Religion
"While Ayatollah Khomeini is considered the face of the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979, Ali Shari'ati is considered a much greater influence on shaping the revolutionary consciousness than Khomeini. Acceptable to both modernists as well as Islamists,Shari'ati's radicalism inspired much of the resistance in urban Iran in the closing years of the Shah. Ali Shari'ati and the Shaping of Political Islam in Iran tells the story of how Shari'ati developed a language of political Islam, speak…
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A compelling view of two competing religious visions---one of "creation" and the other of "empire"---that run throughout the Bible."A remarkable offering for those who care about the interface of power and faith with all the threats and seductions that go with it. . . As I read, I felt overwhelmed, both by the mass of data and by the cunning of interpretation. I could not put it down, and expect to continue to be instructed by it.---Walter Brueggemann"Howard-Brook undertakes what few dare…
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In August 2007, leading scholars from the world of Genizah Studies assembled in Cambridge for a conference marking the retirement of Stefan C. Reif, Professor of Medieval Hebrew at the University of Cambridge & founder of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Research Unit. This collection of papers demonstrates the breadth & vitality of Genizah Studies today, much of which is due to Reif's efforts over his thirty-three years as director of the Unit.
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'I have always loved the Holy Tongue': Isaac Casaubon, the Jews, and a Forgotten Chapter in Renaissance Scholarship (Carl Newell Jackson Lectures)
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Fusing high scholarship with high drama, Anthony Grafton & Joanna Weinberg uncover a secret & extraordinary aspect of a legendary Renaissance scholar's already celebrated achievement. The French Protestant Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) is known to us through his pedantic namesake in George Eliot's 'Middlemarch.' But in this book, the real Casubon emerges as a genuine literary hero, an intrepid explorer in the world of books. With a flair for storytelling reminiscent of Umberto Eco, Grafto…
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This decisive account of the role of nonviolence in Islam and Muslim societies, both historically and in current times, chronicles an often-obscured but longstanding pacifist tradition.
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8vo. 1st edition. Original cloth. Bumping and mild fraying to extremities of cloth, with rubbing to spine and boards, slightly affecting gilt. Light soiling overall, with a tiny, white stain to rear board. Cracking to hinges. Some gatherings loose, with minor edgewear to a few detached leaves. P.o. name inked to second blank. Mild toning throughout, with offsetting to t.p. from frontispiece. VG.
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'The Whole Wide World Without Limits': International Relief, Gender Politics, and American Jewish Women, 1893-1930 (American Jewish Civilization Series)
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Often perceived as being removed from the rough & tumble world of male politics, women involved in relief during World War I & the 1920s found themselves grappling daily with questions of ideology, nationalism, & political statehood. participation in large-scale relief work provided Jewish women with a firm sense of their own capabilities & contributed to their heightened sense of gender consciousness. This book explores the international relief activities of three American Jewish organiz…
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"Drawing on a wide range of secondary and primary sources in Arabic, the author presents a detailed account of Egypt's `ulama'. Contrary to the standard scholarly view, which presents the `ulama' as quietly succumbing to the forces of modernization, the author demonstroles that the clerics reacted in complex and diverse ways. In so doing, he provides the `ulama' with agency, turning them into historical actors who shaped their fate at a crucial junclure in modern Middle East history. The …
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