Religion 2022-23

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HIGHLIGHTS THE WOMEN’S MOSQUE OF AMERICA

BLACK BUDDHISTS AND THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION

Authroity & Community in Islam Tazeen M. Ali

The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation Rima Vesely-Flad

Analyzes how American Muslim women approach the Qur’an as a tool for social justice and community building 288 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479811304

344 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810499

THE FORBIDDEN BODY

MUSLIMS OF THE HEARTLAND

From creature features to indie horror flicks, find out what happens when sex, horror, and the religious imagination come together

“Draws on rich archival sources to create a vivid portrait of Syrian communities... A fresh portrayal of American history and identity.” ~Kirkus Reviews

Sex, Horror, and the Religious Imagination Douglas E. Cowan

328 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803118

How Syrian Immigrants Made a Home in the American Midwest Edward E. Curtis IV

256 | CLOTH | $30 9781479812561

RELIGION, RACE, AND COVID-19

JEWISH SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR

Confronting White Supremacy in the Pandemic Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas

312 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810222

How the dynamics emerging from the pandemic affect our most vulnerable populations and shape a new religious landscape In Religion and Social Transformation

The Union Army Adam D. Mendelsohn

336 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479812233

BEYOND DOUBT

Religion in a World of Movement Simon Coleman A groundbreaking reframing of religious pilgrimage to include everyday locations

Demonstrates definitively that the secularization thesis is correct, and religion is losing its grip on societies worldwide In Secular Studies

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“Compelling and complex.

The author examines the overall Jewish experience, including why they enlisted and how they sought community during the war.” ~Library Journal

POWERS OF PILGRIMAGE

The Secularization of Society Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, and Ryan T. Cragun

240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814282

Explores how Black teachers and practitioners interpret Western Buddhism in spiritual and communal ways

312 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479811946

NORTH AMERICAN RELIGIONS SERIES RELIGION AND US EMPIRE

VERNACULAR RELIGION

Shows how American forms of religion and empire developed in tandem, shaping and reshaping each other over the course of American history

A comprehensive collection of the pioneering work of Leonard Norman Primiano, one of the preeminent scholars in religious studies

Critical New Histories Edited by Tisa Wenger and Sylvester A. Johnson

384 PP | PAPER | $38 9781479810390

Collected Essays of Leonard Norman Primiano Edited by Deborah Dash Moore

344 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479818679

THE COURSE OF GOD’S PROVIDENCE

WHEN THE MEDIUM WAS THE MISSION

Shows that a religious understanding of illness and health persisted well into post-Enlightenment early America

FINALIST, 2022 PROSE Award in Theology & Religious Studies

Religion, Health, and the Body in Early America Philippa Koch

280 PP | CLOTH | $38 9781479806683

The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture Jenna Supp-Montgomerie

312 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479801497

LIFEBLOOD OF THE PARISH

FEAR IN OUR HEARTS

Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada

What Islamophobia Tells Us about America Caleb Iyer Elfenbein Argues that anti-Muslim activity reveals how fear is corroding core American values

A New York City ethnography that explores men’s unique approaches to Catholic devotion 296 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479830497

248 PP | PAPER $19.95 9781479820528

OLD CANAAN IN A NEW WORLD

BEYOND THE SYNAGOGUE

Were indigenous Americans descendants of the lost tribes of Israel?

Finalist for the 2021 National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies

Native Americans and the Lost Tribes of Israel Elizabeth Fenton

256 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479820481

An innovative exploration of religion’s influence on communication networks

Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice Rachel B. Gross

272 PP | PAPER | $24 9781479820511

Honorable Mention, 2021 Saul Viener Book Prize, given by the American Jewish Historical Society

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AFRICANA RELIGION IN THE SHADOW OF EBENEZER

RASTAFARI

The Evolution of a People and Their Identity Charles Price

A Black Catholic Parish in the Age of Civil Rights and Vatican II Leah Mickens

Illuminates how the Rastafari movement managed to evolve in the face of severe biases

Uncovers how the Civil Rights Movement and Vatican II affected African American Catholics in Atlanta 216 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816507

352 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479888122

THE BLACK COPTIC CHURCH

SMART SUITS, TATTERED BOOTS

Provides an illuminating look at the diverse world of Black religious life in North America, focusing particularly outside of mainstream Christian churches.

