Religion and politics Books
The University of Chicago Press Political Theology and Early Modernity
Book SynopsisPolitical theology is a distinctly modern problem, one that takes shape in some of the most important theoretical writings of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This book assembles scholars to examine the role played by sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature and thought in modern conceptions of political theology.
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The University of Chicago Press The Figural Jew
Book SynopsisReveals how the figural Jew can function as a critical mechanism that exposes the political dangers of mythic allegiance, whether couched in universalizing or particularizing terms. This title provides a consideration of Jewish identity, modern Jewish thought, and continental philosophy.Trade Review"In The Figural Jew, Sarah Hammerschlag deftly brings together intellectual history, literary analysis, and philosophical argument in a wonderfully insightful and engaging account of the role the figure of the Jew plays within twentieth-century French philosophy. She also makes a vital philosophical contribution to contemporary debates about ethics, alterity, and politics." - Amy Hollywood, Harvard Divinity School"
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The University of Chicago Press Muslims Talking Politics Framing Islam Democracy
Book SynopsisFor generations Islamic and Western intellectuals and policymakers have debated Islam's compatibility with democratic government, usually with few solid conclusions. But whereBrandon Kendhammer asks in this bookhave the voices of ordinary, working-class Muslims been in this conversation? Doesn't the fate of democracy rest in their hands? Visiting with community members in northern Nigeria, he tells the complex story of the stunning return of democracy to a country that has also embraced Shariah law and endured the radical religious terrorism of Boko Haram. Kendhammer argues that despite Nigeria's struggles with jihadist insurgency, its recent history is really one of tenuous and fragile reconciliation between mass democratic aspirations and concerted popular efforts to preserve Islamic values in government and law. Combining an innovative analysis of Nigeria's Islamic and political history with visits to the living rooms of working families, he sketches how this reconciliation has been constructed in the conversations, debates, and everyday experiences of Nigerian Muslims. In doing so, he uncovers valuable new lessonsones rooted in the real politics of ordinary lifefor how democracy might work alongside the legal recognition of Islamic values, a question that extends far beyond Nigeria and into the Muslim world at large.
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The University of Chicago Press The Future of Illusion Political Theology and
Book SynopsisIn recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology. In a critique of this contemporary fascination with the theological underpinnings of modern politics, Victoria Kahn proposes a return to secularismwhose origins she locates in the art, literature, and political theory of the early modern periodand argues in defense of literature and art as a force for secular liberal culture. Kahn draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt and their readings of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Spinoza to illustrate that the dialogue between these modern and early modern figures can help us rethink the contemporary problem of political theology. Twentieth-century critics, she shows, saw the early modern period as a break from the older form of political theology that entailed the theological legitimization of the state. Rather
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The University of Chicago Press War Peace and Prosperity in the Name of God The
Book SynopsisDifferences among religious communities have motivated - and continue to motivate - many of the deadliest conflicts in human history. But how did political power and organized religion become so thoroughly intertwined? This book focuses on the big three monotheisms - Judaism, Islam, and Christianity - to consider such questions.Trade Review"Iyigun has written a fascinating and detail-rich book on the links between religion, economic growth, and conflict over a broad swath of history. War, Peace, and Prosperity in the Name of God will appeal to scholars in a number of fields, including history, political economy, and religious studies, as well as being of interest to the broader public intrigued by the historical origins of differences in modern-day development." (Jacob N. Shapiro, Princeton University)
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The University of Chicago Press Political Spiritualities The Pentecostal
Book SynopsisExplores how Pentecostalism presents the experience of being born again as a chance for Nigerians to realize the promises of political and religious salvation made during the colonial and post colonial eras. This book sheds light on Nigeria's politics, and the everyday struggles of ordinary citizens coping with poverty, and inequality.Trade Review"This is one of the most original works in the social sciences that I've read in several years. Through her energetic prose, exceptional fieldwork, and mastery of the scientific literature, Marshall offers a new perspective on religious actions and social and political transformations in sub-Saharan Africa, while also making a major contribution to the historical and comparative sociology of religion." - Jean-Francois Bayart, author of The Illusion of Cultural Identity"
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The University of Chicago Press Liberal Suppression Section 501c3 and the
Book SynopsisA polemic against the provision of the US tax code that prohibits political speech on the part of nonprofitsand, specifically, in this case, churchesarguing that it is an unconstitutional infringement of speech that has been deliberately used to suppress the views and power of religious activists.Trade Review"While there are many books about the role of religion and politics and a large literature on the constitutional implications of tax exemptions and the regulation of nonprofits, none bring these topics together like Hamburger's sophisticated, original, and compelling arguments. Hamburger persuasively argues that this seemingly modest provision in the tax code actually has important implications for constitutional law, religious freedom, and the development of American liberalism."--Ilya Somin, author of The Grasping Hand: "Kelo v. City of New London" and the Limits of Eminent Domain "Liberal Suppression develops and argues vehemently for a point of view underrepresented in recent literature on the tax topics that it addresses. It will enliven and (in a good way) unsettle those debates."--Daniel N. Shaviro, New York University
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The University of Chicago Press Ekklesia Three Inquiries in Church and State
Book SynopsisA Trios volume that addresses the question of church and state in three different contexts: nineteenth-century Brazil, early Canada, and contemporary American courtrooms.
