, by Usha Sanyal6. Lives of a Fatwa: Sufism, Music, and Islamic Reform in Kachchh, Gujarat, by Brian E. BondCommentary on Part II:Sufis, Sharia, and Reform, by Muhammad Qasim ZamanPart III: Sufis and Politics in Pakistan7. “A Way of Life Rather Than an Ideology?”: Sufism, Pīrs, and the Politics of Identity in Sindh, by Sarah Ansari8. Sufi Politics and the War on Terror in Pakistan: Looking for an Alternative to Radical Islamism?, by Alix Philippon9. “Our Vanished Lady”: Memory, Ritual, and Shiʿi-Sunni Relations at Bībī Pāk Dāman, by Noor ZaidiCommentary on Part III: The Problems and Perils of Translating Sufism as “Moderate Islam,” by SherAli TareenPart IV: Sufism in Indian National Spaces10. Is All Politics Local? Neighborhood Shrines and Religious Healing in Contemporary India, by Carla Bellamy11. Sufi Healing and Secular Psychiatry in India, by Helene Basu12. Sufi Sound, Sufi Space: Indian Cinema and the Mise-en-Scène of Pluralism, by Rachana Rao UmashankarCommentary on Part IV: Sufism in Indian National Spaces, by Bruce B. LawrenceConclusion: Thinking Otherwise, by Rosemary R. CorbettNotesGlossaryBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, Sufism has been held up as a supposedly peaceful alternative to forms of Islam associated with violence, an embodiment of tolerance and pluralism. Modern Sufism and the State brings together a range of scholars, including anthropologists, historians, and religious-studies specialists, to challenge common assumptions.Trade ReviewDiscussions of Islam and politics typically focus on Islamic states and Islamists, leaving Sufis to appear transcendently above the political realm. These twelve compelling case studies show how Sufi leaders and organizations are entangled in local, national, and transnational politics among the world's largest Muslim communities in India and Pakistan. -- Nile Green, author of Sufism: A Global HistoryA crucial resource for understanding the limits and legacies of 'Sufism'—a category invented by nineteenth-century Orientalism—in shaping patterns of religious and political conflict, affinity, and indifference across South Asian societies. This superb collection offers a powerful rebuttal to the reigning orthodoxy of Sufi contra Salafi within studies of contemporary Islam. -- Charles Hirschkind, author of The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic CounterpublicsModern Sufis and the State shows the diversity, multivalence, and local embeddedness of Sufi political engagements. Its emphasis on complexity and local rootedness is a welcome contribution. The editors and the contributors bridge several different fields and combine expertise to offer new and important perspectives on the Barelwi and Deobandi movements. -- Scott Kugle, author of Sufis and Saints’ Bodies: Mysticism, Corporeality, and Sacred Power in IslamThis welcome book explores the roles of those widely influential figures identified as Sufis. This is an important subject given the ignorance about Sufis and much else that often fuels the anti-Muslim violence and Islamophobia all too evident in today's world. The work should be of interest to policy makers involved with Muslim populations as well as to academics and others interested in Islam in the contemporary world. -- Barbara Metcalf, author of Islamic Contestations: Essays on Muslims in India and PakistanTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction: Sufis and the State: The Politics of Islam in South Asia and Beyond, by Katherine Pratt EwingPart I: Sufism and Its Modern Engagements with a Global Order1. Anti-Colonial Militants or Liberal Peace Activists? The Role of Private Foundations in Producing Pacifist Sufis During the Cold War, by Rosemary R. Corbett2. From Taṣawwuf Modern to Neo-Sufism: Nurcholish Madjid, Fazlur Rahman, and the Development of an Idea, by Verena Meyer3. Beyond Barelwiism: Tahir-ul-Qadri as an Example of Trends in Global Sufism, by Marcia HermansenCommentary on Part I: Ambiguities and Ironic Reversals in the Categorization of Sufism, by Carl W. ErnstPart II: Sufis, Sharia, and Reform4. Is the Taliban Anti-Sufi? Deobandi Discourses on Sufism in Contemporary Pakistan, by Brannon D. Ingram5. Sufism Through the Prism of Sharia: A Reformist Barelwi Girls’ Madrasa in Uttar Pradesh, India, by Usha Sanyal6. Lives of a Fatwa: Sufism, Music, and Islamic Reform in Kachchh, Gujarat, by Brian E. BondCommentary on Part II:Sufis, Sharia, and Reform, by Muhammad Qasim ZamanPart III: Sufis and Politics in Pakistan7. “A Way of Life Rather Than an Ideology?”: Sufism, Pīrs, and the Politics of Identity in Sindh, by Sarah Ansari8. Sufi Politics and the War on Terror in Pakistan: Looking for an Alternative to Radical Islamism?, by Alix Philippon9. “Our Vanished Lady”: Memory, Ritual, and Shiʿi-Sunni Relations at Bībī Pāk Dāman, by Noor ZaidiCommentary on Part III: The Problems and Perils of Translating Sufism as “Moderate Islam,” by SherAli TareenPart IV: Sufism in Indian National Spaces10. Is All Politics Local? Neighborhood Shrines and Religious Healing in Contemporary India, by Carla Bellamy11. Sufi Healing and Secular Psychiatry in India, by Helene Basu12. Sufi Sound, Sufi Space: Indian Cinema and the Mise-en-Scène of Pluralism, by Rachana Rao UmashankarCommentary on Part IV: Sufism in Indian National Spaces, by Bruce B. LawrenceConclusion: Thinking Otherwise, by Rosemary R. CorbettNotesGlossaryBibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisClassless Politics offers a counterintuitive account of the relationship between neoliberal economics and Islamist politics in Egypt. Hesham Sallam examines why Islamist movements have gained support at the expense of the left, even amid conflicts over the costs of economic reforms.Trade ReviewSallam has written a compelling and excellent book on the ways the structural conditions surrounding economic austerity measures shaped Islamist responses and successes in Egypt. Today, Egypt, like many other countries, sees “less class and more identity” in its everyday politics. This transformation is directly tied to the weakening of leftist parties and the dominance of neoliberalism. Sallam puts forth a rich book that captures the sentiments of elites and citizens as they embraced this new reality. -- Amaney A. Jamal, author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?Classless Politics is a welcome addition for understanding the past fifty years of oppositional politics in Egypt. As the Islamists joined forces in the state’s neoliberal governing project as “opposition,” the left and class analysis were practically eliminated while socioeconomic inequalities expanded. This research not only provides a coherent history but also shows how this structure nurtured deeper divisions between opposition groups in the decades prior to the Egyptian Uprising. Classless Politics is a must-read for students of Egypt’s politics. -- Joshua Stacher, author of Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent TransitionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction. More Identity, Less Class: Paths to Classless Politics1. Inheriting Nasser’s Debts: The Rise and Fall of the Nasserist Social Pact2. Islamist Incorporation in the State of Science and Faith3. Sadat’s Brothers: Islamist Incorporation and the Autonomous Path4. Nasser’s Comrades: State Guardianship and the Dependent Path5. Islamist Incorporation, National Identity, and the Left: A Tale of Two ComradesConclusion. Reflections on the Legacies of Islamist Incorporation and the Post-Mubarak PoliticsAppendix I. The Theoretical Argument, Key Concepts, and Central AssumptionsAppendix II. Critical Junctures and Path-Dependent Institutional PatternsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisClassless Politics offers a counterintuitive account of the relationship between neoliberal economics and Islamist politics in Egypt. Hesham Sallam examines why Islamist movements have gained support at the