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Brandeis University Press Dirshuni – Contemporary Women′s Midrash
Book SynopsisA unique compilation of contemporary women’s midrashim. Dirshuni: Contemporary Women’s Midrash, is the first-ever English edition of a historic collection of midrashim composed by Israeli women, which has been long-anticipated by multiple American audiences, including synagogues, rabbinical seminaries, adult learning programs, Jewish educators, and scholars of gender and religion. Using the classical forms developed by the ancient rabbis, the contributors express their religious and moral thought and experience through innovative interpretations of scripture. The women writers, from all denominations and beyond, of all political stripes and ethnic backgrounds, contribute their Torah to fill the missing half of the sacred Jewish bookshelf. This book reflects dramatic changes in the agency of women in the world of religious writings. The volume features a comprehensive introduction to Midrash for the uninitiated reader by the distinguished scholar Tamar Kadari and extensive annotation and commentary by Tamar Biala. Trade Review"Dirshuni is a step forward; it carves out a place for contemporary women to see themselves in the sacred texts. It focuses on the courage, the heartbreak, and the fight of biblical women — and it brings them to life. ... What would Judaism look like if women had been reading, studying, interpreting, and commenting on our sacred texts all this time? Dirshuni gives us a glimpse of that, and the view is spectacular." * Jewish Book Council *"Biala’s anthology together puts the writers in conversation across time. “Dirshuni” (Amos 5: 4) means “seek me” and this book fulfills its title’s promise." * Association of Jewish Libraries *"Jerusalem-based author and teacher Tamar Biala birthed a contemporary oeuvre of midrashim that could legitimately stand alongside those of the ancient rabbis in their canon of Midrash. With a capital M. Biala... collected contemporary midrashim written by a group of exceptional Israeli women. Curated in anthology form, unadorned, these luminous pieces addressed the needs and truths of the female half of the world....Not only is the world of Dirshuni now available to English-language readers, but there is a new twist: Biala has added framing and commentaries to each piece." * Jerusalem Post *"Dirshuni is the long-anticipated English edition of a collection of midrash composed by Israeli women. Scholars will relish the book’s nuances, it is the less experienced Torah student who will learn most from this wealth of new insights into the tradition." * Moment Magazine *“Dirshuni is powerful, playful, joyful and sometimes painful. Its words and insights will be making many ‘guest appearances’ in my sermons and teaching in the coming year. . . . Get a copy of Dirshuni. As we begin a new cycle of Torah for the year, it should be at your side—for your own learning and teaching. It will yield numerous insights. With a solemn caveat: Don’t lend it out. You might never see it again.” * Religion News Service *“. . . . Anyone interested in midrash or contemporary Israeli women’s thought should find this work intriguing and stimulating.” * The Reporter *“I hope that the writings in this collection will be part of our conversation, and that we will be better able to ‘listen to her voice.’” * The Jewish News of Northern California *“As the first anthology of Midrashim written by women in English, Dirshuni offers valuable insights into midrashic feminist interpretation. . . . Biala’s commentary. . . . sparks further questions and insights. Her remarks are a testament to the effort, thought, consideration, and time that not only went into writing the commentary, but also into the midrashim themselves.” * Reading Religion *“This text is a gift—a profound exploration of both ancient text and the modern world all through the lives of women and their experiences. . . . This volume should be required reading.” * CCAR Journal *“How thrilling to have this rich collection of women’s midrashim in our hands. The melding of scholarship, deep insight, and creativity in this brilliantly edited volume yields fresh new feminist perspectives on classical Jewish tradition. We are truly blessed to have this resource for understanding biblical texts and rabbinic commentaries.” -- Marcia Falk, author of Night of Beginnings: A Passover Haggadah“Opinions regarding the practical conclusions to be drawn from the innovative readings of sacred history offered here will no doubt differ widely, ranging from demand for inclusion in the canon to dismissal as heresy. Either way, the jolt that these feminist midrashim present to traditional sensibilities, highlighting and imaginatively amplifying upon the lacunae of distinctly male perspectives, will leave readers with much food for thought.” -- Tamar Ross, author of Expanding the Palace of Torah: Orthodoxy and Feminism“Those familiar with feminist midrash primarily in the U.S. context will be surprised and delighted with the richness, range, and erudition of this collection by Israeli women. The conversations with and reworkings of traditional texts are consistently thought-provoking, sometimes brilliant, and always carefully explained. This is an exciting addition to the body of feminist commentary available in English.” -- Judith Plaskow, author of Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective“Part classical midrash, short story, poetry and social commentary, these midrashim are a new genre, a treasure to cherish. These voices and texts are bound to leave each student moved and changed.” -- Rabbi Avi Killip, Hadar"A long-overdue expansion of the sacred Jewish library following centuries of patriarchal hegemony, exclusion and injustice. The texts’ profound insights result from the encounter between the authors' lived experience, their creativity, and Torah study. This volume belongs in every Jewish library, in our homes, our schools, and our synagogues." -- Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, NYC"In its 2 slim Hebrew volumes, Dirshuni changed the study of Rabbinic midrash for those fortunate enough to grasp the brilliance, expert knowledge and exquisite language that pays homage to while shattering traditional midrash. Now the English reader has the opportunity to study these masterpieces and to find their own voice in our tradition." -- Rabbanit Devorah Zlochower, Yeshivat MaharatTable of ContentsThe Enchanted World of Midrash and its Unexpected Return in Recent Generations – Tamar KadariThe Road to Women’s Midrash – Tamar Biala Translators’ NotesPart I: Creation of the WorldMiscarriage and Creation – Tamar BialaThis One Will Be Called Woman – Miri WestreichAnd Your Desire Will Be for Your Man – Rivkah LubitchAnd He Will Rule Over You – Dana PulverWhy Was it Given to Her – Tamar BittonThe Ever-Turning Sword – Tamar BialaPart II: Matriarchs and PatriarchsThe Tears of Salt – Ruti TimorSarah’s Trials – Naama EldarSarah and the Sacrifice of Isaac – Rivkah LubitchStirrings – Bilha Kritzer ArihaAnd Where Was Sarah? – Tamar BialaIn the Presence of His Wife – Hagit RappelAnd Dinah Went Out – Rivkah LubitchThe Daughter of Dinah – Ayala TzruyaLet Your House Be Open Wide – Hagit BartovPart III: ExodusThe Midwives Saw and Feared – Orna Pilz Bitya, The Daughter of God – Gili ZivanThe Giving of the Ten Commandments – Tamar BialaPart IV: Israel in the DesertDaughters of Tzelophchad – Rivkah LubitchDeath by a Kiss: Miriam's Passing – Tamar Biala Part V: Prophets and WritingsTanot, Jephthah’s Daughter – Rivkah LubitchI Will Build You Up Again – Yael LevinA Woman of Valor – Adi BlutPart VI: Sexuality, Love, and MarriageMore Bitter than Death – Rivkah LubitchAfter Twenty-Four Years – Rivkah LubitchFor Love is as Fierce as Death – Tamar BialaThe Ways of Marriage – Avital HochsteinOne Who Did Not Find a Wife – Yael UntermanAnd Eve Knew – Efrat Garber-AranPart VII: Fertility and ParenthoodSeven Clean Days – Etti RommHe Supports the Fallen – Nehama Weingarten-MintzThe Blessing for Breastfeeding – Efrat Garber-Aran All the Mitzvot for the Son and the Daughter – Naama ShakedDaughters of The Place – Hila UnnaPart VIII: Rape and Incest And Now be Silent – Tirza Barmatz-SteinThe Father’s Scream: Concealing and Revealing – Oshrat ShohamThe Mother’s Scream: Uncovering and Expulsion – Oshrat ShohamThe Woman’s Scream: Cover-Up and Tikkun – Oshrat ShohamPart IX: Inequality in Jewish Law and in the Rabbinic CourtThe Assembly of God – Rivka LubitchRachel, A Mother of Mamzerim – Rivka LubitchMoses Visits Beruriah’s Beit Midrash – Rivka LubitchThe Refused Woman – Rivkah LubitchJamila the Objector – Rivka LubitchVows – Rivkah LubitchPart XI: Post-Holocaust TheologyA Raven and a Dove – Tamar BialaThe Shepherd in the Lilies – Dini Deutsch FrankelPart XII: HolidaysSukkot Prayer for Rain (Tefillat HaGeshem) – Ruth Gan KaganPesach The Four Daughters – Einat RamonShavu’otThe Love of Ruth and Naomi – Yael Oryan and Ziva OfekRuth, Who Interpreted – Yael UntermanContributorsAcknowledgmentsIndex
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Pushkin Press Mazel Tov: The Story of My Extraordinary