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The University of Chicago Press From Politics to the Pews How Partisanship and
Book SynopsisOne of the most distinctive aspects of our politics today is the sorting of religious and non-religious voters into different parties; Margolis shows that this is more an effect of partisan sorting than a cause.Trade Review"Anyone interested in the outsized role played by religion in American politics should read this book. So should anyone who doubts that politics and religion are deeply intertwined, as it will put those doubts to rest. In analyzing the connections, Margolis flips conventional wisdom on its head. Rather than the common assumption that religious beliefs shape people's political views, she brilliantly demonstrates that for many Americans, their political views shape their religious identity. Quite simply, this book sets a new standard for the study of religion and politics--theoretically rich, empirically innovative, and beautifully written."--David E. Campbell, University of Notre Dame "There are no other books like From Politics to the Pews, with its original and persuasive argument that the relationship between political partisanship and religious identity is a reciprocal one. Margolis has added much to the research on partisan conflict and polarization."--Robert Y. Shapiro, Columbia University
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The University of Chicago Press Accidental Pluralism
Book SynopsisThe United States has long been defined by its religious diversity and recurrent public debates over the religious and political values that define it. In Accidental Pluralism, Evan Haefeli argues that America did not begin as a religiously diverse and tolerant society. It became so only because England's religious unity collapsed just as America was being colonized. By tying the emergence of American religious toleration to global events, Haefeli creates a true transnationalist history that links developing American realities to political and social conflicts and resolutions in Europe, showing how the relationships among states, churches, and publics were contested from the beginning of the colonial era and produced a society that no one had anticipated. Accidental Pluralism is an ambitious and comprehensive new account of the origins of American religious life that compels us to refine our narratives about what came to be seen as American values and their distinct relationship to religion and politics.Trade Review"An impressive, important, powerful, and sweeping book that few scholars could have written." * Journal of Early American History *"Accidental Pluralism challenges the popular notion that puritans saw America as a refuge. . . . Haefeli offers a new explanation of how religious pluralism worked its way into English colonies in North America and the Caribbean in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries." * Australasian Journal of American Studies *"Accidental Pluralism is brimming with fascinating details about more than a century and a half of English, Scottish, and Irish colonial enterprises, arguably more of them stillborn than successful. And he does a consistently effective job situating these projects with the contentious politics of early modern Britain. The effect is often kaleidoscopic, as patterns of common religious policies and imperatives appear among the various locales for a moment before dissipating into difference and fragmentation." * H-Early America *"[A] rich and ranging study. . . . Accidental Pluralism is a well-written and useful book that grapples with the common religious and political dynamic underlying the disparate efforts of early modern British imperialism. It will be of real value to students and scholars alike." * H-Net *"Origin stories of the United States often highlight religious freedom as a foundational pillar of the earliest English settlers. But Haefeli tells a more complex story in Accidental Pluralism. In this ambitious contribution to the origins of American religious tolerance, Haefeli argues that religious diversity was rarely the hoped-for goal of English expansion in the Atlantic. Rather, toleration arose of necessity from the collapse of political control over the English state church in the highly contested landscape of early modern religious conflict." * New Books Network *“An important study.” * Pennsylvania Literary Journal *“An eye-opening narrative of the many versions of church-and-state attempted or imagined during the great age of British colonization in the Caribbean and North America—a narrative uprooting the assumption that a straight line runs from those attempts to post-1789 schemes to separate church and state. Accidental Pluralism will surprise and probably enchant most students of early American history.” * David D. Hall, author of A Reforming People: Puritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New England *“Accidental Pluralism is an outstanding piece of research, encyclopedic in scope. It has a unique and important point of view that needs to be taken seriously by all scholars of early American religion, of toleration and religious liberty, and of the early English empire in general.” * Ned Landsman, author of Crossroads of Empire: The Middle Colonies in the British Atlantic *“A sweeping, grand narrative, which exemplifies Atlantic history at its best. Haefeli chronicles the halting, often unintended, spread of spiritual diversity throughout the English-speaking colonies, and in the process delivers what is in many ways a new, overarching religious history of the early British empire.” * David Como, author of Radical Parliamentarians and the English Civil War *"Perhaps of most value, is that Haefeli’s broadening the narrative’s perspective without ignoring or dismissing local circumstances, has laid a new path through an often overwhelmingly complex historiography that scholars of this era should find useful." * Journal of Church and State *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Tudor-Stuart Foundations, 1497–ca. 1607 1. Colonization: Religion, Expansion, Guiana, and Slavery 