Middle Eastern history

This book offers a fresh rethinking of Turkish foreign policy under the Justice and Development Party (AKP), drawing on both mainstream and critical approaches within International Relations (IR) theory.

This book examines the sociopolitical lives of gender nonconforming people (GNCP) in India in the context of the transformations wrought by HIV and LGBTQ activism over the past three decades.

This book examines the critical intersection of religion, democracy, and political leadership in three prominent Muslim-majority states—Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey.

Judaism is fundamental to Israel’s self-conception, but Israelis disagree about whether this is a religious, ethnic, or cultural claim.

This book examines the critical intersection of religion, democracy, and political leadership in three prominent Muslim-majority states—Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey.

Judaism is fundamental to Israel’s self-conception, but Israelis disagree about whether this is a religious, ethnic, or cultural claim.

In The Eloquent Tyrant, Pamela Klasova presents a cultural history of speech in the early Islamic empire, examining the relationship between the spoken word and power through the oratorical practice of the powerful governor of Iraq, al-ajjj b.

In the midst of profound political changes in late seventh-century Egypt, after the end of Roman hegemony and during Islamic rule, a bishop named John from the city of Nikiu sat down to pen a chronicle.

In The Eloquent Tyrant, Pamela Klasova presents a cultural history of speech in the early Islamic empire, examining the relationship between the spoken word and power through the oratorical practice of the powerful governor of Iraq, al-ajjj b.

This book provides a comparative analysis of how Egypt and Saudi Arabia have framed Islamism as a security threat to consolidate power.

This volume provides a historical context for the present escalation of hostilities between Palestinians and the State of Israel.

This volume provides a historical context for the present escalation of hostilities between Palestinians and the State of Israel.

This book provides a comparative analysis of how Egypt and Saudi Arabia have framed Islamism as a security threat to consolidate power.

Dieses Buch nimmt die Enzyklika Laudato si’ von Papst Franziskus zum Ausgangspunkt, um zentrale Fragen der ökologischen Krise und sozialen Gerechtigkeit neu zu beleuchten.

Dieses Buch nimmt die Enzyklika Laudato si’ von Papst Franziskus zum Ausgangspunkt, um zentrale Fragen der ökologischen Krise und sozialen Gerechtigkeit neu zu beleuchten.

Mandatory Palestine was established in 1920, and the British obtained the Mandate from the League of Nations in 1922.

Mandatory Palestine was established in 1920, and the British obtained the Mandate from the League of Nations in 1922.

Riverbend, the young Iraqi woman whose “articulate, even poetic prose packs an emotional punch,” continues her blog from her hometown of Baghdad (The New York Times).

Wer in Zeiten gesellschaftlicher Pluralität im öffentlichen Kontext religiöse Handlungen vollzieht, teilt etwas mit.

"e;Folk Games for Iraqi Boys"e; is not merely a book documenting ancient entertainment; it is a journey into the depths of popular memory, revealing the features of Iraqi society and its deep-rooted values.

On the Significance of Religion in Social Justice analyses the role of religion in social justice from the perspectives of Traditional African Religion, Christianity, and Islam by bringing different disciplines into play, including medicine and health, humanities and Indigenous knowledge systems or African metaphysics, Islam and sociopolitical studies, practical theology, and pastoral care.

On the Significance of Religion in Social Justice analyses the role of religion in social justice from the perspectives of Traditional African Religion, Christianity, and Islam by bringing different disciplines into play, including medicine and health, humanities and Indigenous knowledge systems or African metaphysics, Islam and sociopolitical studies, practical theology, and pastoral care.

Following Joshua's conquest to the time of the judges· Study the land in which the stories of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth took place· Learn how geographic and cultural factors can provide theological insights· Visualize the promised land through full-color maps and photosJoshua led Israel to conquer a real historic land, and the judges delivered Israel from real historic enemies.

City and Identity in Modern Iraq examines the role of Baghdad in the process of shaping collective identity and analyzes how different visions of citizenship have changed the face of the city.

An original examination of the writings of reformist Muslim thinker, Ahmad Qābel, whose work sought to rationalise and modernise Islamic law.

Traces the emergence of literary history, showing how Iranians and South Asians drew from their shared heritage to produce a ''Persianate modernity''.

Ethnography of Shias living along frontiers of Kashmir, negotiating belonging to India by calibrating transnational religious-cultural ideas with nationalist ideologies.

The first study exploring the lives of female slaves of the Ottoman imperial court, drawing from hitherto unexplored primary sources

Recent tools and findings from the cognitive sciences illuminate religious thought and behaviour in ancient Israel and the Bible.

Examines key technological innovations, knowledge transfer, connectivity and social meaning in the ancient and Medieval Sahara.

The first comprehensive survey of monasteries and monasticism in the Near East during the ''Crusader'' period.

This interdisciplinary volume re-evaluates the interconnectedness of the Merovingian world with its Mediterranean surroundings.

Offers an unprecedentedly rich portrait of the vibrant intellectual and intercultural exchanges sparked by the Crusades in thirteenth-century Acre.

Reveals a religiously diverse pre-industrial society in the Middle East, broadening studies of global Christianity and challenging Islamic history''s exceptionalism.

Shah uncovers the complex interaction between constitutional law, religion and politics in three key plural societies in Asia.

An analysis of Balkan Islam and the formation of one of the largest Muslim communities in the early-modern Ottoman Balkans.

A fresh response to the problem of illegal immigration in the United States through the context of Christian theology.

From a single merchant''s list of baggage begins a history that explores the dynamic world of the medieval Indian Ocean.

A fresh descriptive and normative perspective on law and religion supported by comparative case studies of Greater China.

City and Identity in Modern Iraq examines the role of Baghdad in the process of shaping collective identity and analyzes how different visions of citizenship have changed the face of the city.

Discusses state and religion relations in Israel by applying a general theory regarding the role of religion in liberal countries.

Reframes gender variance and transition in positive, non-oppositional terms, informed by Christian constructive theologies of creation and personhood.