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HIGHLIGHTS FROM DUST THEY CAME
448 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479823635
BEYOND DOUBT
Government Camps and the Religion of Reform in New Deal California Jonathan H. Ebel
The Secularization of Society Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman and Ryan T. Cragun
The federal government’s Depression-era effort to redeem Dust Bowl refugees in rural California through religion
Demonstrates definitively that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide
In North American Religions
240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814282
CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND THE BIRTH OF THE WAR ON DRUGS
THE WOMEN’S MOSQUE OF AMERICA
Authority and Community in US Islam Tazeen M. Ali
Andrew Monteith
Analyzes how American Muslim women assert themselves as religious actors in the US and beyond
Recovers the religious origins of the War on Drugs 304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479817924
288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479811304
CONCEIVING CHRISTIAN AMERICA
JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America Laura Yares
Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics Risa Cromer
How changes to Jewish education in the nineteenth century served as a site for the wholescale reimagining of Judaism itself
How embryo adoption advances the Christian Right’s political goals for creating a Christian nation 320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818594
In Anthropologies of American Medicine
264 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479822270
THE FAITHFUL SCIENTIST
256 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479823710
In Secular Studies
In North American Religions
MUSLIMS OF THE HEARTLAND
Experiences of AntiReligious Bias in Scientific Training Christopher P. Scheitle
How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest Edward E. Curtis IV
Reveals biases within scientific PhD training programs against emerging scientists who embrace a religious faith and the ramifications for science
Uncovers the surprising history of Muslim life in the early American Midwest
256 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479827220
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NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIONS MUSLIMS ON THE MARGINS
CHRISTIAN IMPERIAL FEMINISM
Creating Queer Religious Community in North America Katrina Daly Thompson
White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire Gale L. Kenny
Offers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communities
272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814350
288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479825530
RELIGION AND US EMPIRE
THE CHURCH OF THE DEAD
Critical New Histories Edited by Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson
The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas Jennifer Scheper Hughes
How American forms of religion and empire developed in tandem, shaping and reshaping each other over the course of American history 384 PP | PAPER | $38 9781479810390
264 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479825936
FEAR IN OUR HEARTS
The founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the nascent faith alive
OLD CANAAN IN A NEW WORLD
What Islamophobia Tells Us about America Caleb Iyer Elfenbein
Native Americans and the Lost Tribes of Israel Elizabeth Fenton
Argues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American values
Were indigenous Americans descendants of the lost tribes of Israel?
248 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479820528
256 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479820481
WHEN THE MEDIUM WAS THE MISSION
VERNACULAR RELIGION
Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano Edited by Deborah Dash Moore
The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture Jenna Supp-Montgomerie FINALIST, 2022 PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies 312 PP | PAPER | $35 ISBN
How white American Protestant women embraced a racially specific version of social inclusiveness
344 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818679
A comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studies
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RACE AND ETHNICITY THE BLACK COPTIC CHURCH
256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816460
NETWORKING THE BLACK CHURCH
Race and Imagination in a New Religion Leonard Cornell McKinnis II
Digital Black Christians and Hip Hop Erika D. Gault
Provides an illuminating look at the diverse world of Black religious life in North America
Provides a timely portrait of young Black Christians and how digital technology is transforming the Black Church
In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
312 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479805822
BLACK FUNDAMENTALISTS
THE DIVIDED MIND OF THE BLACK CHURCH
Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity in the Segregation Era Daniel R. Bare
Theology, Piety, and Public Witness Raphael G. Warnock
Reveals the history of Black Fundamentalists during the early part of the twentieth century 272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803279
A revealing look at the identity and mission of the Black church 276 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479806003
RASTAFARI
Black Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century Korie Little Edwards and Michelle Oyakawa
Illuminates how the Rastafari movement managed to evolve in the face of severe biases
200 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479812530
THE GROUND HAS SHIFTED
The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation Rima Vesely-Flad
Honorable Mention, Theology and Religious Studies PROSE Award
304 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479897186
Explores the complex role that Black religious leaders play—or don’t play—in twenty-first-century racial justice efforts
BLACK BUDDHISTS AND THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION
The Future of the Black Church in PostRacial America Walter Earl Fluker
In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity
SMART SUITS, TATTERED BOOTS
The Evolution of a People and Their Identity Charles Price
352 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479888122
In Religion and Social Transformation
344 PP | PAPER | $30 ISBN
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How Black Buddhist Teachers and Practitioners interpret Western Buddhism in spiritual and communal ways
GENDER THE STATE OF DESIRE
QUEER JUDAISM
LGBT Activism and the Remaking of Jewish Orthodoxy in Israel Orit Avishai
Religion and Reproductive Politics in the Promised Land Lea Taragin-Zeller
Offers a compelling look at how Orthodox Jewish LGBT persons in Israel became more accepted in their communities
An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel 200 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479817368
320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810031
JEWISH RADICAL FEMINISM
464 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479802548
THE FORBIDDEN BODY
Voices from the Women’s Liberation Movement Joyce Antler
Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination Douglas E. Cowan
Finalist, 2019 PROSE Award in Biography, given by the Association of American Publishers
From creature features to indie horror flicks, find out what happens when sex, horror, and the religious imagination come together
In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
328 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803118
POLITICS FAITH AND POWER
ONE FAITH NO LONGER
Latino Religious Politics Since 1945 Edited by Felipe Hinojosa, Maggie Elmore and Sergio M. González
The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk
Illuminates how religion shapes Latino politics and community building
352 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479804528
304 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479808687
THE MYTH OF COLORBLIND CHRISTIANS
OPEN HEARTS, CLOSED DOORS
Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism Nicholas T. Pruitt
Evangelicals and White Supremacy in the Civil Rights Era Jesse Curtis
A history of mainline Protestant responses to immigrants and refugees during the twentieth century
Reveals how Christian colorblindness expanded white evangelicalism and excluded Black evangelicals 304 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479809387
Irreconcilable differences drive the division between progressive and conservative Christians—is there a divorce coming?