2. Conformity: Religious Change, Obedience, and Virginia 3. Jurisdiction: Ireland, Scotland, and the Limits of Authority 4. Dissent: English Papists, Puritans, and OthersPart 2: Jacobean Balance, ca. 1607–1625 5. Balance: Virginia, Bermuda, Newfoundland, ca. 1607–1618 6. Polarization: Plymouth, Avalon, Nova Scotia, New England, 1618–1625Part 3: Caroline Transformation, 1625–1638 7. Favorites: Saint Christopher, Barbados, Maryland, 1624–1632 8. Puritans: New England, Providence Island, the Leewards, 1629–1638 9. Catholics: Montserrat, New Albion, Maryland, 1632–1638Part 4: Civil Wars, 1638–1649 10. Fragmentation: Rhode Island, Madras, Trinidad, 1638–1643 11. Toleration: New England, Bermuda, Madagascar, 1643–1646 12. Revolution: New England, the Bahamas, Barbados, the Leewards, 1647–1649Part 5: Commonwealth, 1649–1660 13. Republic: New England, the Caribbean, Acadia, 1649–1654 14. Empire: Surinam, Barbados, Jamaica, Dunkirk, 1654–1660 Conclusion Acknowledgments Abbreviations Note on Transcriptions, Dates, Sources, and Terminology Notes Index
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John Wiley & Sons Teaching Anticommunism
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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Columbia University Press Pentecostals in America Columbia Contemporary
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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Columbia University Press Religion and the American Presidency
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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Columbia University Press Religion and International Relations Theory
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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Columbia University Press Religion and International Relations Theory
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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Columbia University Press The Disclosure of Politics
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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Columbia University Press Mormonism and American Politics 18 Religion
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
£79.20
Columbia University Press The Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China
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
£46.75
Columbia University Press Religion Secularism and Constitutional Democracy
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
£31.50
Columbia University Press Race and Secularism in America
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
£83.60
Columbia University Press Race and Secularism in America
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
£25.20
Columbia University Press The Origins of Neoliberalism
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
£69.26
Columbia University Press The Origins of Neoliberalism
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
£20.90
Columbia University Press Jews and the American Religious Landscape
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
£46.75
Columbia University Press The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America
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
£79.20
Columbia University Press The Future of Mainline Protestantism in America
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
£25.20
Columbia University Press Religious Statecraft The Politics of Islam in
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
£80.39
Columbia University Press Power Piety and People
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
£105.30
Columbia University Press Power Piety and People
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
£28.50
Columbia University Press The Sexual Politics of Black Churches
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
£93.60
Columbia University Press The Sexual Politics of Black Churches
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
£27.00
Columbia University Press Stating the Sacred Religion China and the
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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Columbia University Press Stating the Sacred Religion China and the
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
£22.50
Columbia University Press Modern Sufis and the State
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
£93.60
Columbia University Press Modern Sufis and the State
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
£27.00
Columbia University Press Classless Politics Islamist Movements the Left
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
£105.30
Columbia University Press Classless Politics
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
£28.50
Columbia University Press Inventing the Church
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Columbia University Press Inventing the Church
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University of Illinois Press Collaborators for Emancipation Abraham Lincoln
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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University of Illinois Press The Pew and the Picket Line
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
£77.35
University of Illinois Press Thunder from the Right Ezra Taft Benson in
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
£77.35
University of Illinois Press The Pew and the Picket Line
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
£19.79
University of Illinois Press Collaborators for Emancipation Abraham Lincoln
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
£19.79
University of Illinois Press Thunder from the Right
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
£19.79
University of Illinois Press Owen Lovejoy and the Coalition for Equality
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
£20.89
Indiana University Press Demonizing the Jews Luther and the Protestant
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
£17.99
Indiana University Press Martin Bubers Theopolitics
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
£62.90