expense of the left, even amid conflicts over the costs of economic reforms.Trade ReviewSallam has written a compelling and excellent book on the ways the structural conditions surrounding economic austerity measures shaped Islamist responses and successes in Egypt. Today, Egypt, like many other countries, sees “less class and more identity” in its everyday politics. This transformation is directly tied to the weakening of leftist parties and the dominance of neoliberalism. Sallam puts forth a rich book that captures the sentiments of elites and citizens as they embraced this new reality. -- Amaney A. Jamal, author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?Classless Politics is a welcome addition for understanding the past fifty years of oppositional politics in Egypt. As the Islamists joined forces in the state’s neoliberal governing project as “opposition,” the left and class analysis were practically eliminated while socioeconomic inequalities expanded. This research not only provides a coherent history but also shows how this structure nurtured deeper divisions between opposition groups in the decades prior to the Egyptian Uprising. Classless Politics is a must-read for students of Egypt’s politics. -- Joshua Stacher, author of Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent TransitionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction. More Identity, Less Class: Paths to Classless Politics1. Inheriting Nasser’s Debts: The Rise and Fall of the Nasserist Social Pact2. Islamist Incorporation in the State of Science and Faith3. Sadat’s Brothers: Islamist Incorporation and the Autonomous Path4. Nasser’s Comrades: State Guardianship and the Dependent Path5. Islamist Incorporation, National Identity, and the Left: A Tale of Two ComradesConclusion. Reflections on the Legacies of Islamist Incorporation and the Post-Mubarak PoliticsAppendix I. The Theoretical Argument, Key Concepts, and Central AssumptionsAppendix II. Critical Junctures and Path-Dependent Institutional PatternsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHelps you examine the thorny issue of the pragmatism typically ascribed to Lincoln versus the radicalism of Lovejoy, and the role each played in ending slavery. Exploring the men's politics, personal traits, and religious convictions, this book traces their separate paths in life as well as their frequent interactions.Trade Review"This is an important book. It helps us see the relationship between Lincoln and the Radicals with a level of detail that we do not see in books that concentrate on Lincoln alone." --Stewart Winger, author of Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics"Collaborators for Emancipation is a useful corrective to those historians and others who have overemphasized Lincoln's cautious temperament at the expense of his radical leanings, or his alleged timidity regarding emancipation, or his substantive disagreements, such as they were, with abolitionists. . . . this is a book worth reading and pondering."--Civil War Book Review "The authors of Collaborators for Emancipation correctly place Lincoln in the broader context of the antislavery and abolition movements. In excavating the partnership between Lincoln and Illinois Congressman Owen Lovejoy, the brother of the martyred abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy and a political abolitionist, they illuminate a relationship that is known but not well understood."--Journal of Illinois History

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Book Synopsis The Pew and the Picket Line collects works from a new generation of scholars working at the nexus where religious history and working-class history converge. Focusing on Christianity and its unique purchase in America, the contributors use in-depth local histories to illustrate how Americans male and female, rural and urban, and from a range of ethnic backgrounds dwelt in a space between the church and the shop floor. Their vivid essays show Pentecostal miners preaching prosperity while seeking miracles in the depths of the earth, while aboveground black sharecroppers and white Protestants establish credit unions to pursue a joint vision of cooperative capitalism. Innovative and essential, The Pew and the Picket Line reframes venerable debates as it maps the dynamic contours of a landscape sculpted by the powerful forces of Christianity and capitalism. Contributors: Christopher D. Cantwell, Heath W. Carter, Janine Giordano Drake, Ken Fones-Wolf, Erik Gellman, Alison Collis GreeneTrade Review"This is an important collection of essays that for all its many strengths certainly represents only the beginning of what in the coming years promises to be a flood of books on labor and religion."--Labor: Studies in Working-Class History"Taken as a whole, the articles provide a rich sense of possibilities inherent in the cross-fertilization of labor and religious histories. For the social and cultural historian as well, this is a collection well worth reading."--Journal of American History"The Pew and the Picket Line is an example of a collection done right. With an outstanding introductory essay on the historiography of religion and labor by Cantwell, Carter, and Drake, along with cutting-edge research throughout the rest of the book, this collection should be essential reading for historians of American religion and labor."--Annals of Iowa“With this diverse collection of essays, Cantwell, Carter, and Drake admirably succeed in merging the histories of religion and the working class. Without exception the work is sharply focused and impeccably researched.”—History News Network"Together, the excellent scholars highlight the exciting possibilities and future studies of the histories of religions and labor in the US. This book covers wide ground temporally, geographically, methodologically, and theoretically. For the study of both US Christianities and US Capitalisms, this is a must read... Highly recommended."--Choice"The Pew and the Picket Line is a useful addition to the recent literature that seeks to examine the historical interplay of religion and labor. What distinguishes this book from some others in the field is its focus on the working class itself--those in the pew--rather than leadership. The contributors' willingness to engage seriously with the religious beliefs of their subjects is to be commended, as well as their attention to race, gender, ethnicity, class, place, and denomination."--Labour/ Le Travail"Readers of all stripes will be pleased with the collection assembled by Cantwell, Carter, and Drake. Its essays are a valuable addition to the canon."--Fides et Historia"These essays are a welcome addition to a burgeoning field of research. They are a wonderful starting point for examining that what happens between the pew and the picket line often occurs more so in the hearts of believers than in the precepts of religious leaders." --Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "This is a terrific collection. In treating the religious commitments of American working people seriously, it offers a more holistic perspective of these men and women that reflects their very humanity." --Nick Salvatore, author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist "Fully attentive to the historical scholarship and political theory upon which the volume’s scholarship builds, Cantwell, Carter, and Drake also take the necessary steps in their historiographical introduction to reopen all questions about how work, race, gender, ethnicity, region, and religion have intersected in the American past, and to suggest provocative new ones. The richly textured historical case studies that follow more than fulfill the agenda the editors set. This is a superb work of collective history by some of the most creative younger historians working on the subject today."