296 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479803545
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SECULAR STUDIES THE NEW HERETICS
THE SECULAR PARADOX
Skepticism, Secularism, and Progressive Christianity Rebekka King
264 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479836147
Charts the development of progressive Christianity’s engagement with modern science, historical criticism, and liberal humanism
On the Religiosity of the Not Religious Joseph Blankholm A radically new way of understanding secularism which explains why being secular can seem so strangely religious 312 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479809509
CATHOLICISM IN THE SHADOW OF EBENEZER
THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CATHOLICISM
A Black Catholic Parish in the Age of Civil Rights and Vatican II Leah Mickens
Regional Culture and the Catholic Experience Michael J. Pfeifer
Uncovers how the Civil Rights Movement and Vatican II affected African American Catholics in Atlanta 216 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816507
Traces the development of Catholic cultures to larger patterns of Catholicism in the United States 248 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479889426
LIFEBLOOD OF THE PARISH
CHRISTIAN ANARCHIST
Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada
Ammon Hennacy, A Life on the Catholic Left William Marling A biography of a remarkable figure, whose politics prefigured today’s social justice, ecology, and gender equality movements
A New York City ethnography that explores men’s unique approaches to Catholic devotion 296 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479830497
In North American Religions
336 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479810079
CATHOLIC ACTIVISM TODAY
CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTIVISM
Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice Maureen K. Day
Progressive Movements in the United States Sharon Erickson Nepstad A history of Catholic social thought
Uncovers why Catholic organizations fail to foster civic activism
320 PP | CLOTH | $39
In Religion and Social Transformation
224 PP | PAPER | $30
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CHRISTIANITY WANAMAKER’S TEMPLE
GOD’S RESISTANCE
The Business of Religion in an Iconic Department Store Nicole C. Kirk
Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, Robert Chao Romero, and Nancy Wang Yuen
How a pioneering merchant blended religion and business to create a unique American shopping experience 288 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479827237
192 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479816422
ADOPTING FOR GOD
WHITE CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE
The Mission to Change America through Transnational Adoption Soojin Chung
The Illusion of Religious Equality in America Khyati Y. Joshi Exposes the invisible ways in which Christian privilege disadvantages religious minorities in America
Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentieth-century transnational adoption movement 232 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479808854
Explores the power of faith to drive resistance to antiimmigration policies in the United States
256 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479812004
EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY KABBALAH AND THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA
THE COURSE OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE
The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World Brian Ogren
Religion, Health, and the Body in Early America Philippa Koch Shows that a religious understanding of illness and health persisted well into post-Enlightenment early America
Explores the influence of Kabbalah in shaping America’s religious identity 328 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479807987
280 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479806683
JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR
DIVIDING THE FAITH
The Union Army Adam D. Mendelsohn
The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American North Richard J. Boles
Offers an engaging account of the experiences of Jewish soldiers in the Union Army during the Civil War
336 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479812233
In North American Religions
Uncovers the often overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant churches 344 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479803187
In Early American Places
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LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE THE ESSENCE OF REALITY
THE BOOK OF MONASTERIES
A Defense of Philosophical Sufism Ayn al-Qudat Edited and translated by Mohammed Rustom
al-Shabushti Edited and translated by Hilary Kilpatrick A literary tour of Christian monasteries of the medieval Middle East
A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism 350 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479816590
300 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479825769
KALĪLAH AND DIMNAH
THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATAÑJALI
Fables of Virtue and Vice Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ Translated by Michael Fishbein and James E. Montgomery Foreword by Marina Warner
300 PP | PAPER | $16 9781479825776
Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayal
Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī Translated by Mario Kozah Foreword by David Gordon White A brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophy 300 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479813216
THE DIVINE NAMES
THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUFI PATH
A Mystical Theology of the Names of God in the Qurʾan Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani Edited and translated by Yousef Casewit
A Defense of the Mystical Tradition Ibn Khaldūn Edited and translated by Carolyn Baugh
A Sufi scholar’s philosophical interpretation of the names of God
300 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479826124
Sufism through the eyes of a legal scholar 320 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479806331
THE DISCOURSES
LIGHT IN THE HEAVENS
Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī Translated by Justin Stearns Foreword by Ayesha Ramachandran
Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī Translated by Tahera Qutbuddin Foreword by Bishop Paul Hinder
Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life 280 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479810581
192 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479864485
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Humanitarian lessons and practical insights with a universal appeal
WOMEN IN RELIGIONS WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS
WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS
Oyèrónké Oládémọ
Rebecca Moore
Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people
Uncovers women’s participation and impact on defining historical moments and themes of Christian traditions
200 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479813995
224 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479821754
WOMEN IN NEW RELIGIONS
WOMEN IN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS
Laura Vance
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
An in-depth history of selected New Religions that highlights the roles of women in their founding and continual practice
224 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479816026
A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world 232 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479803422
WOMEN IN JAPANESE RELIGIONS
THEORY OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS
Barbara R. Ambros
Catherine Wessinger
A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditions
An introduction to the study of women in diverse religious cultures
240 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479884063
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232 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479809462
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JEWISH STUDIES FORGED IN AMERICA
MARTY GLICKMAN
The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend Jeffrey S. Gurock
How Irish-Jewish Encounters Shaped a Nation Edited by Hasia R. Diner and Miriam Nyhan Grey
The first comprehensive biography of the preeminent voice of New York sports
How Irish and Jewish Americans defined their place in a complex society. 288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479826070
In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
248 PP | CLOTH | $28 9781479820870
MY SECONDFAVORITE COUNTRY
BEYOND THE SYNAGOGUE
Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice Rachel B. Gross
How American Jewish Children Think About Israel Sivan Zakai
Reveals nostalgia as a new way of maintaining Jewish continuity
Reveals how young American Jewish children come to develop their views about Israel 264 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479808984
In North American Religions 272 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479820511
A REVOLUTION IN TYPE
JEWS ACROSS THE AMERICAS
Gender and the Making of the American Yiddish Press Ayelet Brinn
A Sourcebook, 1492–Present Edited by Adriana M. Brodsky and Laura Arnold Leibman
A fascinating glimpse into the complex and often unexpected ways that women and ideas about women shaped widely read Jewish newspapers 328 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479817665
An overview of the history of American Jewry using primary sources 552 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479819324
JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY
JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY
After Stalin, 1953–1967, Volume 5 Gennady Estraikh
War, Conquest, and Catastrophe, 1939–1945, Volume 3 Oleg Budnitskii, David Engel, Gennady Estraikh, and Anna Shternshis
Offers an analysis of Soviet Jewish society after the death of Joseph Stalin 432 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479819461
In Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History
440 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479819430
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Provides a comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during WWII
GREAT FOR COURSES STUDYING LIVED RELIGION
POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE
Contexts and Practices Nancy Tatom Ammerman
Religion in a World of Movement Simon Coleman
Offers an overarching definition and framework for the study of religion as it manifests itself in everyday life
272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479804344
A groundbreaking reframing of religious pilgrimage to include everyday locations
344 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479811946
RELIGION IS RACED
ALTERNATIVE SOCIOLOGIES OF RELIGION
Understanding American Religion in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Grace Yukich and Penny Edgell
Through Non-Western Eyes James V. Spickard
Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first century 344 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479808748
336 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479866311
CREOLE RELIGIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN, THIRD EDITION
CRITICAL RACE THEORY, FOURTH EDITION
An Introduction Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
An Introduction Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
392 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803484
An updated introduction to the religions developed in the Caribbean region
Uncovers what the sociology of religion would look like had it emerged in a Confucian, Muslim, or Native American culture rather than in a Christian one
A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory In Critical America 224 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479818259
PARTNERS HONOURING THE DECLARATION
LOSS OF INDIGENOUS EDEN AND THE FALL OF SPIRITUALITY
Church Commitments to Reconciliation and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Edited by Don Schweitzer and Paul L. Gareau
Blair A. Stonechild
Highlights the commonalities between Indigenous nations
A framework for indigenous and settler reparations 312 PP | PAPER | $35 9780889778320
Published by University of Regina Press
344 PP | PAPER | $28 9780889776999
Published by University of Regina Press
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