Book SynopsisWhen 20-year-old student J. S. Margot took a tutoring job in 1987, little did she know it would open up an entire world. In the family's Orthodox Jewish household she would encounter endless rules - 'never come on a Friday, never shake hands with a man' - and quirks she had not seen before: tiny tubes on the doorposts, separate fridges for meat and dairy products. Her initial response was puzzlement and occasionally anger, but as she taught the children and fiercely debated with the family, she also began to learn from them. Full of funny misunderstandings and unexpected connections, Mazel Tov is a heartwarming, provocative and disarmingly honest memoir of clashing cultures and unusual friendships - and of how, where adults build walls, sometimes only children can dissolve them.Trade Review"A gentle chronicle of empathy and understanding." - Guardian "Margot's is an exceptional voice, illuminating a section of society rarely seen in a refreshingly frank manner. Mazel Tov is a book about finding familiarity in the strange, but also the stranger in ourselves, in which courage and humour save us from the usual romanticising. Any reader interested in the central questions of our time will find enlightenment here." - Deborah Feldman, author of the New York Times bestseller Unorthodox "A brave and important contribution to our understanding of memory." - Daniel Okrent, author of The Guarded Gate"So much more than a good read... What makes Mazel Tov especially attractive is that the author effortlessly succeeds in depicting real-life characters." - Cutting Edge"A book that touched me deeply. Wow!" - Queen Mathilde of Belgium"A must-read for everyone." - De Standaard "A compelling and confronting story... beautifully written." - De Sleutel"the unvarnished account of how two clashing cultures led to lasting friendship… Mazel Tov is a fascinating story about what is possible when pretenses are dropped and true bonds are allowed to form.” - Foreward Reviews
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Masnavi of Rumi, Book One: A New English
Book SynopsisJalaloddin Rumi’s Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, or ‘Spiritual Couplets’, composed in the 13th Century, is a monumental work of poetry in the Sufi tradition of Islamic mysticism. For centuries before his love poetry became a literary phenomenon in the West, Rumi’s Masnavi had been revered in the Islamic world as its greatest mystical text. Drawing upon a vast array of characters, stories and fables, and deeply versed in spiritual teaching, it takes us on a profound and playful journey of discovery along the path of divine love, toward its ultimate goal of union with the source of all Truth. In Book 1 of the Masnavi, the first of six volumes, Rumi opens the spiritual path towards higher spiritual understanding. Alan Williams's authoritative new translation is rendered in highly readable blank verse and includes the original Persian text for reference, and with explanatory notes along the way. True to the spirit of Rumi’s poem, this new translation establishes the Masnavi as one of the world’s great literary achievements for a global readership. Translated with an introduction, notes and analysis by Alan Williams and including the Persian text edited by Mohammad Este'lami.Trade Review‘This new verse translation of the Masnavi, the mystical masterpiece of the greatest and best-loved of Persian poets, Jalaloddin Rumi, is a literary event of the first importance. Alan Williams has made it his principal life’s work to present the profound spirituality of this towering poet of peerless spiritual and psychological insight – a poet for the ages and for all people – in a form that is accessible to readers of today.’ * Carole Hillenbrand, Emeritus Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK *In mid-thirteenth century, as the Mongol hordes were destroying the fabled city of Baghdad, in the small city of Konya to the northwest Rumi was erecting a world of mystical vision in words whose amazing architectonics and blinding beauty would prove hard to imagine and harder to grasp with any sense of immediacy. In Alan Williams' English translation of the Spiritual Couplets, we finally stand a chance not only to access that vision in all its inner glory and eternal grandeur, but ultimately to gain an immediate sense of its graceful relevance not just to our time but to all of humanity through the millennia. * Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, author of Recasting Persian Poetry *Alan Williams brings us an English version of that epic spiritual masterpiece which is both reliable and fluently readable. The Introduction provides an indispensable key to the Masnavi’s sudden, bewildering shifts between multiple dramatic voices and perspectives, the distinctive feature which makes this poem, for every reader, “the mirror of our innermost state.” * Professor James W. Morris, Boston College, USA *While maintaining the Persian flavour of Rumi’s epic and lyric virtuosities, this superior translation by Alan Williams brings Rumi fully to life in English. Professor Williams combines his erudition and sophistication as a scholar with his poetic flair, to do justice to Rumi’s sublime poetry for a modern readership. * Ali-Asghar Seyed-Ghorab, Associate Professor of Persian, Leiden University, The Netherlands *The Masnavi’s new English translation is the publishing event of the year. At the hands of Alan Williams, Rumi’s “cumulative polyphony” resembles a Shakespeare play where the poet speaks ‘in one character after another . . .’ This monumental poem’s opening couplet, among the most captivating ever written, fills my heart with sadness every time I read it: “Listen to this reed as it is grieving, / it tells the story of our separations”. Who could stop listening to this music after hearing these first notes? * Kaya Genc, author of The Lion and the Nightingale *Table of ContentsPreface Chronology Introduction Further Reading Note on the Translation English translation of the Masnavi Book 1 Notes to Rumi’s Preface Notes to the Masnavi Book 1 Appendix: Analytical Index of the Stories and Discourses of Masnavi Book One Index Persian Text of the Masnavi Book 1, Edited by Mohammad Este?lami
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Indiana University Press Muslims in Western Politics
Book SynopsisFocusing on relations between Muslims and their host countries, this book examines questions of political representation, identity politics, civil liberties, immigration, and security issues.Trade ReviewThis study, a compilation of papers submitted to a September 2005 Indiana University conference, explores the political impact that the growing Muslim minorities in Western Europe and North America have on their host societies. In addition to editor Abdulkader Sinno's introduction and conclusion, the volume contains 12 chapters organized under four broad themes: background studies of different Western countries' Muslim minorities; their representation and integration in the hosts' political system; Western public opinion toward Muslim immigrants; and the post-9/11 era's implications for majority-minority relations. While Sinno cites the Canadian approach with approval, he portrays an often fraught relationship between Western states and their Muslim citizens, and offers a broad range of suggestions for both communities to move towards a genuinely tolerant and integrated society. (HK) -- Hobie Kropp * MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration1. An Institutional Approach to the Politics of Western Muslim Minorities, by Abdulkader H. SinnoPart 1. Western Muslims and Established State-Religion Relations2. Claiming Space in America's Pluralism: Muslims Enter the Political Maelstrom, by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and Robert Stephen Ricks3. The Practice of Their Faith: Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany, by J. Christopher Soper and Joel S. Fetzer4. Religion, Muslims, and the State in Britain and France: From Westphalia to 9/11, by Jorgen S. NielsenPart 2. Western Muslims and Political Institutions5. Muslim Underrepresentation in American Politics, by Abdulkader H. Sinno6. Muslims Representing Muslims in Europe: Parties and Associations after 9/11, by Jytte Klausen7. Muslims in UK Institutions: Effective Representation or Tokenism? by Abdulkader H. Sinno and Eren TatariPart 3. Institutional Underpinnings of Perceptions of Western Muslims8. How Europe and Its Muslim Populations See Each Other, by Jodie T. Allen and Richard Wike9. Public Opinion toward Muslim Americans: Civil Liberties and the Role of Religiosity, Ideology, and Media Use, by Erik C. Nisbet, Ronald Ostman, and James Shanahan10. The Racialization of Muslim Americans, by Amaney JamalPart 4. Western Muslims, Civil Rights, and Legal Institutions11. Canadian National Security Policy and Canadian Muslim Communities, by Kent Roach12. Counterterrorism and the Civil Rights of Muslim Minorities in the European Union, by Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen13. The Preventive Paradigm and the Rule of Law: How Not to Fight Terrorism, by David Cole14. Recommendations for Western Policy Makers and Muslim Organizations, by Abdulkader H. SinnoList of ContributorsIndex
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John Wiley & Sons Women and Gender in Jewish Philosophy
Book SynopsisHava Tirosh-Samuelson is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University. She is author of Between Worlds: The Life and Thought of Rabbi David ben Judah Messer Leon and Happiness in Premodern Judaism: Virtue, Knowledge, and Well-Being and editor of Judaism and Ecology: Created World and Revealed Word.
