Religious and theocratic ideologies

This book studies medieval theories of free will, including explanations of how angels – that is, ideal agents – can choose evil.

A new reading of Augustine''s City of God which considers the status of politics within Augustine''s sacramental worldview.

A history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt based on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members.

This book studies medieval theories of free will, including explanations of how angels – that is, ideal agents – can choose evil.

A history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt based on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members.

A wide-ranging account of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan and its ideological and behavioural development since its founding in 1945.

A wide-ranging account of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan and its ideological and behavioural development since its founding in 1945.

A significant re-examination of the Tārīkh al-fattāsh, revealing it to be a crucial nineteenth-century source for history in West Africa.

An innovative and provocative study tackling the main assumptions surrounding Israel''s claim to Jewish identity.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

An innovative study of the establishment of ''age'' as a political category in late colonial India.

A significant re-examination of the Tārīkh al-fattāsh, revealing it to be a crucial nineteenth-century source for history in West Africa.

An innovative and provocative study tackling the main assumptions surrounding Israel''s claim to Jewish identity.

Explores how religious migrants engage with the phenomenon of nationalism, through two groups of German-speaking Mennonites.

Explores how religious migrants engage with the phenomenon of nationalism, through two groups of German-speaking Mennonites.

An analysis of how African states become radicalizers or demobilizers of their domestic Salafi communities.

Mirsepassi uses interviews with thirteen individuals to relate the colourful life and times of Ahmad Fardid and his intellectual legacy.

An analysis of how African states become radicalizers or demobilizers of their domestic Salafi communities.

Mirsepassi uses interviews with thirteen individuals to relate the colourful life and times of Ahmad Fardid and his intellectual legacy.

Investigates traditionalist struggles about Zionism and the emergence of national-religious Judaism and ultra-Orthodox in the early twentieth century.

John Locke, whose ideas helped give birth to the United States, predicated his political theory on the Hebrew Bible.

Examines the underground and overlooked actors and activities of liberal activism and liberal counter-cultures in the modern Arab world.

An accessible introduction to the processes which shape politics and economics in contemporary Turkey.

Chronicles secularism in Lebanon up to the present day, presenting possible causes for its decline in the face of sectarianism.

A fieldwork-based account of the role of populism, personalism and organisation in the rise of Erdoğan''s JDP to authoritarian predominance.

Investigates traditionalist struggles about Zionism and the emergence of national-religious Judaism and ultra-Orthodox in the early twentieth century.

Chronicles secularism in Lebanon up to the present day, presenting possible causes for its decline in the face of sectarianism.

Reveals how early modern religious conceptions of covenant and community were deployed for surprisingly radical political ends.

Examines the underground and overlooked actors and activities of liberal activism and liberal counter-cultures in the modern Arab world.

An accessible introduction to the processes which shape politics and economics in contemporary Turkey.

A fieldwork-based account of the role of populism, personalism and organisation in the rise of Erdoğan''s JDP to authoritarian predominance.

Explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization to explain why some Muslim clerics turn to militant jihadism.

Explores multiple pathways of cleric radicalization to explain why some Muslim clerics turn to militant jihadism.

A fascinating account of how Islam can be deployed or resisted to shape minority rights and religious change in Muslim societies.

A fascinating account of how Islam can be deployed or resisted to shape minority rights and religious change in Muslim societies.

Jocelyne Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Turkey.

Jocelyne Cesari investigates the relationship between modernization, politics, and Islam in Muslim-majority countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Pakistan, Tunisia, and Turkey.

The term 'jihad' has come to be used as a byword for fanaticism and Islam's allegedly implacable hostility towards the West.

Joanna Southcott (1750 1814) remains one of the most significant and extraordinary religious figures of her era.

'Islam in Europe' and 'Islamophobia' are subjects of vital global importance which currently preoccupy policy-makers and academics alike.

The idea of maslaha has a rich history in classical legal thought and literature.

Sufism is Islam's principal mystical tradition.

Following the 25th January revolution, the Muslim Brotherhood emerged as the most organised and successful political force in Egypt as they cashed in on decades of grassroots mobilisation and growth.

The common image of Saudi Arabia portrays a country where religious rules dictate every detail of daily life: where women may not drive; where unrelated men and women may not interact; where the latter veil their faces; and where banks, restaurants and cafes have dual facilities: one for families, another for men.

How safe is Turkey's liberal democracy?

Islam is a hidden ingredient in the melting pot of America.

What is fundamentalism and what does it really amount to?

For many years Malise Ruthven has been at the forefront of discerning commentary on the Islamic world and its relations with the predominantly secularised and Christian societies of the West.