Book Display – March 2017

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in March 2017 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and emerging scholars, the Maydan Book Displays will surely be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are searching for compelling sources to enrich their studies, as well as university professors and course instructors looking to add fresh material to their syllabi. Check back monthly for updates.

The Qur'an and Adab: The Shaping of Literary Traditions in Classical Islam

Editor: Nuha AlshaarPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, LiteratureRegion: Middle East

Sectarianization: Mapping the New Politics of the Middle East

Editor: Nader Hashemi and Danny PostelPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Fridays of Rage: Al Jazeera, the Arab Spring, and Political Islam

Author: Sam CherribiPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Communication, PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Islamic Palace Architecture in the Western Mediterranean: A History

Author: Felix ArnoldPublisher: Oxford Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Art HistoryRegion: North Africa

Spain Unmoored: Migration, Conversion, and the Politics of Islam

Author: Mikaela H. Rogozen-SoltarPublisher: Indiana Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: AnthropologyRegion: Europe

Alternative Sociologies of Religion: Through Non-Western Eyes

Author: James SpickardPublisher: New York Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: SociologyRegion: Global

Transnationalism in Iranian Political Thought: The Life and Times of Ahmad Fardid

Author: Ali MirsepassiPublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: History, PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Corporate Islam: Sharia and the Modern Workplace

Author: Patricia Sloane-WhitePublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: AnthropologyRegion: Global

A History of Muslims, Christians, and Jews in the Middle East

Author: Heather SharkeyPublisher: Cambridge Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Middle East

The al-Baqara Crescendo: Understanding the Qur'an's Style, Narrative Structure, and Running Themes

Author: Nevin RedaPublisher: McGill-Queen's Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Molla Nasreddin: Polemics, Caricatures & Satires

Editor: Slavs and Tatars Art CollectivePublisher: I.B. TaurisYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Europe, Central Asia

New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam

Editor: Dawn-Marie Gibson and Herbert BergPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: History, Religious StudiesRegion: North America

Muslim Youth in the Diaspora: Challenging Extremism Through Popular Culture

Author: Pam NilanPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: SociologyRegion: North America, Australia

Islamisation: Comparative Perspectives from History

Editor: A.C.S. PeacockPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: HistoryRegion: Global

Sufism, Pluralism and Democracy

Editor: Clinton Bennett and Sarwar AlamPublisher: EquinoxYear: 2017Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East, South Asia

Ibrahimi-i Gulshani and the Khalwati-Gulshani Order: Power Brokers in Ottoman Egypt

Author: Side EmrePublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Middle East

Arabic Humanities, Islamic Thought: Essays in Honor of Everett K. Rowson

Editor: Joseph E. Lowry and Shawkat M. ToorawaPublisher: BrillYear: 2017Discipline: Literature, Philosophy, Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Scientific and Political Freedom in Islam

Author: Uriya ShavitPublisher: RoutledgeYear: 2017Discipline: Religious StudiesRegion: Global

Ghalib: Selected Poems and Letters

Editor: Frances W. Pritchett and Owen CornwallPublisher: Columbia Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: LiteratureRegion: South Asia

Changing Gender Norms in Islam Between Reason and Revelation

Author: Marziyeh BakhshizadehPublisher: Columbia Univ. PressYear: 2017Discipline: Religious Studies, HistoryRegion: Middle East