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Little, Brown Book Group Secret History Of AlQaida
Book Synopsis* A unique and indispensable insight into the story of al-Qa'ida from a UK-based Arab Muslim journalist and expert on the organisation
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University of California Press The Call from Algeria Third Worldism Revolution
Book SynopsisUsing contemporary Algerian politics as a case study of the intellectual movement labeled 'Third Worldism', this title elucidates the broader transformations affecting countries of the Third World that once embraced ideologies of state-centered radical change.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART 1: GESTATION Introduction Chapter 1 When South Met North: On the Origins of Third Worldism Chapter 2 On the Origins of Algerian Third Worldism Conclusion PART 2: APOGEE Introduction Chapter 3 The Making of a World Chapter 4 Algeria in the Age of Third Worldism Conclusion PART 3: DEMISE Introduction Chapter 5 A Farewell to Utopia Chapter 6 Turning to Islam AFTERTHOUGHTS NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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Cambridge University Press The African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Cambridge University Press Islam and the Moral Economy
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Cambridge University Press An Empire of Facts
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Cambridge University Press The Moral Demands of Memory
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Aark House Publishing Family Matters
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New York University Press Guadalupe in New York Devotion and the Struggle
Book SynopsisEvery December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City's St Patrick's Cathedral in honour of Our Lady of Guadalupe's feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop's blessing - and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform. This book examines this juxtaposition of religion and politics.Trade ReviewProfessor Galvez presents the social and anthropological theoretical framework for all these developments clearly and succinctly, making this book a valuable addition to academic studies on Latinos in the United States and an excellent college text. But all readers will find the individual immigrant stories and the organizational travails thoroughly engaging and the journeys of faith inspiring. * American Catholic Studies *Galvez' book is a fascinating and valuable study of the intersection between contemporary religious practice and national identity among New York City's Mexican immigrant community. -- Paul Kahan * Religious Studies Review *Gálvezs rich ethnographic study of Mexican immigrants in New York City highlights their devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe not only as a religious practice but as a means to create community and public life in the United States. Given the ongoing and increasing presence of Mexicans immigrants in the Northeast, Guadalupe in New York is an important study that social scientists, educators, religious workers, and public servants should read to understand the persistent and complex role that Guadalupe devotion plays in the lives of Mexicans in the United States. -- Joseph M. Palacios,Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Georgetown UniversityPortrays the dilemmas of being a recent Mexican immigrant in New York City today. This book analyzes how the cult of the Virgin of Guadalupe provides a means for immigrants to articulate their aspirations for belonging and, ultimately, citizenship in the United States. Written with vivid grace, this book is a pleasure to read and should be required reading for all concerned with these issues. -- Renato Rosaldo,Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Emeritus, Stanford UniversityGalvezs findings offer much to consider for students of religious, ethnic, and transnational identities. * Choice *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 On Citizenship, Membership, and the Right to Have Rights 3 Los Comites Guadalupanos and Asociacion Tepeyac: Their Formation and Context 4 Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Image and Its Circulation 5 El Viacrucis del Inmigrante and Other Public Processions 6 La Antorcha Guadalupana/The Guadalupan Torch Run: Messengers for a People Divided by the Border 7 Conclusion: Citizenship for Immigrants Appendix: A Note on Methodology and the Use of Pseudonyms Notes References Index About the Author
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Syracuse University Press Abrahams Heirs Jews and Christians in Medieval
Book SynopsisThe author of this book recounts the history of the Ashkenazic Jewish experience in medieval western Europe from the 5th to 15th centuries, focusing on interaction between Jews and Christians during this formative period.Trade ReviewGlick's examination of the social experience of Jews living among Christians in medieval Europe is fascinating. . . . The Crusades, the Jews' relegation from merchants to moneylenders, and Jewish settlement in and subsequent expulsion from England allow Glick to realize his hypothesis. Glick makes this history come alive. An excellent choice for academic, seminary, and public libraries.
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Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd In the Shadow of the Cross JewishChristian
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Museum of New Mexico Press Jewish Pioneers of New Mexico
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Micah Publications Solomons Wisdom Other Stories
Book SynopsisTen stories which deal with religious or revelatory experiences as they orginiate out of an historical or psychological background.
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Mage Publishers Inside Iran
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IBEX Publishers,U.S. From Durham to Tehran
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IBEX Publishers,U.S. Literary History of Persia Volume 1
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IBEX Publishers,U.S. Literary History of Persia
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IBEX Publishers,U.S. In Winesellers Street Renderings of Hafez
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McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US And the Winds Blew Cold Stalinist Russia As
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Paul Dry Books, Inc For Solo Violin A Jewish Childhood in Fascist
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Cambridge University Press Science in Medieval Jewish Cultures
Book SynopsisScience in Medieval Jewish Cultures provides the first comprehensive overview by world-renowned experts of what we know today of medieval Jews' engagement with the sciences. This volume's essays will provide readers with background knowledge of medieval scientific thought necessary to properly understand canonical Jewish scientific texts.Table of ContentsIntroduction Gad Freudenthal; Part I. The Greek-Arabic Scientific Tradition, Its Appropriation, Adaptation, and Development in Medieval Jewish Cultures, East and West: 1. The assimilation of Greek-Arabic learning by medieval Jewish cultures: a brief bibliographic introduction Gad Freudenthal; 2. Medieval Hebrew translations of philosophical and scientific texts: a chronological table Mauro Zonta; 3. Arabic and Latin cultures as resources for the Hebrew translation movement: comparative considerations, both quantitative and qualitative Gad Freudenthal; 4. The medieval Hebrew scientific book: production, circulation Malachi Beit-Arié; Part II. Individual Sciences as Studied and Practised by Medieval Jews: 5. Logic: its roles in the curriculum and as the organon of science Charles H. Manekin; 6. Astronomy among medieval Jews Bernard R. Goldstein; 7. Interactions between Jewish and Christian astronomers in the Iberian peninsula José Chabás; 8. Hebrew mathematics and Jewish culture in the Middle Ages Tony Lévy; 9. Mathematical and physical optics in medieval Jewish scientific thought Eyah Meiron; 10. The evolution of the genre of philosophical-scientific commentary: Hebrew supercommentaries on Aristotle's Physics Ruth Glasner; 11. Latin scholastic influences on late-medieval Hebrew physics: the state of the art Mauro Zonta; 12. Meteorology and zoology in medieval Hebrew science Resianne Fontaine; 13. The mental faculties and the psychology of sleep and dreams Hagar Kahana-Smilansky; 14. Toward a history of astrological literature in Hebrew: a bibliographical survey Reimund Leicht; 15. Astrology among medieval Jews Shlomo Sela; 16. Astral magic in medieval Hebrew thought Dov Schwartz; 17. Medicine among medieval Jews; the science, the art, and the practice Carmen Caballero-Navas; 18. Medieval alchemy in Hebrew: a noted absence Gad Freudenthal; 19. The science of language in medieval Jewish thought Judith Olszowy-Schlanger; Part III. Scientific Knowledge in Context: 20. Science in the Karaite communities Daniel Lasker; 21. Science in the Jewish communities of the Byzantine cultural orbit: new perspectives Y. Tzvi Langermann; 22. Science in medieval commentaries on the Bible James T. Robinson; 23. Scientific elements in Kabbalah Hava Tirosh-Samuelson; 24. History, language and the sciences in medieval Spain Eleazar Gutwirth.