--Robert Orsi, author of The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880–1950 "The coeditors have assembled a tremendous and diverse team for this volume. Each essay is by itself a significant contribution, and some provide brilliant and pioneering analysis and the introduction is definitely the best historiographical overview, survey, and analysis of scholarship in the field that I have ever read. It sets the standard for the next generation of scholarship."--Paul Harvey, coauthor of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America "Navigating a wide spectrum of time and workspaces, racial and ethnic expressions, and blue-collar gospels, this brilliantly conceived and superbly executed volume demands that historians shift their gaze from the much examined corporate to under-scrutinized labor side of modern American Christianity and capitalism. Fifty years after its delivery, Herbert Gutman's plea for historians to take seriously the authentic and empowering qualities of working-class belief has finally been addressed, head on, with critical empathy and care, in an accessible manner. This is a timely and significant scholarly intervention." --Darren Dochuk, author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"As a towering figure of midcentury anti-Communist activism, Benson stands at the center of these emerging epistemological circuits--a surprising, improbable, and perversely delightful payoff to the satisfying and multifaceted collection." --Journal of Mormon History "Thunder from the Right is a fascinating volume on the life, political career, and ministry of the most famous Mormon in politics prior to Mitt Romney, as well as on the inner workings of the LDS Church during the apostleship and presidency of Ezra Taft Benson. Matthew Harris and the other contributors have constructed a detailed look at an LDS Church official who freely blended politics and religion and helped set the LDS Church and its membership on a course of political conservatism that it only now is moving away from. This is a must read for LDS scholars and lay audiences who want to understand both how one church leader sought to place his stamp on LDS political views and how fellow church leaders and members at the time were leery of being defined by the extremist worldview of Ezra Taft Benson."--Richard Davis, Brigham Young University"Thunder From the Right is an outstanding book by an excellent group of scholars who have written a collection of essays that will amaze, fascinate, inform and probably trouble you." --Association of Mormon Letter"The essays in this book help to flesh out the life and character of one the most influential and controversial Mormon leaders of the twentieth century. In doing so they make an important contribution to a too often neglected period in Latter-day Saint history."--Nathan B. Oman, author of The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law​"An impressive and thought-provoking volume. Thunder from the Right delivers on its promise to 'offer a fresh and stimulating retrospective assessment of Ezra Taft Benson's life and legacy.' The book illuminates the significant relationship between the Mormon faith and the rise of the New Right in the United States, adding considerably to our understanding of the role of religion in shaping Cold War domestic politics." --Mormon Studies Review​"This volume provides an important overview of Benson's public life and legacy. The contributors are respected, serious scholars. Highly recommended." --Choice"As a towering figure of midcentury anti-Communist activism, Benson stands at the center of these emerging epistemological circuits--a surprising, improbable, and perversely delightful payoff to the satisfying and multifaceted collection." --Journal of Mormon History​"Thunder From the Right is an outstanding book by an excellent group of scholars who have written a collection of essays that will amaze, fascinate, inform and probably trouble you." --Association of Mormon Letters

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Book Synopsis The Pew and the Picket Line collects works from a new generation of scholars working at the nexus where religious history and working-class history converge. Focusing on Christianity and its unique purchase in America, the contributors use in-depth local histories to illustrate how Americans male and female, rural and urban, and from a range of ethnic backgrounds dwelt in a space between the church and the shop floor. Their vivid essays show Pentecostal miners preaching prosperity while seeking miracles in the depths of the earth, while aboveground black sharecroppers and white Protestants establish credit unions to pursue a joint vision of cooperative capitalism. Innovative and essential, The Pew and the Picket Line reframes venerable debates as it maps the dynamic contours of a landscape sculpted by the powerful forces of Christianity and capitalism. Contributors: Christopher D. Cantwell, Heath W. Carter, Janine Giordano Drake, Ken Fones-Wolf, Erik Gellman, Alison Collis GreeneTrade Review"This is an important collection of essays that for all its many strengths certainly represents only the beginning of what in the coming years promises to be a flood of books on labor and religion."--Labor: Studies in Working-Class History"Taken as a whole, the articles provide a rich sense of possibilities inherent in the cross-fertilization of labor and religious histories. For the social and cultural historian as well, this is a collection well worth reading."--Journal of American History"The Pew and the Picket Line is an example of a collection done right. With an outstanding introductory essay on the historiography of religion and labor by Cantwell, Carter, and Drake, along with cutting-edge research throughout the rest of the book, this collection should be essential reading for historians of American religion and labor."--Annals of Iowa“With this diverse collection of essays, Cantwell, Carter, and Drake admirably succeed in merging the histories of religion and the working class. Without exception the work is sharply focused and impeccably researched.”—History News Network"Together, the excellent scholars highlight the exciting possibilities and future studies of the histories of religions and labor in the US. This book covers wide ground temporally, geographically, methodologically, and theoretically. For the study of both US Christianities and US Capitalisms, this is a must read... Highly recommended."--Choice"The Pew and the Picket Line is a useful addition to the recent literature that seeks to examine the historical interplay of religion and labor. What distinguishes this book from some others in the field is its focus on the working class itself--those in the pew--rather than leadership. The contributors' willingness to engage seriously with the religious beliefs of their subjects is to be commended, as well as their attention to race, gender, ethnicity, class, place, and denomination."--Labour/ Le Travail"Readers of all stripes will be pleased with the collection assembled by Cantwell, Carter, and Drake. Its essays are a valuable addition to the canon."--Fides et Historia"These essays are a welcome addition to a burgeoning field of research. They are a wonderful starting point for examining that what happens between the pew and the picket line often occurs more so in the hearts of believers than in the precepts of religious leaders." --Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "This is a terrific collection. In treating the religious commitments of American working people seriously, it offers a more holistic perspective of these men and women that reflects their very humanity." --Nick Salvatore, author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist "Fully attentive to the historical scholarship and political theory upon which the volume’s scholarship builds, Cantwell, Carter, and Drake also take the necessary steps in their historiographical introduction to reopen all questions about how work, race, gender, ethnicity, region, and religion have intersected in the American past, and to suggest provocative new ones. The richly textured historical case studies that follow more than fulfill the agenda the editors set. This is a superb work of collective history by some of the most creative younger historians working on the subject today."