In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

Explores the complex role that Black religious leaders play—or don’t play—in twenty-first-century racial justice efforts

Race and Imagination in a New Religion Leonard Cornell McKinnis II

256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479816460

Black Ministers Mobilizing the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century Korie Little Edwards and Michelle Oyakawa

200 PP | PAPER | $27 9781479812530

BLACK FUNDAMENTALISTS

NETWORKING THE BLACK CHURCH

Reveals the role of Black Fundamentalists during the early part of the twentieth century

Provides a timely portrait of young Black Christians and how digital technology is transforming the Black Church

Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity in the Segregation Era Daniel R. Bare

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479803279

Digital Black Christians and Hip Hop Erika D. Gault

312 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479805822

LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SWING

THE DIVIDED MIND OF THE BLACK CHURCH

Black Musicians and Religious Culture in the Jazz Century Vaughn A. Booker

344 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479890804

Explores the role of jazz celebrities like Ella Fitzgerald, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams as representatives of African American religion in the twentieth century

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In Religion and Social Transformation

Theology, Piety, and Public Witness Raphael G. Warnock “An autobiographical work on the pietistic and prophetic traditions of the black church.” ~Black Theology 276 PP | PAPER | $19.95 9781479806003

In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

WOMEN IN RELIGIOUS SERIES THEORY OF WOMEN IN RELIGIONS

WOMEN IN YORUBA RELIGIONS

An introduction to the study of women in diverse religious cultures

Uncovers the influence of Yoruba culture on women’s religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people

Catherine Wessinger

232 PP | PAPER | $22 9781479809462

Oyèrónké Oládém

200 PP | PAPER | $22 9781479813995

WOMEN IN NEW RELIGIONS

WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS

Laura Vance

Rebecca Moore

An in-depth history of selected New Religions that highlights the roles of women in their founding and continual practice

224 PP | PAPER | $18 9781479816026

Uncovers women’s participation and impact on defining historical moments and themes of Christian traditions

224 PP | PAPER | $22 978147982175

WOMEN IN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS

WOMEN IN JAPANESE RELIGIONS

Subtitle Author

Barbara R. Ambros A comprehensive history of women in Japanese religious traditions

A new history of Buddhism that highlights the insights and experiences of women from diverse communities and traditions around the world 232 PP | PAPER | $22 9781479803422

240 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479884063

ABOUT THE SERIES This carefully curated series offers volumes on women in selected religious traditions. Each book provides a short, single-authored, very accessible introduction to women and their roles, representations, and challenges within each religious tradition discussed. nyupress.org

CHRISTIANITY THE MYTH OF COLORBLIND CHRISTIANS

ONE FAITH NO LONGER

Reveals how Christian colorblindness expanded white evangelicalism and excluded Black evangelicals

Irreconcilable differences drive the division between progressive and conservative Christians—is there a divorce coming?

The Transformation of Christianity in Red and Blue America George Yancey and Ashlee Quosigk

Evangelicals and White Supremacy in the Civil Rights Era Jesse Curtis

304 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479809387

304 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479808687

THE SEX OBSESSION

CREATING THE CREATION MUSEUM

Perversity and Possibility in American Politics Janet R. Jakobsen

How Fundamentalist Beliefs Come to Life Kathleen C. Oberlin

Offers a way to undo the inextricable American knot of sex, politics, religion, and power In Sexual Cultures 304 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479856916

280 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479805709

OPEN HEARTS, CLOSED DOORS

CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND THE BIRTH OF THE WAR ON DRUGS

Immigration Reform and the Waning of Mainline Protestantism Nicholas T. Pruitt

Andrew Monteith

A history of mainline Protestant responses to immigrants and refugees during the twentieth century 296 PP | CLOTH | $45 9781479803545

Investigates how the Christian fundamentalist movement brings Creationism into the mainstream through a Kentucky museum

Recovers the religious origins of the War on Drugs 320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479817924

EVIL DEEDS IN HIGH PLACES

THE CHURCH OF THE DEAD

Christian America’s Moral Struggle with Watergate David E. Settje

The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas Jennifer Scheper Hughes