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Cambridge University Press Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa
Book SynopsisExamining the process of abolition on the island of Pemba off the East African coast in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this book demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island. By examining the social vulnerability of ex-slaves and the former slave-owning elite caused by the abolition order of 1897, this study argues that moments of resistance on Pemba reflected an effort to mitigate vulnerability rather than resist the hegemonic power of elites or the colonial state. As the meaning of the Swahili word heshima shifted from honour to respectability, individuals'' reputations came under scrutiny and the Islamic kadhi and colonial courts became an integral location for interrogating reputations in the community. This study illustrates the ways in which former slaves used piety, reputation, gossip, education, kinship and witchcraft to negotiate the gap between emancipation and local notions of belongiTrade Review'This detailed, absorbing and thought-provoking study is the most explicit attempt so far to address the aftermath of slavery in East Africa, a topic that has shown up in many previous studies but rarely been the main focus.' Felicitas Becker, H-Soz-KultTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mzuri Kwao and slavery in eastern Africa; 3. Reputation and disputing in the courts; 4. Reputation, heshima, and community; 5. Mitigating vulnerability and kinship; 6. Magic, witchcraft, power, and vulnerability; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press What Ifs of Jewish History From Abraham to Zionism
Book SynopsisWhat if the Exodus had never happened? What if the Jews of Spain had not been expelled in 1492? What if Eastern European Jews had never been confined to the Russian Pale of Settlement? What if Adolf Hitler had been assassinated in 1939? What if a Jewish state had been established in Uganda instead of Palestine? Gavriel D. Rosenfeld's pioneering anthology examines how these and other counterfactual questions would have affected the course of Jewish history. Featuring essays by sixteen distinguished scholars in the field of Jewish Studies, What Ifs of Jewish History is the first volume to systematically apply counterfactual reasoning to the Jewish past. Written in a variety of narrative styles, ranging from the analytical to the literary, the essays cover three thousand years of dramatic events and invite readers to indulge their imaginations and explore how the course of Jewish history might have been different.Trade Review'The enduring value of counterfactual approaches emerges clearly from Gavriel Rosenfeld's ably constructed collection of perceptive and exciting essays. The volume is a major contribution to the method as well as to Jewish history.' Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, and author of Other Pasts, Different Presents, Alternative Futures'Gavriel Rosenfeld has produced a marvellously imaginative book. While it is not 'history' in the conventional sense, it is certain to be appreciated, even treasured, by scholars and all of those deeply concerned with the fate of European Jewry.' Michael Berkowitz, University College London'Counterfactual thinking is implicit in Jewish culture, from the grumbling of the liberated slaves about the watermelons they would have enjoyed in Egypt to the 'Dayenu' song in the Passover Seder. Entertaining and educational, What Ifs of Jewish History makes explicit the main junctures in Jewish history by imagining what would have been otherwise, including a Jewish state in Africa and a Christian state in Israel, a world without Jews and history without the Holocaust.' Aviezer Tucker, author of Our Knowledge of the Past: A Philosophy of Historiography'So why not a counterfactual? They are essential to making causal claims, normative judgments, and identity construction. The contributors to this fascinating volume conduct a series of sophisticated and eminently plausible counterfactual experiments towards these ends. Readers will learn much about Jewish history, European and Middle Eastern history.' Ned Lebow, King's College London'What Ifs of Jewish History as a whole earns my recommendation. Its writing is not as dense as other counterfactual tomes I have come across and its fictional entries mean that [it] is accessible to a casual historian. Go check it out and learn a thing or two about Jewish history by visiting some different Earths.' Matt Mitrovich, Amazing Stories'Editor Gavriel Rosenfeld … makes a convincing case in his introduction that Jewish historians have, for various reasons, been largely reluctant to jump aboard the counterfactual train. This book, he contends, is the first serious counterfactual examination of Jewish history. The flavorful and abundant food for thought to be found here suggests that it's probably about time.' Chris Leppek, Intermountain Jewish News'Given the controversial nature of counterfactuals, then, it is quite an achievement that Gavriel D. Rosenfeld has gathered fifteen scholars to contribute to What Ifs of Jewish History: From Abraham to Zionism … Some scholars will always want to know what happened, and some will always speculate. In What Ifs of Jewish History, the questions are more important than the answers. Recommended.' Elka Weber, Segula: The Jewish Journey Through HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: counterfactual history and the Jewish imagination Gavriel D. Rosenfeld; 1. What if the Exodus had never happened? Steven Weitzman; 2. What if the temple of Jerusalem had not been destroyed by the Romans? René Bloch; 3. What if King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella had not expelled the Jews of Spain in 1492? Jonathan Ray; 4. What if the 'ghetto' had never been constructed? Bernard Cooperman; 5. What if Spinoza had repented? Eugene Sheppard; 6. What if Russian Jewry had never been confined to the pale of Jewish settlement? Jeffrey Veidlinger; 7. What if a Christian state had been established in Modern Palestine? Derek Penslar; 8. What if the Jewish state had been established in East Africa? Adam Rovner; 9. What if Franz Kafka had immigrated to Palestine? Iris Bruce; 10. What if the Palestinian Arab elite had chosen compromise instead of boycott in confronting Zionism? Kenneth W. Stein; 11. What if Musa Alami and David Ben-Gurion had agreed on a Jewish-Arab state? David Myers; 12. What if the Weimar Republic had survived? Michael Brenner; 13. What if Adolf Hitler had been assassinated in 1939? Gavriel D. Rosenfeld; 14. What if the Nazis had won the battle of El Alamein? Jeffrey Herf; 15. What if the final solution had been completed? Dirk Rupnow; 16. What if the Holocaust had been averted? Jeffrey Gurock; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Religious Offence and Human Rights The Implications of Defamation of Religions 106 Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law Series Number 106
Book SynopsisShould international law be concerned with offence to religions and their followers? Even before the 2005 publication of the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Muslim States have endeavoured to establish some reputational protection for religions on the international level by pushing for recognition of the novel concept of 'defamation of religions'. This study recounts these efforts as well as the opposition they aroused, particularly by proponents of free speech. It also addresses the more fundamental issue of how religion and international law may relate to each other. Historically, enforcing divine commands has been the primary task of legal systems, and it still is in numerous municipal jurisdictions. By analysing religious restrictions of blasphemy and sacrilege as well as international and national norms on free speech and freedom of religion, Lorenz Langer argues that, on the international level at least, religion does not provide a suitable rationale for legal norms.Trade Review'Langer provides one of the most compelling accounts of the background to, and story of, the 'defamation of religions' debate across the UN throughout the 2000s … This book needs to be read.' Malcolm Evans, Ecclesiastical Law JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: 1. The Danish cartoons revisited; 2. Legal responses to religious insult; 3. The current legal framework; 4. Invention of new alternatives? The concept of defamation of religions before and after the cartoons; 5. Defining defamation; Part II: 6. First principles: norms and norm-rationales; 7. Norm-rationales for the regulation of speech; 8. The religious rationale; 9. Religion, its defamation, and international law.