--Robert Orsi, author of The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880–1950 "The coeditors have assembled a tremendous and diverse team for this volume. Each essay is by itself a significant contribution, and some provide brilliant and pioneering analysis and the introduction is definitely the best historiographical overview, survey, and analysis of scholarship in the field that I have ever read. It sets the standard for the next generation of scholarship."--Paul Harvey, coauthor of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America "Navigating a wide spectrum of time and workspaces, racial and ethnic expressions, and blue-collar gospels, this brilliantly conceived and superbly executed volume demands that historians shift their gaze from the much examined corporate to under-scrutinized labor side of modern American Christianity and capitalism. Fifty years after its delivery, Herbert Gutman's plea for historians to take seriously the authentic and empowering qualities of working-class belief has finally been addressed, head on, with critical empathy and care, in an accessible manner. This is a timely and significant scholarly intervention." --Darren Dochuk, author of From Bible Belt to Sunbelt: Plain-folk Religion, Grassroots Politics, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an important book. It helps us see the relationship between Lincoln and the Radicals with a level of detail that we do not see in books that concentrate on Lincoln alone." --Stewart Winger, author of Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics"Collaborators for Emancipation is a useful corrective to those historians and others who have overemphasized Lincoln's cautious temperament at the expense of his radical leanings, or his alleged timidity regarding emancipation, or his substantive disagreements, such as they were, with abolitionists. . . . this is a book worth reading and pondering."--Civil War Book Review "The authors of Collaborators for Emancipation correctly place Lincoln in the broader context of the antislavery and abolition movements. In excavating the partnership between Lincoln and Illinois Congressman Owen Lovejoy, the brother of the martyred abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy and a political abolitionist, they illuminate a relationship that is known but not well understood."--Journal of Illinois History

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"As a towering figure of midcentury anti-Communist activism, Benson stands at the center of these emerging epistemological circuits--a surprising, improbable, and perversely delightful payoff to the satisfying and multifaceted collection." --Journal of Mormon History "Thunder from the Right is a fascinating volume on the life, political career, and ministry of the most famous Mormon in politics prior to Mitt Romney, as well as on the inner workings of the LDS Church during the apostleship and presidency of Ezra Taft Benson. Matthew Harris and the other contributors have constructed a detailed look at an LDS Church official who freely blended politics and religion and helped set the LDS Church and its membership on a course of political conservatism that it only now is moving away from. This is a must read for LDS scholars and lay audiences who want to understand both how one church leader sought to place his stamp on LDS political views and how fellow church leaders and members at the time were leery of being defined by the extremist worldview of Ezra Taft Benson."--Richard Davis, Brigham Young University"Thunder From the Right is an outstanding book by an excellent group of scholars who have written a collection of essays that will amaze, fascinate, inform and probably trouble you." --Association of Mormon Letter"The essays in this book help to flesh out the life and character of one the most influential and controversial Mormon leaders of the twentieth century. In doing so they make an important contribution to a too often neglected period in Latter-day Saint history."--Nathan B. Oman, author of The Dignity of Commerce: Markets and the Moral Foundations of Contract Law​"An impressive and thought-provoking volume. Thunder from the Right delivers on its promise to 'offer a fresh and stimulating retrospective assessment of Ezra Taft Benson's life and legacy.' The book illuminates the significant relationship between the Mormon faith and the rise of the New Right in the United States, adding considerably to our understanding of the role of religion in shaping Cold War domestic politics." --Mormon Studies Review​"This volume provides an important overview of Benson's public life and legacy. The contributors are respected, serious scholars. Highly recommended." --Choice"As a towering figure of midcentury anti-Communist activism, Benson stands at the center of these emerging epistemological circuits--a surprising, improbable, and perversely delightful payoff to the satisfying and multifaceted collection." --Journal of Mormon History​"Thunder From the Right is an outstanding book by an excellent group of scholars who have written a collection of essays that will amaze, fascinate, inform and probably trouble you." --Association of Mormon Letters

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Jane Ann Moore and William F. Moore deliver a powerful narrative of Lovejoy's antislavery views and the coalition of abolitionists, Black national leaders, religious institutions, and women. . . . More than a straightforward biography, this book weaves together a complex story of religion, reform, and politics in the Civil War-era Midwest and Lovejoy seemingly at the center of everything." --Middle West Review "Owen Lovejoy was that rarest of beings--a dedicated abolitionist and a savvy politician. Having already published an indispensable collection of Lovejoy's most important writings, the Moores have now given us the most thorough biography of Lovejoy to date. Grounded in deep research and an unparalleled familiarity with the ins and outs of Illinois politics, the Moores demonstrate Lovejoy's crucial role in the creation of the 'coalition for equality' that eventually brought slavery down."--James Oakes, author of The Scorpions Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War"This very fine study of Owen Lovejoy develops a deep understanding of a significant antislavery politician and of the Midwestern political culture that he so skillfully represented. It is a biography offers rich rewards to historians who study the problem of slavery, the abolitionist movement, and the politics of the sectional conflict."--James Brewer Stewart, author of Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery"Lovejoy's inspiring story is told by historians Jane Ann and William Moore. Although not historians by profession, they decided decades ago to resuscitate Lovejoy's memory by reinterpreting his role in slavery's abolition. Passionate and dedicated, they plunged into archival research. The yield has been bountiful." --Annals of Iowa