Highlights Watergate as a critical turning point in Christian engagement in US politics

288 PP | CLOTH | $49 9781479803149

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264 PP | PAPER | $23 9781479825936

Tells the story of the founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the faith alive In North American Religions

ISLAM SOUNDTRACK TO A MOVEMENT

MUSLIMS ON THE MARGINS

FINALIST for the 2022 PROSE Award in Music & the Performing Arts Explores how jazz helped propel the rise of African American Islam

Offers vivid stories of nonconformist Muslim communities

African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism Richard Brent Turner

256 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479806768

Creating Queer Religious Community in North America Katrina Daly Thompson

In North American Religions 272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479814350

MUSLIM AMERICAN CITY

BROKEN

The Failed Promise of Muslim Inclusion Evelyn Alsultany

Gender and Religion in Metro Detroit Alisa Perkins

How diversity initiatives end up marginalizing Arab Americans and US Muslims

Explores how Muslim Americans test the boundaries of American pluralism

264 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479892013

320PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479823963

SECULAR STUDIES THE SECULAR PARADOX

THE NEW HERETICS

On the Religiosity of the Not Religious Joseph Blankholm

Skepticism, Secularism, and Progressive Christianity Rebekka King

A radically new way of understanding secularism which explains why being secular can seem so strangely religious In Secular Studies 312 PP | PAPER | $32 9781479809509

264 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479836147

NONE OF THE ABOVE

SOCIETY WITHOUT GOD, SECOND EDITION

Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada Joel Thiessen and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme

What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment Phil zuckerman

Compares secular attitudes characterizing “religious nones” in the United States and Canada

An updated edition showcasing the social health of the least religious nations in the world

In Secular Studies 296 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479860807

Charts the development of progressive Christianity’s engagement with modern science, historical criticism, and liberal humanism

296 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479878086

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CATHOLICISM THE MAKING OF AMERICAN CATHOLICISM

336 PP | PAPER | $45 9781479889426

Regional Culture and the Catholic Experience Michael J. Pfeifer Traces the development of Catholic cultures in the South, the Midwest, the West, and the Northeast, and their contribution to larger patterns of Catholicism in the US

CHRISTIAN ANARCHIST

Ammon Hennacy, A Life on the Catholic Lef William Marling A biography of a remarkable figure, whose politics prefigured today’s social justice, ecology, and gender equality movements 248 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479889426

CATHOLIC ACTIVISM TODAY

CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTIVISM

Individual Transformation and the Struggle for Social Justice Maureen K. Day

Sharon Erickson Nepstad A history of Catholic social thought

Uncovers why Catholic organizations fail to foster civic activism In Religion and Social Transformation 224 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479851331

320 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479879229

RACE AND ETHNICITY RACE IN A GODLESS WORLD

FAITH AND POWER Latino Religious Politics Since 1945 Edited by Felipe Hinojosa, Maggie Elmore, and Sergio M. González

Atheism, Race, and Civilization, 1850–1914 Nathan G. Alexander

A historical analysis of the racial views of atheists in the United States and Britain

Illuminates how religion shapes Latino politics and community building

In Secular Studies 256 PP | PAPER | $39 9781479835003

352 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479804528

ADOPTING FOR GOD

The Mission to Change America through Transnational Adoption Soojin Chung Explores the role played by missionaries in the twentieth-century transnational adoption movement 232 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479808854

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JEWISH STUDIES QUEER JUDAISM

THE STATE OF DESIRE

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

320 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479810031

An intimate account of Orthodox family planning amid shifting state policies in Israel 208 PP | PAPER | $28 9781479817368

KABBALAH AND THE FOUNDING OF AMERICA

JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOLS Teaching Religion in Nineteenth-Century America Laura Yares

The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World Brian Ogren Explores the influence of Kabbalah in shaping America’s religious identity 328 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479807987

272 PP | CLOTH | $39 9781479822270

In North American Religions

MY SECONDFAVORITE COUNTRY

HONEY ON THE PAGE

Reveals how young American Jewish children come to develop their views about Israel

Winner, 2021 Reference & Bibliography Award in the ‘Reference’ Section, given by the Association of Jewish Libraries