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Cambridge University Press Jewish Radical UltraOrthodoxy Confronts Modernity Zionism and Womens Equality
Book SynopsisIn Jewish Radical Ultra-Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity, Zionism and Women''s Equality, Motti Inbari undertakes a study of the culture and leadership of Jewish radical ultra-Orthodoxy in Hungary, Jerusalem and New York. He reviews the history, ideology and gender relations of prominent ultra-Orthodox leaders Amram Blau (18941974), founder of the anti-Zionist Jerusalemite Neturei Karta, and Yoel Teitelbaum (18871979), head of the Satmar Hasidic movement in New York. Focussing on the rabbis'' biographies, the author analyzes their enclave building methods, their attitude to women and modesty, and their eschatological perspectives. The research is based on newly discovered archival materials, covering many unique and remarkable findings. The author concludes with a discussion of contemporary trends in Jewish religious radicalization. Inbari highlights the resilience of the current generations'' sense of community cohesion and their capacity to adapt and overcome challenges such as rehabilitTrade Review'… Inbari's book stands as a major contribution to the literature on ultra-Orthodoxy and Jewish fundamentalism, an excellent introduction to and overview of a fascinating corner of the Jewish world.' Hadas Fischer, H-Net 'Inbari's book gives us a comprehensive and fascinating account of the ideological origins of some of the most significant radical ultra-Orthodox anti-Zionist movements, shedding new light on their fraught battle with modernity. Particularly illuminating is his use of new documents from Rabbi Amram Blau's personal archive.' Lihi Ben Shitrit, Politics and Religion'There is nothing in this book that is not extremely interesting.' Reuven Firestone, Journal of Religion and Violence'This is an important introductory work that serves to revive the sociological interest in Haredi society both in Israel and abroad. It joins Motti Inbari's other important studies, devoted to Rabbi Uzi Meshulam and his followers, the Temple Mount groups, and ultra-Orthodox radicals. Collectively, these works show Inbari to be an important scholar of the radical fringes of religious Jewish society and the ideologies supporting them.' Nissim Leon, Israel Studies Review'His new book … will interest all students of modern Jewish religious history …' Marc Shapiro, AJS Review'The book's strength is in the breadth of its vision, encompassing several significant developments in Haredi Judaism over the past century. … the book is a useful study of an important phenomenon and could be readily adopted by course instructors wishing to include accessible material on an important contemporary phenomenon in Judaism.' Ira Robinson, Nova ReligioTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The de Haan assassination and the background to the formation of Neturei Karta; 2. Rabbi Amram Blau, founder of the Neturei Karta movement; 3. The modesty campaigns of Rabbi Amram Blau and the Neturei Karta movement, 1938–74; 4. Messianic activism in the work and thought of Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapira (the Munkacser Rebbe) in the interwar period; 5. The life and work of Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, founder of the Satmar Hasidic court in New York; 6. Eschatology, dualism, and the decline of the generations - the world view of radical ultra-orthodoxy; 7. Jewish zealotry - past and present; Epilogue. Contemporary trends in radical ultra-orthodoxy.
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Cambridge University Press Max Webers Economic Ethic of the World Religions
Book SynopsisThis book brings together for the first time in English internationally-recognized specialists who seek to identify what is ''living'' and what is ''dead'' in the great German social scientist Max Weber''s analyses of China, India and Ancient Israel found in his massive, unfinished Economic Ethic of the World Religions. In so doing, the volume offers a powerful new perspective on the current debate concerning the timing of and deeper roots of the ''Great Divergence'' - and more recent convergence - in the economic and political development of the West on the one hand, and the great civilizations of Asia on the other. At the same time, this volume also rebalances our understanding of Weber''s entire intellectual output by returning The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism to its proper place within Economic Ethic of the World Religions and establishing that work as the equal of the similarly unfinished Economy and Society.Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Max Weber's Economic Ethic of the World Religions: a neglected social science classic? Thomas Ertman; Part II. Weber's Economic Ethic of the World Religions in the Context of his Overall Intellectual Project: 2. Max Weber's Sociology of Religion: a project in comparison and developmental history Wolfgang Schluchter; 3. Introductory remarks on Max Weber's Economic Ethic of the World Religions Hartmann Tyrell; Part III. Reassessing Weber on China: 4. Weber's religion of China Timothy Brook; 5. The Chinese state, social order and economic change R. Bin Wong; 6. Max Weber and patterns of Chinese history Dingxin Zhao; Part IV. Reassessing Max Weber on India: 7. Max Weber and Indian religions David Lorenzen; 8. Politics, state and empire in Weber's The Religions of India Philip Stern; 9. India in comparison: Max Weber's analytical agenda Martin Fuchs; Part V. Reassessing Max Weber on Ancient Israel: 10. Max Weber's sociological approach and ancient Israel: an archaeological critique William Dever; 11. Weber's Ancient Judaism: how well has it worn? Ziony Zevit; 12. Max Weber's sociology of Ancient Judaism as part of his project on the economic ethics of the world religions Eckart Otto; Part VI. Conclusion: 13. Living and dead in Max Weber's Economic Ethic of the World Religions Thomas Ertman; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Law of Strangers
Book SynopsisFrom the Nuremberg Trials onwards, Jews figure prominently in international legal history. Yet ties between Jewish identity and legal thought rarely receive critical analysis. Here, fourteen historians and legal scholars employ interdisciplinary methods and new sources to reconsider the lives and ideas of seven famous international Jewish lawyers.Trade Review'We thought this an intriguing book giving us a concise statement in the following areas: the presentation of engaging biographical case studies that expand knowledge of key historical figures while contributing to larger questions about Jews and law; engaging legal specialists, historians, and other scholars interested in the questions of religion, ethnicity, politics, and international law; and illuminating the state of the field, and the emerging new directions in legal history, international law, and society studies.' Elizabeth Robson and Phillip Taylor, The Barrister'… this book has to be welcomed by historians as well as by jurists and scholars of international law, representing for all of them a priceless source of inspiration for further research in such an important field.' G. Motta, European History QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction: the law of strangers James Loeffler and Moria Paz; Part I. Hersch Zvi Lauterpacht: 2. The 'natural right of the Jewish people': Zionism, international law, and the paradox of Hersch Lauterpacht James Loeffler; 3. A closet positivist: Lauterpacht between law and diplomacy Martti Koskeniemmi; Part II. Hans Kelsen: 4. Assimilation through law: Hans Kelsen and the Jewish experience Eliav Lieblich; 5. Philosophy beyond historicism: reflections on Hans Kelsen and the Jewish experience Leora Batnitzky; Part III. Louis Henkin: 6. Louis Henkin, human rights, and American-Jewish constitutional patriotism Samuel Moyn; 7. Louis Henkin and the genealogy of Jewish/American liberalism William Forbath; Part IV. Egon Schwelb: 8. Egon Schwelb and the human rights legal activism within borders Mira Siegelberg; 9. 'Emotional restraint' as legalist internationalism: Egon Schwelb's liberalism after the fall Umut Özsu; Part V. René Cassin: 10. A most inglorious right: René Cassin, freedom of movement, Jews and Palestinians Moria Paz; 11. There's no place like home: domicile, René Cassin, and the Aporias of modern international law Nathaniel Berman; Part VI. Shabtai Rosenne: 12. Shabtai Rosenne: the transformation of Sefton Rowson Rotem Giladi; 13. Shabtai Rosenne: a personal aspect Philippe Sands; Part VII. Julius Stone: 14. Enablement and constraint: Julius Stone and the contradictions of the sociological path to international law Jacqueline Mowbray; 15. An axionormative dissenter: reflections on Julius Stone David N. Myers; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Muslim Womens Quest for Justice
Book SynopsisThis book is an urban ethnographic study of several Muslim women''s organisations in northern India. These organisations work to carve out spaces that allow for the articulation of alternative experiences and conceptions of religion and justice that challenge Islamic orthodoxy as well as the monopoly of the Indian state in the domain of family law. While most analyses on reform efforts within Muslim family law in India have focused on women''s protection within the state legal system, this book offers the rare opportunity to understand how organised groups of Muslim women''s rights activists contest marginalising forces present in the family and criminal courts, Shariat courts, local mosques, workplace, legislature and legal documents. It pushes against troubling assumptions that Islam is incompatible with ideas of women''s rights and that the State is the only dispenser of justice, and offers new directions for studies on the dispersed nature of women''s identities in Islamic family law.Trade Review'Muslim Women's Quest for Justice is a highly significant, timely, and rigorous intervention that challenges modernist accounts of law and liberal categories of women's rights and justice through a nuanced and sophisticated ethnographic analysis of gender justice. The study not only challenges the dichotomy between state and non-state law, but also how Islam is invariably set up as an obstacle to the pursuit of gender justice in liberal accounts. Hong Tschalaer uncovers the layered and polycentric legal landscape that structure Muslim women's activist's pursuit of socio-legal reform outside of state legal systems and in the process fragments and pluralises the categories of Islam and gender justice. This book marks a vital contribution to critical feminist and anthropological literature