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the use of Luther's writings to reinforce anti-semitism and anti -JudaismTrade ReviewThorough and wide-ranging, [Demonizing the Jews] is a valuable addition to the historiography of Adolf Hitler's Germany. * The Times of Israel *Christopher Probst has written an insightful analysis of the ways in which Protestant reformer Martin Luther's anti-Jewish writings were used by German Protestants during the Third Reich. * Contemporary Church History Quarterly *Probst provides us with a detailed exegesis of each of his sources, which taken together thoughtfully challenge the supposed discontinuity between premodern anti-Judaism and modern antisemitism. * H-Judaic *[B]y introducing us to new figures and showing us how three different church groups in Germany responded to 'The Jewish Question,' this book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the churches under Nazism. * Lutheran Quarterly *This book is clearly a worthwhile read for a Jewish audience unaware of the basis of Protestant anti-Semitism as a component of the overall phenomenon. * AJL Reviews *Probst illuminates the grim reality of Germany from 1933 to 1939, an era in which the Nazis disavowed Enlightenment humanitarianism and internationalism in its various forms and turned the secular state against the most prominent beneficiaries of the Enlightenment, assimilated German Jews. * American Historical Review *Probst is to be lauded for presenting an insightful account of the convoluted echoes and reverberations of this deeply problematic aspect of Luther's legacy within German Protestantism over the longue durée. * German Studies Review *This is a useful, clearly written, conscientious supplement. . . . * German History *Christopher J. Probst has written a helpful book on an important topic. * HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES *[R]epresents a valuable addition . . . . * H-Soz-U-Kult *[Probst] . . . challenges the dichotomy between theological anti-Judaism and racial antisemitism, since he sees a great deal of overlap both in the sixteenth as well as the twentieth century. Anti-Judaism and antisemitism existed side-by-side in both Luther's writings and in those of many German Protestants in the Nazi era. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *Table of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Protestantism in Nazi Germany2. "Luther and the Jews"3. Confessing Church and German Christian Academic Theologians4. Confessing Church Pastors5. German Christian Pastors and Bishops6. Pastors and Theologians from the Unaffiliated Protestant "Middle"ConclusionBibliography

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"What Samuel Hayim Brody has done is to focus on Martin Buber as a political thinker and to consider the character of his fundamental political ideas and commitments. He does this primarily as an intellectual historian, with a very rich sense of Buber's political activities and involvements. Brilliantly conceived, well-written, filled with deep readings and analysis."—Michael L. Morgan, author of Levinas's Ethical Poltics"Samuel Hayim Brody's book addresses an absolutely central, yet hitherto neglected, topic in Martin Buber's thought, which not only situates his philosophical trajectory in an intellectual-historical context, especially of the Weimar years, but also makes a persuasive argument for the pivotal role of theopolitics in that trajectory. A majesterial study in every way and certain to become the authoritative book in its field."—Asher Biemann, author of Dreaming of Michelangelo: Jewish Variations on a Modern ThemeTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments Note on Translation/Transliteration List of Abbreviations Introduction: What is Theopolitics? Part One: From Anarchism to Anarcho-Theocracy: The Birth of Theopolitics1. The True Front: Buber and Landauer on Anarchism and Revolution2. The Serpent: Theopolitics from Weimar to Nazi Germany3. God against Messiah: The Kingship of God and the Ancient Israelite Anarcho-TheocracyPart Two: The Anointed and the Prophet: Theopolitics in Israel from Exodus to Exile4. Between Pharaohs and Nomads: Moses5. The Arcanum of the Monarchy: The Anointed6. The Battle for YHVH: The Prophetic FaithPart Three: Theopolitics and Zion 7. Palestinian Rain: Zionism as Applied Theopolitics8. This Pathless Hour: Theopolitics in the PresentConclusion: The Narrow Ridge, the Razor's EdgeAppendix: Martin Buber to Hans Kohn, 10/4/1939BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBy highlighting the dynamic societal and political implications of religious devotion, Beyond Piety and Politics offers a fascinating new theoretical perspective on Islam.Trade Review"Beyond Piety and Politics is an important contribution to the study of religion and politics. This well-written, carefully documented study nuances our understanding of religiosity by considering how religious groups' standings in society and vis-à-vis the state shape individuals' attitudes. It pushes the field to dismiss blunt conceptions of religiosity, focusing on how these groups navigate state and society."—Ellen Lust, University of Gothenburg"This is an excellent and sophisticated book that examines the sources of religious preferences and outlooks. It insightfully argues that communal associations shape religious outlooks and these outlooks influence political and social worldviews. The authors advance a nuanced and context-driven understanding of religion in the everyday lives of citizens in MENA."—Amaney A. Jamal, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsDedicationList of FiguresAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Religious Communities, the State, and Religious Outlooks2. Attitudes of the Devout: The Nature of the Substance or the Nurture of Relationship?3. Empirical Foundations of Religious Outlooks4. The Individual and Contextual Determinants of Muslim Religious Outlooks in MENA5. Islam and Support for Democracy6. Temporal Change in Religious Outlooks and Political Preferences7. Islam and Distributive PreferencesConclusionAppendix AAppendix BBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria, Wariboko has given African Studies a real gem. This is a book of great intellectual capacity, creative imagination, and amazing human agency."—Olufemi Vaughan , Alfred Sargent Lee '41 & Mary Ames Lee Professor and Chair of Black Studies, Amherst College , and Author of Religion and the Making of Nigeria"How can we account for the contradictory co-existence of Africa's postcolonial socioeconomic predicament and the seemingly irrational hopes of its people in the possibilities of redemption? Nimi Wariboko brilliantly transcends the familiar answer of a postcolonial religious sublime to propose a radically novel framework of the "transcripts of the sacred" in postcolonial Nigeria — an assemblage of intersecting secular and quasi-religious signs, discourses, and quotidian practices that embed possibility in impossibility, simultaneously constraining and catalyzing human flourishing. Wariboko's theory of the sacred offers a rich, capacious site for understanding and critiquing everyday manifestations of the beautiful, the monstrous, and the ridiculous. This highly original book compellingly argues that, when understood together rather than separately, the signs and categories of the sacred can illuminate Nigeria's conjoined postcolonial dystopias and utopias."—Moses Ochonu, author ofEmirs in London: Subaltern Travel and Nigeria's ModernityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Ambiguity of the SacredInterlude: Methodological Matters and a Theory of African Postcolony1. The Sacred as Im/possibility2. Demons as Guests: Pentecostal Aesthetics of Prayers3. The Pentecostal Incredible4. Production of Violence in the Postcolony5. Chosenness, Spirituality, and the Weight of Blackness6. Disruption and Promise: The Religious Powers of DevelopmentConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With Transcripts of the Sacred in Nigeria, Wariboko has given African Studies a real gem. This is a book of great intellectual capacity, creative imagination, and amazing human agency."