Leichtman, “Shi’i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa”
In August, the Indiana University Press will release “Shi’i Cosmopolitanisms in Africa: Lebanese Migration and Religious Conversion in Senegal,” by Mara A. Leichtman (Michigan State University). The...
View ArticleKimmel, “Parables of Coercion”
In October, the University of Chicago Press will release “Parables of Coercion: Conversion and Knowledge at the End of Islamic Spain,” by Seth Kimmel (Columbia University). The publisher’s description...
View ArticleConroy-Krutz, “Christian Imperialism”
In August, the Cornell University Press released “Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic,” by Emily Conroy-Krutz (Michigan State University). The publisher’s...
View Article“Crescent Over Another Horizon” (eds. del Mar Logroño Narbona et al)
This month, the University of Texas Press releases “Crescent Over Another Horizon: Islam in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Latino USA,” edited by Maria del Mar Logroño Narbona (Florida International...
View ArticleLenski, “Constantine and the Cities”
In February, the University of Pennsylvania Press will release “Constantine and the Cities: Imperial Authority and Civic Politics” by Noel Lenski. The publisher’s description follows: Over the course...
View ArticleJacoby, “Strange Gods”
In February, Pantheon published “Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion,” by Susan Jacoby. The publisher’s description follows: In this original and riveting exploration, Susan Jacoby argues...
View ArticleSchainker, “Confessions of the Shtetl”
In November, Stanford University Press will release Confessions of the Shtetl: Converts from Judaism in Imperial Russia, 1817-1906 by Ellie R. Schainker (Emory University). The publisher’s description...
View Article“After Conversion” (García-Arenal, ed.)
Last month, Brill Publishers released After Conversion: Iberia and the Emergence of Modernity edited by Mercedes García-Arenal (Spanish Council for Scientific Research). The publisher’s description...
View ArticleJacoby, “Strange Gods”
Conversion is perhaps the most controversial subject in international religious freedom. Although the idea that people should be able freely to convert from one religion to another is widely accepted...
View ArticleMullen, “The Chance of Salvation”
Observers since Tocqueville have noted the individualism that runs deep in the American character. This individualism extends to religion. Americans see religion as a personal decision, a voluntary...
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