Nationalism

Offers reflections on how the words of a first-century Jew can offer meaning, hope, and wholeness to readers today.

Winner of the National Communication Association's 2023 Hochmuth-Nichols Award "e; .

Essays that explore how Protestants responded to the opportunities and perils of revolution in the transatlantic age Revolution as Reformation: Protestant Faith in the Age of Revolutions, 1688-1832 highlights the role that Protestantism played in shaping both individual and collective responses to revolution.

"e;This investigation tries to understand why many Evangelical pastors were blamed for endorsing Trump when, in fact, most did not.

Hunt the Devil is a timely and illuminating exploration of demonic imagery in US war culture.

Uplifting the People is a history of the Alabama Missionary Baptist State Convention-its origins, churches, associations, conventions, and leaders.

The question of whether Islam is compatible with democracy may best be answered not from the classical sources or even from the cauldron of Middle East politics but from the lived experiences of Muslim communities around the world.

"e;How societies can preserve democracy with a human-directed social contractThe recent rise of populist movements, especially in Western democracies, has prompted considerable thoughtful analysis.

More than two hundred years have passed since the Constitution was written, yet Americans still cannot make up their minds whether religion is primarily private, public, or a combination of the two.

The First Amendment of the U.

The Western Sahara conflict has proven to be one of the most protracted and intractable struggles facing the international community.

The Western Sahara conflict has proven to be one of the most protracted and intractable struggles facing the international community.

What electoral mobilization choices do Islamist opposition parties make?

Hndiyya al-'Ujaimi, a young eighteenth-century nun whose faith was matched by her ambition and intellect, lies at the heart of this absorbing history of Middle Eastern Christianity.

Iraq, holding oil reserves second only to those of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, is locked in a war with Iran whose outcome will affect Western energy supplies and the prospects for stability in the Arabian Gulf.

Eyewitness account of the civil disorder in Detroit in the summer of 1967.

In the contemporary world, there are many democratic states whose minority nations have pushed for constitutional reform, greater autonomy, and asymmetric federalism.

Politics, while always an integral part of the daily life in the South, took on a new level of importance after the Civil War.

In the late 1800s, Southern evangelicals believed contemporary troubles-everything from poverty to political corruption to violence between African Americans and whites-sprang from the bottles of "e;demon rum"e; regularly consumed in the South.

A thoughtful analysis of how American identity has been defined and reinvented through history, and the ongoing debate over "e;exceptionalism.

The uniqueness of America has been alternately celebrated and panned, emphasized and denied, for most of the country's history-both by its own people and by visitors and observers from around the world.

Should parents receive vouchers to send their children to religious schools?

The South has always been one of the most distinctive regions of the United States, with its own set of traditions and a turbulent history.

Politics, while always an integral part of the daily life in the South, took on a new level of importance after the Civil War.

In the late 1800s, Southern evangelicals believed contemporary troubleseverything from poverty to political corruption to violence between African Americans and whitessprang from the bottles of "e;demon rum"e; regularly consumed in the South.

Should parents receive vouchers to send their children to religious schools?

The South has always been one of the most distinctive regions of the United States, with its own set of traditions and a turbulent history.

There is a mytheasily shatteredthat Western societies since the Enlightenment have been dedicated to the ideal of protecting the differences between individuals and groups, and anothertoo readily acceptedthat before the rise of secularism in the modern period, intolerance and persecution held sway throughout Europe.

This edited volume explores the history and evolution of Turkish paramilitarism from the late Ottoman period to the 2010s.

How powerful is integrity?

The renowned philosopher and author of Homo Sacer continues his groundbreaking work with this examination of selfhood and Western ontology.

The visible increase in religious practice among young European-born Muslims has provoked public anxiety.

John Locke's theory of toleration is generally seen as advocating the privatization of religion.

This book explores the life and thought of one of the most important but least known figures in early Zionism, Nathan Birnbaum.

In this follow-up to The Kingdom and the Glory and The Highest Poverty, Agamben investigates the roots of our moral concept of duty in the theory and practice of Christian liturgy.

This study of religion and violence "e;forces us to reexamine some of our most cherished self-images of modern liberal democratic societies"e; (Charles Taylor).

Combining theology, politics and historical analysis, "e;theorizes what might be at stake-ethically-for America's current political life"e; (Andrew Taylor, Journal of American History).

In its full-color poster for elections to the All-Russian Jewish Congress in 1917, the Jewish People's Party depicted a variety of Jews in seeking to enlist the support of the broadest possible segment of Russia's Jewish population.

The renowned philosopher expounds on the ideas he introduced in Homo Sacer with this analysis of the theological foundations of political power.

"e;A dark but brilliantly original work .

Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular.

This book is one of the first to use citizenship as a lens through which to understand German history in the twentieth century.

Rooted in the latest theoretical debates about nationalism and ethnicity, yet written in an accessible and engaging style, Islam and Nation presents a fascinating study of the genesis, growth and decline of a nationalist movement.

While the construction of architecture has a place in architectural discourse, its destruction, generally seen as incompatible with the very idea of "e;culture,"e; has been neglected in theoretical and historical discussion.

American Evangelicals have long considered Africa a welcoming place for joining faith with social action, but their work overseas is often ambivalently received.

The rise of political Islam has provoked considerable debate about the compatibility of democracy, tolerance, and pluralism with the Islamist position.

This book develops a post-secular, post-sectarian political theology, taking that burgeoning field in a new direction.

We can often learn as much from political movements that failed as from those that achieved their goals.

This book explores how Ottoman Muslims and Christians understood the phenomenon of conversion to Islam from the 15th to the 17th centuries.

Making Religion, Making the State combines cutting-edge perspectives on religion with rich empirical data to offer a challenging new argument about the politics of religion in modern China.