—Olufemi Vaughan , Alfred Sargent Lee '41 & Mary Ames Lee Professor and Chair of Black Studies, Amherst College , and Author of Religion and the Making of Nigeria"How can we account for the contradictory co-existence of Africa's postcolonial socioeconomic predicament and the seemingly irrational hopes of its people in the possibilities of redemption? Nimi Wariboko brilliantly transcends the familiar answer of a postcolonial religious sublime to propose a radically novel framework of the "transcripts of the sacred" in postcolonial Nigeria — an assemblage of intersecting secular and quasi-religious signs, discourses, and quotidian practices that embed possibility in impossibility, simultaneously constraining and catalyzing human flourishing. Wariboko's theory of the sacred offers a rich, capacious site for understanding and critiquing everyday manifestations of the beautiful, the monstrous, and the ridiculous. This highly original book compellingly argues that, when understood together rather than separately, the signs and categories of the sacred can illuminate Nigeria's conjoined postcolonial dystopias and utopias."—Moses Ochonu, author ofEmirs in London: Subaltern Travel and Nigeria's ModernityTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Ambiguity of the SacredInterlude: Methodological Matters and a Theory of African Postcolony1. The Sacred as Im/possibility2. Demons as Guests: Pentecostal Aesthetics of Prayers3. The Pentecostal Incredible4. Production of Violence in the Postcolony5. Chosenness, Spirituality, and the Weight of Blackness6. Disruption and Promise: The Religious Powers of DevelopmentConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisPolitical theology is one of the most influential theological movements of the latter part of the twentieth century, and yet, as Arne Rasmusson argues here, the field suffers from deep inherent tensions in its attempt to mediate the Christian tradition and the modern emancipatory tradition. Rasmusson contributes to political theology through an innovative discussion of the relationship between church and society and an exposition of the thought and work of political theology''s influential representative, Jürgen Moltmann. Rasmusson further refines his argument by filtering Moltmann''s theology through an exploration of Stanley Hauerwas''s theological positions.Trade Review"This is a challenging, acute, revealing and, at times, immensely creative monograph. Rasmussen has tackled two of the icons of modern Reformed theology, Jergen Moltmann and Stanley Hauerwas, and he has done so positively and intelligently by refusing to condemn the 'failings' of his chosen subjects. . . . [A]n admirable study . . . but it is also an impressive theological argument . . . and as such should be read by anyone concerned with the role of ecclesiology in modern theology." —Reviews in Religion and Theology"This comparative study . . . is a wide ranging and competent work that gives many insights into the theology of its two main 'characters,' Moltmann and Hauerwas." —Pro Ecclesia"The Church as Polis is a significant contribution to contemporary discussions on public theology and the relation between religion and politics." —Francis Fiorenza, Harvard University

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Book SynopsisIn Offering Hospitality: Questioning Christian Approaches to War, Caron E. Gentry reflects on the predominant strands of American political theologyChristian realism, pacifism, and the just war traditionand argues that Christian political theologies on war remain, for the most part, inward-looking and resistant to criticism from opposing viewpoints.In light of the new problems that require choices about the use of forcegenocide, terrorism, and failed states, to name just a fewa rethinking of the conventional arguments about just war and pacifism is timely and important. Gentry's insightful perspective marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to prevailing theories, such as Christian realism represented in the work of Reinhold Niebuhr and the pacifist tradition of Stanley Hauerwas. She draws out the connection between hospitality in postmodern literature and hospitality as derived from the Christian conception of agape, and relates the literature on hosTrade Review"This is a bold and brave book that tackles weighty matters pertaining to violence and community with a deft touch. Caron Gentry’s perspective, which marries contemporary feminist and critical thought to Christian realist, just war, and pacifist concerns, is fresh and insightful. She succeeds wonderfully in carving out a space that relates the literature on hospitality to the contemporary ethics of war. This book will be of major interest to scholars working in theology, international relations, political theory, and religious ethics." —Cian O'Driscoll, University of Glasgow"Caron Gentry offers a daring constructive moral proposal here calling for a reconstruction of the just war ethic’s criterion of last resort as a platform for embodying a deep form of Christian hospitality in international affairs. Along the way she analyzes the work of Reinhold Niebuhr, Stanley Hauerwas, and Jean Bethke Elshtain. A must read for students of political theology, international relations, and feminist theory." —Shaun Casey, Wesley Theological Seminary"Gentry challenges modern just-war theologians to move beyond abstract notions of the state to embrace both the new realities of global warfare and the eternal reality of agape love. . . . Gentry's book contributes an informed feminist and postmodern critique to the just-war conversation. She does a fine job of outlining gaps in current just-war theorizing and begins to scratch the surface of envisioning new answers." —Publishers Weekly“This is a work that adds another voice to the chorus calling for Christians not just to avoid war or practice it with restraint, but to build peace. May the numbers increase.” —America Magazine“Caron [E. Gentry] brings a lens of feminism and a theology of the marginalized to bear against popular political theologies that rely on a state-centric view of the world. A dense and interesting read.” —Prism“Gentry . . . presents an alternative approach to building and sustaining international political life through the Christian ethic of hospitality. . . . She argues that a Christian approach of hospitality offers a morally preferable approach to coping with failed states and international political conflicts because it can bypass hegemonic power and is better able to incorporate the needs and wants of the weak, the vulnerable, and the poor.” —Choice“By applying the concept of ‘hospitality’ in both the Christian notion of agape and in post-modern thought, [Gentry] seeks to transform each of these approaches to war in order to pave the way for a ‘better peace’ . . . Offering Hospitality is a provocative and compelling book that makes a vital contribution to Christian thinking about war.” —Political Studies Review“Gentry brings together theory, data, and practice in a stark analysis of conflict and puts forth a robust Christian approach to war. . . Though Gentry writes with an American Christian audience in mind, the principles embodied in this work find support in a plurality of religious and political traditions and extend beyond the purview of American politics, even to include a variety of inter-communal as well as inter-personal relationships. This work contributes a fresh and overdue perspective to the conversation.” —Journal for Peace and Justice Studies