that examines the complex and contradictory terrain of justice, law and rights in a ideologically and political fragmented world.' Ratna Kapur, Queen Mary University of London'Mengia Hong Tschalaer's book presents a very rich and unique ethnographic account of Muslim women's activist organizations in urban north India that provide informal dispute resolution options for women experiencing domestic violence, dowry harassment, spousal neglect or desertion and other marital problems. One strength lies in its many extended case studies of litigants who were interviewed personally and/or observed while seeking justice, not only in such venues but also in a local qazi's court and in the official Family and Magistrates Courts. But equally impressive is the way in which the author places her empirical research findings within a theoretical context, showing their relevance to current debates in India over whether non-state quasi-judicial institutions are beneficial or harmful for Muslim women or should even be permitted to continue to operate. Her work will be required reading for anyone concerned with issues of gender and the law, not only with respect to Indian Muslim women but for those living in other countries characterized by pluralistic legal systems.' Sylvia Vatuk, University of Illinois, Chicago'A timely, sophisticated, and refreshing intervention in debates about the uniform civil code in India. This richly detailed ethnography of legal spaces in Lucknow provides a multidimensional account of Muslim women's activism, captures the constraining and transformative aspects of litigants' quest for justice, and powerfully illuminates the significance of legal pluralism as a resource for gender equality in Muslim family law.' Gopika Solanki, Carleton University, Canada'Carefully historicized and brimming with nuanced analysis, this book shows the discursive and political strategies through which overlapping and at times competing women's organizations navigate a contested and complicated public sphere, as they seek to curate a gender emancipatory understanding of Islam. The major strength of this book is the way it presents a vivid picture of the quest for gender justice on the ground, leavened by such critical processes as the composition of gender-just nikah-namas. This important book will engage the interests of a range of scholars and courses on Islam, gender, South Asia, and Islamic law and society.' SherAli Tareen, New Books Network (www.newbooksnetwork.com)Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. From legal binaries to configurations: Muslim women's rights activism in South Asia; 2. A multidimensional approach to Muslim women's activism: mapping the legal landscape in the city of Lucknow; 3. Destabilising gendered proprieties: Muslim women's visibility within the public space; 4. Vying for a gender just Islamic marriage contract: women's legal spaces; 5. Legal realities: doing gender justice from below; 6. Muslim women's quest for justice: theoretical implications and policy suggestions; Appendices: model-nikahnamas; Glossary; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The Jewish Family
Book SynopsisThe Jewish Family: Between Family Law and Contract Law examines Jewish family law in the light of new attitudes concerning the role of women, assisted reproduction technologies, and prenuptial agreements. It will appeal to practitioners, activists, academic researchers and laymen readers interested in the fields of law, theology and social science.Table of Contents1. Regulating marital relations between spouses by consent; 2. 'Freedom of contract' in Jewish family law - the differences between the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmuds; 3. Is there really no conditional marriage?; 4. Temporary marriage - a possible solution to the problem of the Agunah?; 5. Towards establishing Halakhic parenthood by agreement?; Index; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Faith and Social Movements Religious Reform in Contemporary India
Book SynopsisHow do we understand the multitude of faith movements in our post-secular world? Faith and Social Movements explores this question by analyzing the theology and practice as well as the transformation of two discrepant religious movements in contemporary India. The research opens up a conversation between the sociology of religion and social movements. Using a comparative lens, two different movements - a Hindu and an Islamic reform movement - have been studied in ethnographic detail. The book is divided into two parts. The first part dwells on Svadhyaya, a Hindu reform movement, and the second part on the Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic reform movement. Focusing on the internal dynamics of these movements and the 'unintended consequences' of piety, the author argues that it is only by raising new questions vis-Ã-vis religion, secularity and civil society that their entanglement could be uncovered. This book aims to raise some of these questions.Table of ContentsList of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: dissent, religion and civil society; Part I. Svadhyaya Ethics and the Spirit of Voluntarism: 1. Theologies of self-reform: what transforms the cross?; 2. Praxis of an emergent congregation: metaphysics of reform and rebirth; 3. The structure of Lokasamgraha: volunteers, networks and training; 4. Succession, routinization of charisma and judicial religion; Part II. The Tablighi Jamaat's Call for Self-reform: 5. Pedagogy of Tablighi reform: the mission and the messenger; 6. 'Unintended consequences' of piety and discourses of Islamic reform; Conclusion: religion, movements and secularity; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Securitizing Islam Identity and the Search for Security
Book SynopsisSecuritizing Islam examines the impact of 9/11 on the lives and perceptions of individuals, focusing on the ways in which identities in Britain have been affected in relation to Islam. 'Securitization' describes the processes by which a particular group or issue comes to be seen as a threat, and thus subject to the perceptions and actions which go with national security. Croft applies this idea to the way in which the attitudes of individuals to their security and to Islam and Muslims have been transformed, affecting the everyday lives of both Muslims and non-Muslims. He argues that Muslims have come to be seen as the 'Other', outside the contemporary conception of Britishness. Reworking securitisation theory and drawing in the sociology of ontological security studies, Securitizing Islam produces a theoretically innovative framework for understanding a contemporary phenomenon that affects the everyday lives of millions.Trade Review'… combines theory with an empirically rich discussion of both historical and contemporary British identity … Securitizing Islam is a stimulating and important book that should be read and debated not only within the field of securitization theory, but by anyone interested in the relationship between security, national identity and Islam.' Frank Foley, European Political ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Ontological security and Britishness; 2. A post-Copenhagen securitisation theory; 3. 'Two World Wars and one World Cup': constructing contemporary Britishness; 4. 'New Britishness' and the 'new terrorism'; 5. The construction of ontological insecurity; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Coming of the Holocaust
Book SynopsisThe Coming of the Holocaust aims to help readers understand the circumstances that made the Holocaust possible. Peter Kenez demonstrates that the occurrence of the Holocaust was not predetermined as a result of modern history but instead was the result of contingencies. He shows that three preconditions had to exist for the genocide to take place: modern anti-Semitism, meaning Jews had to become economically and culturally successful in the post-French Revolution world to arouse fear rather than contempt; an extremist group possessing a deeply held, irrational, and profoundly inhumane worldview had to take control of the machinery of a powerful modern state; and the context of a major war with mass killings. The book also discusses the correlations between social and historical differences in individual countries regarding the success of the Germans in their effort to exterminate Jews.Trade Review'The distinguished UC Santa Cruz historian Peter Kenez has taken on the daunting and complex task of explaining the origins of the 'Final Solution'. He does so with deep erudition, perfect moral balance, patient reasoning, and crystal-clear prose. The Coming of the Holocaust will surely become the standard introduction to this painful and important subject.' Norman M. Naimark, Stanford University'An extraordinarily insightful and prolific author, Peter Kenez has again produced an important oeuvre, which combines the modern history of Jewish emancipation, antisemitic reaction, and the tragic story of the Holocaust. Although written by a survivor, the style is judicious, scholarly, and, at the same time, highly readable. Kenez clearly proves that the Holocaust was the consequence of the nineteenth-century emancipation of European Jews and of their incredible successes in nearly every aspect of human endeavor. Fear, resentment, and greed motivated the Russian pogromists as well as the Nazis and the East European extreme nationalists. Fortunately, there were also many helpers of the Jews and so, at last, the antisemites triumphed only partially.' István Deák, Columbia University'This remarkably concise volume covers much territory with lucid prose. Its overall tone is straightforward and calm, a composure that is especially impressive given the passionate differences of opinion about the Holocaust. Among the book's more prominent traits is its focus on the unintended consequences and terrible ironies of decisions made - by all in involved - in these appalling years: victims, victimizers, bystanders, and those who don't really fit into any neat category.' Albert Lindemann, University of California, Santa Barbara'This work by a veteran historian is a helpful addition to the field of Holocaust studies.' The Russian ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism: 1. French Jews; 2. Jews of the Russian empire and of the Soviet Union; 3. Hungarian Jews; Part II. The National Socialists Take Control of the German State Machinery: 4. National socialism and Jews; 5. Propaganda; 6. What to do with the Jews?; Part III. War: 7. Ghettos in Poland, 1939–41; 8. The Holocaust in the Soviet Union; 9. The Romanian Holocaust; 10. Germany, 1942; 11. The Holocaust in Western Europe; 12. The last island: Hungary; 13. Extermination camps; 14. Afterthoughts.
