MU Libraries New Books: Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc.

About the new book list

5/15/2013

The RSS feeds for the new books list is updated every Wednesday and contains a list of books added to the Ellis Library collection for the last six weeks. The titles are grouped by call number classification, and are listed by week and alphabetically by title.

Books for the most recent weeks are currently on the New Books Shelves inside the north entrance of Ellis Library. They can be checked out.

Islam and the west : wars of the gods : the geopolitics of faith / Ardavan Amir-Aslani [translated by Robert L. Miller]. (5/15/2013)

5/15/2013

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About the Author

A widely respected attorney specializing in international legal issues, Amir-Aslani is the author of Iran: the Return of Persia (2009) in French. He is often consulted by the French government as an expert on geo-strategic matters in the Middle East and central Asia. He lives and works in Paris.

Call #: BP173.7 .A55713 2013

Muslim identities : an introduction to Islam / Aaron W. Hughes. (5/8/2013)

5/8/2013

Call #: BP161.3 .H84 2013

The Islamic veil : a beginner's guide / Elizabeth Bucar. (4/24/2013)

4/24/2013

Call #: BP190.5.H44 B83 2012

Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1963-1986 : the third epoch of the formative age / compiled by Geoffry W. Marks. (4/17/2013)

4/17/2013

Call #: BP320 .M47 1996

Messages from the Universal House of Justice, 1986-2001 : the fourth epoch of the formative age. (4/17/2013)

4/17/2013

Call #: BP382 .M47 2009

Muhammad. all that matters / Ziauddin.Sardar. (4/17/2013)

4/17/2013

Call #: BP75 .S33 2012

Being a Muslim in the world / Hamid Dabashi. (4/10/2013)

4/10/2013

Call #: BP163 .D29 2013

Rediscovering the umma : Muslims in the Balkans between nationalism and transnationalism / Ina Merdjanova. (4/10/2013)

4/10/2013

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Review

"This clear and innovative work offers an important view from the Balkans on European Islam. Ina Merdjanova traces changes and continuities from the Ottoman period to the present, and pulls off the difficult feat of both showcasing Balkan specifics and examining important differences in religion and politics across distinct communities. Required reading for anyone interested in comparative Islamic studies."--John R. Bowen, Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis

"Muslims in contemporary Europe are generally assumed to be recent immigrants from Turkey, South Asia, or North Africa, but Merdjanova's excellent book challenges this stereotype by investigating European Muslim communities that have lived on the continent for centuries. This nuanced examination of the varieties of Muslim belief and practice in Southeastern Europe is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the complicated history and heterogeneity of European Islam."--Kristen Ghodsee, author of Muslim Lives in Eastern Europe: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Transformation of Islam in Postsocialist Bulgaria

"Based on an extensive original research and a critical engagement with the existing scholarship, Ina Merdjanova's study presents a rich and diverse map of Islam in the Balkans and analyzes different factors and players involved in its shaping. Rediscovering the Umma will compel a more nuanced debate about the presence of Islam in Europe, which is sorely lacking in contemporary discourse on European religious and cultural identities. It will also serve as a useful textbook for anyone interested in this region's religious mosaic."--Amila Buturovic, Religious Studies and Humanities, York University, Toronto

"Rediscovering the Umma wonderfully captures the development of Muslim Balkan identities at the intersection of national and transnational forces. To be Albanian or Bosnian or indeed European, at the same time as Muslim, poses a challenge to communities, not least to women within them, who are seeking to integrate religious practices with evolving economic, cultural, and political circumstances. Ina Merdjanova provides a comprehensive and timely guide to the reclaiming of Muslim faith and practice in both the post-Communist societies of Southeast Europe and beyond."--James Piscatori, Durham University

Call #: BP65.B28 M47 2013

The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran : ideology and practice from the 1950s to the present / Ronen A. Cohen. (4/3/2013)

4/3/2013

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Call #: BP10.A546 C64 2013

Christianity, Islam, and atheism : the struggle for the soul of the west / William Kilpatrick. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

Call #: BP172 .K595 2012

Islamic civilization in South Asia : a history of Muslim power and presence in the Indian subcontinent / Burjor Avari. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

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Review

"…..the author’s story is extremely well-told – This will be a most accessible book, and most pleasingly his exposition, working over some heavily contested areas of history, is very well-balanced".

Francis Robinson, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Call #: BP63.I4 A946 2013

On the Muslim question / Anne Norton. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

Call #: BP173.25 .N67 2013

The night journey and ascension in Islam : the reception of religious narrative in Sunni, Shi'i and Western culture / Ron Buckley. (3/27/2013)

3/27/2013

Call #: BP166.57 .B835 2013