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Book SynopsisBy exposing the church as polis and ""counter-story"" to the world's politics, this text intends to help Christians see that God has given them the means to escape the destructive practices of the world by placing them ""in good company"" with one another, Catholic and Protestant alike.Trade Review“[Hauerwas’s theme] informs and braces every selection in this lively collection, and gives the reader the sort of workover one doesn’t experience often enough when reading contemporary theology.” —Commonweal“Hauerwas writes with deep conviction. He seeks not only to explain the Christian faith but also to persuade and promote ways of thinking and acting that he believes Christians should embrace.” —Journal of Ecumenical Studies“The ecumenical dimension of the volume is engaging. Hauerwas is at home in both Protestant and Catholic institutions and he has a good understanding of the underlying theology of both. . . . In Good Company will introduce the reader to a contemporary voice that is worth listening to.” —Pro Ecclesia“Hauerwas . . . provocatively explores what it means to be a Christian. . . . [T]his book . . . will certainly provide stimulating and good company to all who read it.” —Journal of Contemporary Religion“Hauerwas enjoys being a provocative voice in the larger forum of contemporary ethical discourse. He cultivates an in-your-face style at times that can distort by oversimplifying the questions he claims to clarify. But part of his charm and technique is to encircle the reader and pull him or her further and further into his interpretation of the Kingdom of God.” —America

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Book SynopsisPolitical philosophy in the English-speaking world has been dominated for more than two decades by various versions of liberal theory, which holds that political inquiry should proceed without reference to religious views. Although a number of philosophers have contested this stance, no one has succeeded in dislodging liberalism from its position of dominance.The most interesting challenges to liberalism have come from those outside of the discipline of philosophy. Sociologists, legal scholars, and religious ethicists have attacked liberalism''s embodiment in practice, arguing that liberal practiceparticularly in the United Stateshas produced a culture which trivializes religion. This culture, they argue, is at odds with the beliefs and practices of large numbers of citizens.Disciplinary barriers have often limited scholarly exchange among philosophical liberals and their critics in theology. Religion and Contemporary Liberalism, edited by Paul J. Weithman, brTrade Review“This is a provocative and useful set of essays for anyone who wishes to think again about the role of religion in a healthy, pluralistic, democratic culture. The collection is especially relevant for those interested in church/state issues and who are willing to ask: does our commitment to democratic practices demand neutrality or impartiality from the state with respect to religion and secular points of view?” —Journal of Church and State“Although this collection of essays joins what has become a massive series of books, articles, and symposia considering the 'religion-and-liberal-democracy' issue, its overall approach is refreshingly different.” —Ethics

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Book SynopsisCorrin traces the evolution of Catholic social and theological thought from the end of World War II through the 1960s that culminated in Vatican Council II.Trade Review"In Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II, Jay P. Corrin situates the journal Slant within the broad sweep of reformist Catholic thinkers and actors across the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Drawing upon an impressive range of primary and secondary sources, both scholarly and journalistic, Corrin illuminates the journal's pivotal role in English Catholic liberal thought and action and the impact its contributors' ideas continue to exert across the decades." —Steve Rosswurm, Lake Forest College"This splendid book offers much more than the title suggests. To communicate an understanding of the radical English Catholics of the 1960s, the author presents an insightful study of English Catholicism and carefully documents that the great continental Catholic theologians and in particular the Second Vatican Council came to recognize the gospel as world-transforming divine message. I greatly enjoyed reading this book. In conservative times the memory of great moments of resistance to injustice and public lies nourishes such resistance in the present." —Gregory Baum, emeritus, McGill University"In this study, Jay P. Corrin describes the Catholic left movement, its leaders and their major ideas, and the broad, distinct but related contexts of post–Vatican II Catholicism, British politics, and the political and cultural left. The reader will have a full picture of the ideas of the Catholic left and full assessment of those ideas and the strengths and weaknesses of the movement. Catholic Progressives in England after Vatican II makes an original contribution to the fields of Catholic studies, religious history, and the history of the political 'left' in the United Kingdom." —David J. O'Brien, Loyola Professor of Roman Catholic Studies (emeritus), Holy Cross College"It's a fascinating story. . . . Corrin sets English Catholicism in the context of wider church history, taking us in a racy summary from the aloof authoritarianism of Pope Pius XII through to (in Corrin's view) the victory of the 'progressives' at Vatican II and the subsequent confusions created by the encyclical Humanae Vitae (1968). Corrin then turns to the Slant movement, drawing copiously on conversations and correspondence with participants, notably Terry Eagleton, Bernard Sharratt, Martin Shaw, Adrian and Angela Cunningham and Christopher Calnan. . . Corrin is readable and reliable." —The Tablet“Corrin’s book traces the growth and influence of a movement of progressive Catholics in England in the 1960s. . . . There is much to like about this book, particularly the discussion of the Chester Belloc tradition, the final chapter analyzing the failure of the movement, and—above all—the almost 100 pages of notes including many gems and showing enormous erudition.” —Theological Studies“Written from both scholarly and journalistic sources, Corrin’s book acquaints us with a comparatively unknown period in English Catholic history. More than a hundred pages of notes and a very thorough index complete the book. The book is strongly recommended for all Catholic college and university collections.” —Catholic Library World“. . . the book provides a useful guide to a subcurrent in the British Left, which is usually considered in purely secular terms. The copious notes and bibliography will undoubtedly provide useful avenues for further research.” —Journal of Church and State“Jay P. Corrin has produced a masterly exploration of a much neglected and yet deeply significant episode in English Catholicism, the post Vatican II attempts of a time but articulate and dedicated minority to transform the Roman Catholic Church into an agent of revolution. Corrin’s thoughtful analysis and careful scholarship provide telling insights into the thinking of a range of important Catholic intellectuals and theologians and also Marxists.” —Socialist History