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Cambridge University Press Networks and Religion
Book SynopsisSocial scientists who study religion generally believe that social networks play a central role in religious life. However, most studies draw on measures that are relatively poor proxies for capturing the effects of social networks. This book illustrates how researchers can draw on formal social network analysis methods to explore the interplay of networks and religion. The book''s introductory chapters provide overviews of the social scientific study of religion and social network analysis. The remaining chapters explore a variety of topics current in the social scientific study of religion, as well as introducing a variety of social network theories and methods, such as balance theory, ego-network analysis, exponential random graph models, and stochastic actor-oriented models. By embedding social network analysis within a social scientific study of religion framework, Networks and Religion offers an array of approaches for studying the role that social networks play in religious beliTrade Review'Although most social scientists who study religion agree that social networks play a central role in religious life, few studies draw on measures that adequately capture the effects of social networks. This book illustrates how researchers can draw on formal [Social Network Analysis] methods to explore the interplay of networks and religion.' American Sociological Association Section on Religion NewsletterTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. The surprising (at least to some) persistence of religion; 2. Social network analysis: a brief introduction; Part II. Ties that Bind: 3. Recruitment and conversion; 4. Commitment and conformity; Part III. Ties that Loose: 5. Diffusion and innovation; 6. Politics and community; Part IV. Ties that Build-Up: 7. Networks and tradition; 8. Health and happiness; Part V. Ties that Tear Down: 9. Conflict and cohesion; 10. Radicalization and violence; Part VI. Conclusion: 11. Conclusion; Appendices; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Putting Faith in Hate
Book SynopsisTo allow or restrict hate speech is a hotly debated issue in many societies. While the right to freedom of speech is fundamental to liberal democracies, most countries have accepted that hate speech causes significant harm and ought to be regulated. Richard Moon examines the application of hate speech laws when religion is either the source or target of such speech. Moon describes the various legal restrictions on hate speech, religious insult, and blasphemy in Canada, Europe and elsewhere, and uses cases from different jurisdictions to illustrate the particular challenges raised by religious hate speech. The issues addressed are highly topical: speech that attacks religious communities, specifically anti-Muslim rhetoric, and hateful speech that is based on religious doctrine or scripture, such as anti-gay speech. The book draws on a rich understanding of freedom of expression, the harms of hate speech, and the role of religion in public life.Trade Review'There may be no greater challenge to freedom theory today than the triangulation of hate, speech, and religion. Professor Moon is Canada's foremost authority on religious and expressive freedom, and his newest book, Putting Faith in Hate, is at the forefront of timely and critical scholarship on the intersection of these values.' Jamie Cameron, Osgoode Hall Law School, Ontario'Moon is an outstanding scholar. His work displays a powerful analytic mind, thorough analysis, a dominant command of the literature, and a wise pragmatic approach to the subjects he discusses. Moon's book will be of considerable interest to scholars across a range of disciplines. It certainly will be a must read for anyone who wants to understand the issues involved in hate speech regulation. And it provides an illuminating survey of the case law that would be accessible and of interest to journalists and other lay readers.' Steve Shiffrin, Charles Frank Reavis, Sr Professor of Law Emeritus at Cornell Law School'An insightful and accessible examination of the role of religion in the application of hate speech laws, by a leading scholar in the field.' Nadine Strossen, New York Law SchoolTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Freedom of expression and the regulation of hate speech; 3. When religious groups are the target of hate speech: Islamophobia and the Muslim tide; 4. The ridicule and insult of the sacred; 5. When religion is the source of hate speech; 6. Conclusion: free speech, religious speech, hate speech.
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Cambridge University Press The Joy of Religion
Book SynopsisAll religions describe spiritual experience as pleasant, and the goal of the religious pursuit as profoundly joyful. But many religions also condemn sensory pleasures and the desire for objects of pleasure. In this book, Ariel Glucklich resolves this apparent contradiction by showing how religious practices that instill self-control and discipline transform one type of pleasure into the pleasures of mastery and play. Using historical data and psychological analysis, he details how the rituals, mystical practices, moral teachings, and sacred texts of the world''s religions act as psychological instruments that induce well-being. Glucklich also shows that in promoting joy and pleasure, religion also strengthens social bonds and enhances an individual''s pursuit of meaning.Table of ContentsIntroduction: religion, pleasure and evolution; 1. The variety and mystery of religious pleasure; 2. The nature and cultivation of complex pleasure; 3. The discovery of mastery pleasure; 4. Philo's mastery, Plotinus' play and the mystic's joy; 5. Pleasure, play and magical thinking; 6. Church-sect theory and pleasure; 7. Narratives and rituals of pleasure; 8. A scholar's Shabbat in central Virginia; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Joy of Religion
Book SynopsisAll religions describe spiritual experience as pleasant, and the goal of the religious pursuit as profoundly joyful. But many religions also condemn sensory pleasures and the desire for objects of pleasure. In this book, Ariel Glucklich resolves this apparent contradiction by showing how religious practices that instill self-control and discipline transform one type of pleasure into the pleasures of mastery and play. Using historical data and psychological analysis, he details how the rituals, mystical practices, moral teachings, and sacred texts of the world''s religions act as psychological instruments that induce well-being. Glucklich also shows that in promoting joy and pleasure, religion also strengthens social bonds and enhances an individual''s pursuit of meaning.Table of ContentsIntroduction: religion, pleasure and evolution; 1. The variety and mystery of religious pleasure; 2. The nature and cultivation of complex pleasure; 3. The discovery of mastery pleasure; 4. Philo's mastery, Plotinus' play and the mystic's joy; 5. Pleasure, play and magical thinking; 6. Church-sect theory and pleasure; 7. Narratives and rituals of pleasure; 8. A scholar's Shabbat in central Virginia; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Practicing Islam in Egypt
Book SynopsisFollowing the ideological disappointment of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, an Islamic revival arose in Egypt. Yet, far from a mechanical reaction to the decline of secular nationalism, this religious shift was the product of impassioned competition among Muslim Brothers, Salafis and state institutions and their varied efforts to mobilize Egyptians to their respective projects. By pulling together the linked stories of these diverse claimants to religious authority and tracing the social and intellectual history of everyday practices of piety, Aaron Rock-Singer shows how Islamic activists and institutions across the political spectrum reshaped daily practices in an effort to persuade followers to adopt novel models of religiosity. In so doing, he reveals how Egypt''s Islamic revival emerged, who it involved, and why it continues to shape Egypt today.Trade Review'Aaron Rock-Singer tells the story of the Islamic revival in Egypt during and after the 1970s in a way that is sufficiently subtle and new that it will lead even specialists to understand Egypt differently. The state appears, for instance, not in the guise of an authoritarian regime or repressive security services but as a set of religious actors and arenas that are very much entwined with the revival. A wide variety of other actors are not merely presented but their ideas and interactions probed in fresh and fruitful ways.' Nathan Brown, George Washington University, Washington DC'Practicing Islam in Egypt offers a riveting account of how state religious institutions, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Salafi movements competed for influence over everyday practice and public space in Egypt from the 1970s to the present. Rock-Singer's close reading of widely distributed texts and periodicals in the immediate pre-Internet era offers a rock-solid analysis that challenges conventional assumptions about the currents and counter-currents of local religious mobilization and state control, and their continuing influence on daily life and public space.' Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire'Upending scholarly claims of Islam's discursive continuity against secular modernity, Rock-Singer keenly details postcolonial Egyptian Islamic movements' profound contemporaneity - their affinities with the postcolonial state and non-Muslim revivals, their immersion in mass media, and much more. In reframing Islam and politics, Practicing Islam in Egypt illuminates the late modern 'return of religion' more broadly.' Emilio Ibrahim Spadola, Tufts University, MassachusettsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; A note on transliteration and spelling; Introduction; 1. Mind before matter: visions of religious change in post-colonial Egypt; 2. Currents of religious change: ideological transmission and local mobilization; 3. Could the state serve Islam? The rise and fall of Islamist educational reform; 4. Prayer and the Islamic revival: a timely challenge; 5. Beyond fitna: the emergence of Islamic norms of comportment; 6. The ambiguous legacy of the Islamic revival: how women emerged as a barometer of public morality; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism
Book SynopsisA History of Anti-Semitismexamines the history, culture and literature of antisemitism from antiquity to the present. With contributions from an international team of scholars, whose essays were specially commissioned for this volume, it covers the long history of antisemitism starting with ancient Greece and Egypt, through the anti-Judaism of early Christianity, and the medieval era in both the Christian and Muslim worlds whenJews were defined as ''outsiders,'' especially in Christian Europe. This portrayal often led to violence, notably pogroms that often accompanied Crusades, as well as to libels against Jews. The volume also explores the roles of Luther and the Reformation, the Enlightenment, the debate over Jewish emancipation, Marxism, and the social disruptions after World War 1 that led to the rise of Nazism and genocide. Finally, it considers current issues, including the dissemination of hate on social media and the internet and questions of definition and method.Trade Review'an important resource - though frequently an unsettling read.' Alexander Faludy, Church TimesTable of ContentsPart I. The Classical Period: 1. Antisemitism in the pagan world Erich Gruen; 2. New Testament origins of Christian anti-Judaism Adele Reinhartz; 3. Anti-Judaism in early Christian writings Pierluigi Piovanelli; 4. Church fathers and antisemitism from the second century through Augustine (end of 450 CE) Joshua Garroway; 5. Christians, Jews, and Judaism in the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, c. 150–400 CE Andrew Jacobs; 6. Christianizing the Roman Empire: Jews and the law from Constantine to Justinian, 300–600 CE Andrew Jacobs; 7. Antisemitism in Byzantium, fourth-seventh centuries Steven Bowman; Part II. Medieval Times: 8. The medieval Islamic world and the Jews Reuven Firestone; 9. Medieval Western Christendom Robert Chazan; 10. Christian theology and papal policy in the Middle Ages Jeremy Cohen;11. Crusades, blood libels, and popular violence Emily Rose; 12. Jews and money: medieval origins of a modern stereotype Julie Mell; 13. Jews and anti-Judaism in Christian religious literature Miri Rubin; 14. Antisemitism in medieval art Debra Higgs Strickland; Part III. The Modern Era: 15. Martin Luther and the Reformation Debra Kaplan; 16. The enlightenment and its negative consequences Alan Arkush; 17. Modern antisemitism in Western Europe: romantic nationalism, racism, and racial fantasies Shulamit Volkov; 18. Antisemitism in late Imperial Russia and Eastern Europe up to 1920 Laura Engelstein; 19. Marxism, socialism, and antisemitism Jack Jacobs; 20. Antisemitism in modern literature and theatre: 20A. French literature Maurice Samuels; 20B. German literature Michael Mack; 20C. English literature Bryan Cheyette; 21. Antisemitism in America, 1654–2020 Jonathan Sarna; 22. Antisemitism in the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich Steven T. Katz; 23. New Islamic antisemitism: mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first century Esther Webman; 24. Anti-Zionism as antisemitism Dina Porat; 25. New issues Deborah Lipstadt; 26. Antisemitism in social media and on the Web Mark Weitzman; 27. Theories on the causes of antisemitism Bruno Chaouat.
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Cambridge University Press International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War
Book SynopsisIn 1914, seven million Jews across Eastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean were caught in the crossfire of warring empires in a disaster of stupendous, unprecedented proportions. In response, American Jews developed a new model of humanitarian relief for their suffering brethren abroad, wandering into American foreign policy as they navigated a wartime political landscape. The effort continued into peacetime, touching every interwar Jewish community in these troubled regions through long-term refugee, child welfare, public health, and poverty alleviation projects. Against the backdrop of war, revolution, and reconstruction, this is the story of American Jews who went abroad in solidarity to rescue and rebuild Jewish lives in Jewish homelands. As they constructed a new form of humanitarianism and re-drew the map of modern philanthropy, they rebuilt the Jewish Diaspora itself in the image of the modern social welfare state.Trade Review'The Great War was a pivotal moment in the evolution of humanitarian activism. Granick's landmark study breaks new ground by recognizing the central place of Jews and Jewish causes at this critical juncture: it represents essential reading not just for Jewish historians, but for historians of US foreign policy, humanitarian activism and global civil society.' Abigail Green, author of Moses Montefiore: Jewish Liberator, Imperial Hero'Jaclyn Granick's book is a pathbreaking study. Within the growing research on the history of the aid sector's formative period after the First World War it fills an important gap. It will serve as an invaluable reference with regard to the distinct role of American Jewish organizations.' Daniel Maul, author of The International Labour Organization: 100 Years of Global Social Policy'This is a pioneering monograph on global Jewish social policy from the First World War through the 1920s. Granick deftly illustrates the synergy between American-Jewish funders and administrative experts in Europe, their Herculean efforts to assist Jews in war-torn regions, and the challenges they faced as trans-national actors in a world increasingly defined by nation-states.' Derek Penslar, author of Shylock's Children: Economics and Jewish Identity in Modern Europe'Overall, Granick tells an important story that contextualizes the relative positions of European, Palestinian, and American Jewish communities between the world wars … Recommended.' A. Lieberman Colgan, Choice Magazine'Jaclyn Granick illustrates how the destruction wreaked by World War I was transformative, not only in the annals of Jewish history, but also in the history of humanitarian activism. Mining archives in places as disparate as New York, Washington, Geneva, Cincinnati, and Jerusalem and sifting through documents in numerous languages, Granick shows how the war and its devastation created 'a long-lasting systemic change across the Jewish world.' This change was wrought by a group of actors, who Granick painstakingly brings to life with her nuanced understanding of archival documents as well as their silences.' The Jewish Book Council'The history and the memory of the Great War, named after its enormous, unsurpassed scale, is often overshadowed by the horrors of the Holocaust. Granick addresses this frequently under-appreciated and overlooked historical event with compelling arguments concerning the (dis)continuity of humanitarian practices … Her innovative study is a powerful account of intricacies and ramifications of the war that mobilized communities all around the world.' Joanna Zofia Spyra, Jewish History'Jaclyn Granick's meticulous and compelling monograph is an important contribution to contemporary Jewish history and to the international history of World War I and the postwar era … This critical, wide-ranging analysis enables us to think anew about Jewish international humanitarianism during a pivotal decade and to revise our understanding of its reach and effectiveness.' Carole Fink, American Jewish History'Granick, in writing of the American ascendancy during and after World War I and, with it, that of American Jews, shows how, among epic political transformations on the world stage, the conflict created both a new type of refugee-one with no home to return to-and a new type of international private relief organization that had to work in concert with governmental agencies … The stories Bemporad, Granick, and Veidlinger tell in their very different books remind us how much our world is an heir to the violent legacy of World War I. Yet they also show, as the war in Ukraine underscores, that perhaps we do not have to be trapped in this past.' Magda Teter, New York Review of Books'The book is ambitious and covers a lot of ground, both in terms of territory and the types of programs it considers. By considering the broad range of American Jewish humanitarian work, however, Granick is able to offer readers a deeper understanding of the profound impact of World War I and its often-underappreciated role in reshaping the structures of the Jewish world.' Jessica Cooperman, Journal of Jewish Identities'Spending time with Granick's Jewish humanitarians has been a thrilling adventure … this beautiful book, a meticulous, essential, and gorgeous cartography of Jewish humanitarianism at the time of the Great War.' Ilse Josepha Lazaroms, Journal of the Fondazione'Jaclyn Granick's impressively researched study … sheds much light on the politics of relief in this era.' Eugene M. Avrutin, The Journal of Modern History'Granick's study is … geographically wide-ranging, consistently addresses gender issues, and focuses on unique topics such as food relief, health and medical concerns, children, and credit as a form of reconstruc-tion.' Shannon L. Fogg, European Journal of Jewish StudiesTable of ContentsPreface; Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. War Sufferers: Moving Money in War; 2. The Hungry: Establishing In-Kind Relief in the Field; 3. Refugee: Solutions without Resolution; 4. The Sick: Jewish Fitness through Jewish Health; 5. Child: Welfare for a Contested Jewish Future; 6. The Impoverished: Credit as Reconstruction; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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