A Treasury of Yiddish Children’s Literature Edited and translated by Miriam Ude

How American Jewish Children Think About Israe Sivan Zakai

264 PP | PAPER | $25 9781479808984

352 PP | PAPER | $29.95 9781479874132

JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY

JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION: A HISTORY

War, Conquest, and Catastrophe, 1939–1945, Volume 3 Oleg Budnitskii, David Engel, Gennady Estraikh, and Anna Shternshis

440 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479819430

Charts how changes to Jewish education in the 19th century served as a site for the wholescale reimagining of Judaism itself

Provides a comprehensive history of Soviet Jewry during WWII

After Stalin, 1953–1967, Volume 5 Gennady Estraikh

Offers an analysis of Soviet Jewish society after the death of Joseph Stalin

432 PP | CLOTH | $35 978147981946

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LIBRARY OF ARABIC LITERATURE THE ESSENCE OF REALITY

THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUFI PATH

A Defense of Philosophical Sufism Ayn al-Qudat

A Defense of the Mystical Tradition

by Ibn Khaldūn

Edited and translated by Mohammed Rustom

Edited and translated by Carolyn Baugh

A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism 350 PP | CLOTH | $35 9781479816590

A mystical guide book to help others on their spiritual path 210 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479806331

THE DISCOURSES

THE YOGA SUTRAS OF PATAÑJALI

Reflections on History, Sufism, Theology, and Literature—Volume One al-Hasan al-Yusi

Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūn

Translated by Mario Kozah A brilliant cross-cultural Arabic interpretation of a key text of yoga philosophy

Translated by Justin Stearns Wide-ranging essays on Moroccan history, Sufism, and religious life

280 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479810581

300 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479813216

LIGHT IN THE HEAVENS

THE PHILOSOPHER RESPONDS

Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad by al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī

by Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī and Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh

Translated by Tahera Qutbuddin

Translated by Sophia Vasalou and James E. Montgomery

Humanitarian lessons and practical insights from the prophet of Islam 192 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479864485

446 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479806355

A TREASURY OF VIRTUES

THE PRINCIPLES OF SUFISM

Sayings, Sermons, and Teachings of ‘Ali, with the One Hundred Proverbs attributed to al-Jahiz al-Qadi al-Quda’i

A’ishah al-Ba’uniyyah

Translated by Th. Emil Homerin Sufism through the eyes of a legal scholar

Translated by Tahera Qutbuddin

196 PP | PAPER | $15 9781479896530

A collection of sayings, sermons, and teachings attributed to the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad

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Questions and answers from two great philosophers

320 PP | CLOTH | $30 9781479829248

GREAT FOR COURSES WHITE CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE

CIVIL RELIGION TODAY

“Explores the structures of white Christian privilege embedded in American institutions, laws, and culture ... Insightful.” ~Library Journal

Moves the discussion of American civil religion into the twenty-first century

The Illusion of Religious Equality in America Khyati Y. Joshi

256 PP | PAPER | $16.95 9781479812004

Religion and the American Nation in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Rhys H. Williams, Raymond Haberski Jr., and Philip Goff

240 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479809851

STUDYING LIVED RELIGION

CRITICAL RACE THEORY, FOURTH EDITION

Contexts and Practices Nancy Tatom Ammerman

An Introduction Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic

Offers an overarching definition and framework for the study of religion as it manifests itself in everyday life

272 PP | PAPER | $30 9781479804344

A new edition of a seminal text in Critical Race Theory In Critical America 224 PP | PAPER | $20 9781479818259

CREOLE RELIGIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN, THIRD EDITION

RELIGION IS RACED

Understanding American Religion in the Twenty-First Century Edited by Grace Yukich and Penny Edgell

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 In Religion, Race, and Ethnicity

Demonstrates how race and power help to explain American religion in the twenty-first century 344 PP | PAPER | $35 9781479808748

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA PRESS 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 Paul L. Gareau and Don Schweitzer

Blair A. Stonechild

A framework for indigenous and settler reparations 312 PP | PAPER | $34.95 9780889778320

344 PP | PAPER | $27.95 9780889776999

Highlights the commonalities between Indigenous nations, while calling for global recognition and respect of their rights and spirituality.

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