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Book SynopsisThe twentieth-century Dutch philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd (18941977) left behind an impressive canon of philosophical works and has continued to influence a scholarly community in Europe and North America, which has extended, critiqued, and applied his thought in many academic fields. Jonathan Chaplin introduces Dooyeweerd for the first time to many English readers by critically expounding Dooyeweerd's social and political thought and by exhibiting its pertinence to contemporary civil society debates. Chaplin begins by contextualizing Dooyeweerd's thought, first in relation to present-day debates and then in relation to the work of the Dutch philosopher Abraham Kuyper (18371920). Chaplin outlines the distinctive theory of historical and cultural development that serves as an essential backdrop to Dooyeweerd's substantive social philosophy; examines Dooyeweerd's notion of societal structural principles; and sets forth his complex classification of particular types of social stTrade Review"Finally, an authoritative book that brings to brilliant light and life Herman Dooyeweerd’s Christian philosophy of law, politics, and society. For the past half century, the profound and original teachings of this prolific Dutch sage have been lost on most readers. Jonathan Chaplin has rescued Dooyeweerd from his own obscure prose, poor translations, and cultic mystique to reveal his astonishing and engaging insights into our lives as persons and peoples, rulers and citizens, preachers and parishioners, parents and children. This will be the go-to book on Dooyeweerd for many years to come." —John Witte, Jr., Emory University“Herman Dooyeweerd was both deep and original. Much of his writing is an articulation of rather undeveloped lines of thought in his Dutch predecessor, Abraham Kuyper. In the course of his exposition, Chaplin effectively highlights Dooyeweerd's significance for a theory of civil society and for present-day social theory in general." —Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University and the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Virginia“Given the challenge of such an undertaking, one can appreciate Chaplin’s cumulative exposition of Dooyeweerd’s thought; his skillful development provides an effortless transition from Chaplain’s unique philosophy to his distinct political and social thought to the application of both in contemporary issues . . . . More sophisticated readers will appreciate the realistic portrait Chaplin paints of Dooyeweerd’s thought, one that rescues Dooyeweerd’s important contribution to political and social theory from its obtuse philosophical husk and places it back into the center of the contemporary debate.” —Journal of State and Religion“Jonathan Chaplin offers us a thorough, lucid, widely accessible, and reliable guide (critical but deeply sympathetic), to the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd, especially his philosophy of law, society, and politics in a way that should surely bring illumination to the uninitiated and perplexed reader of this undoubtedly important but neglected Christian (Reformed Protestant) thinker of the twentieth century.” —Journal of Markets and Morality“As intellectual heir to Abraham Kuyper . . . Dooyeweerd might seem to belong to an earlier generation of Christian political thought, amongst the Christian Democrat thinkers who opposed Nazism and contributed to the post-war reconstruction of Europe . . . Chapin situates him in more contemporary debates by drawing attention to his critique of liberalism, or the ‘humanistic ground motive’ as he calls it, and his account of ‘Christian pluralism’ and how this might contribute to recent debates about Civil Society.” —Modern Theology"To unpack Dooyeweerd is no small task, especially given his penchant for neologisms and a highly nuanced use of common vernacular. Given the challenge of such an undertaking, one can appreciate Chaplin's cumulative exposition of Dooyeweerd's thought; his skillful development provides an effortless transition from Chaplin's unique philosophy to his distinct political and social thought to the application of both in contemporary issues." —Journal of Church and State". . . if you are working in social theory or political philosophy—actually, if you have any personal or professional interest in reading philosophy—or if you are intrigued by ways in which the ideas of Abraham Kuyper can be nuanced and brought to bear on the social and political questions of the 21st century, I recommend this book to you with unbridled enthusiasm." —Books and Culture“Chaplin has written a masterful book. He has partaken deeply of a profoundly Christian theorist, and the fruit of his reflection is an incisive text written in a palatable idiom that is (largely) free of the original Dutch Reformed dialect and convoluted linguistic inventions. More importantly, it is a rare author who can, in one book, introduce and summarise the work of a great thinker, critically assess the value of that thinking, and then utilize it in fashioning his own constructive proposal—and do all that in a clear and engaging manner.” —Studies in Christian Ethics“[Chaplin’s book] will provide those new to Dooyeweerd studies with an introduction that is both accessible and competent. . . . A clear strength of this book is that it does not assume any detailed prior understanding of Dooyeweerd’s systematic philosophy.” —Pro Rege“[Herman Dooyeweerd] is loaded with provocative ideas, arguments, questions, and proposed revisions to Dooyeweerd’s philosophy. Those who know the work of Dooyeweerd will find the book illuminating and thought provoking. Those who are new to Dooyeweerd will find the book a helpful introduction, though it cannot make Dooyeweerd’s difficult and complex philosophy less difficult and complex than it is. The book is an important step forward in Dooyeweerd studies.” —Philosophia Reformata

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Book SynopsisAnalogia Entis is an intellectually rigorous and systematic account of Thomas’s teaching regarding the analogy of being.Trade Review“Steven A. Long’s Analogia Entis: On the Analogy of Being, Metaphysics, and the Act of Faith is a remarkable book containing a stunning speculative performance. Long speaks for a classical tradition of Thomistic thought but does so with a keen eye on precisely the ways it can help contemporary reflection. His compelling and substantive argument for the value and truth of a set of classical metaphysical understandings—for the necessity of the analogy of proper proportionality in the thought of Thomas Aquinas—will have to be taken seriously by anyone working in analogy in Aquinas as well as by a wide range of scholars within both philosophy and theology.” —John F. Boyle, University of St. Thomas"Professor Long’s very selection of the topic shows the seriousness with which he takes getting at the truth. His case for the ineluctable role of proper proportionality is, I would say, sound and crucial for both natural theology and revelation. I hope that this work will stimulate lively conversation among Thomists." —Lawrence Dewan, Dominican University College"This book has a modest size but an ambitious argument. Long confidently takes up issues of language, epistemology, and metaphysics vital to Thomas Aquinas’s philosophical and theological reflections about God. The centerpiece is a sustained and refreshing rehabilitation of analogy of proportionality; understanding why it has been wrongly rejected or criticized by recent Thomists helps us to appreciate how Aquinas’s metaphysical insight safeguards the transcendence of God and the intelligibility of faith." —Joshua P. Hochschild, Mount St. Mary’s University“Analogia Entis has a complex agenda. First the book intends to defend the theological value of the idea of ‘the analogy of being understood as the analogy of proper proportionality founded on a division of being by act and potency.’ . . . Second, the author argues that this idea is to be found not only in Aquinas’s earlier works, but also remained central to the thought of Thomas Aquinas in his later works.” —Catholic Library World“Analogia Entis is a major strategic contribution to the practice of contemporary Thomistic thought and bears numerous crucial implications for philosophy and theology generally. Long’s chief speculative claims are well argued and penetrating. . . . [He] lays the groundwork for robustly conceptual and realist philosophy of God and theology of God.” —American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly“With this new work, brief but incisive, ‘on the analogy of being, metaphysics, and the act of faith,’ Steven A. Long pursues his crusade in support of the restoration in Christian culture of a philosophy that is likely to help in understanding the faith, as the encyclical Fides et Ratio clearly hopes for.“ —The Thomist

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