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Christopher M. Blumhofer, “The Gospel of John and the Future of Israel” (Cambridge UP, 2020)
Christopher M. Blumhofer
The Gospel of John and the Future of Israel

Cambridge University Press, 2020

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & Faith March 27, 2020 Michael Morales

The Gospel of John presents many challenges for interpreters—how best should this book be read? How are we to understand issues like its unity or its critical stance to the characters known as ‘the Jews’? Christopher M. Blumhofer suggests the Gospel of John ought to be read as a narrative... Read More
Edward E. Curtis IV, “Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy” (NYU Press, 2019)
Edward E. Curtis IV
Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy

NYU Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network March 26, 2020 Shobhana Xavier

In his new book Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy (New York University Press, 2019), Edward E. Curtis IV interrogates the limitations of American liberalism in light of the states’ and its various actor’s exclusionary politics and rhetoric around Muslim American citizens. Curtis argues that the place... Read More
Yael Shy, “What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond” (Parallax Press, 2017)
Yael Shy
What Now?
Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond
Parallax Press, 2017

New Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Spiritual Practice and MindfulnessNew Books Network March 26, 2020 Kristie Adloff

Early adulthood is filled with intense emotions and insecurity. What if you never fall in love? What if you can’t find work you’re passionate about? You miss home. You miss close friends. You’re lost in the noise of how you think you should be living and worried about wasting what everyone... Read More
Michael A. Daise, “Quotations in John: Studies on Jewish Scripture in the Fourth Gospel” (T and T Clark, 2020)
Michael A. Daise
Quotations in John
Studies on Jewish Scripture in the Fourth Gospel
T&T Clark, 2020

New Books in Biblical StudiesNew Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in Jewish StudiesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & Faith March 24, 2020 Michael Morales

Without question the Gospel of John makes rich use of both the Jewish scriptures and the feasts of the Jewish liturgical year. In this double-feature program, with speak with Michael A. Daise about his two monographs on the Gospel of John. In his book Quotations in John: Studies on Jewish... Read More
Robert P. George and R. J. Snell, “Mind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome” (TAN Books, 2018)
Robert P. George and R. J. Snell
Mind, Heart, and Soul
Intellectuals and the Path to Rome
TAN Books, 2018

New Books in Christian StudiesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network March 23, 2020 Will Sipling

In Mind, Heart, and Soul: Intellectuals and the Path to Rome (TAN Books, 2018), a cradle Catholic (Robert P. George; McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University) and an adult convert (R. J. Snell; Director of Academic Programs at... Read More
Spencer Dew, “The Aliites: Race and Law in the Religions of Noble Drew Ali” (U Chicago Press, 2019)
Spencer Dew
The Aliites
Race and Law in the Religions of Noble Drew Ali
University of Chicago Press, 2019

New Books in African American StudiesNew Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network March 20, 2020 SherAli Tareen

In his dazzling new book The Aliites: Race and Law in the Religions of Noble Drew Ali (University of Chicago Press, 2019), Spencer Dew treats his readers to a riveting and often counterintuitive account of the interaction of law, race, and citizenship in the discourses of the Moorish Science Temple... Read More
Carl W. Ernst, “Hallaj: Poems of a Sufi Martyr” (Northwestern UP, 2018)
Carl W. Ernst
Hallaj
Poems of a Sufi Martyr
Northwestern University Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in PoetryNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & Faith March 13, 2020 Kristian Petersen

“I am the Real,” is the ecstatic statement often associated with the early Sufi poet Mansur al-Hallaj. In popular narratives about Hallaj this declaration of absolute unity with God is what led to his execution in Abbasid Baghdad. Other accounts attribute it to Hallaj’s directive to build a symbolic Ka’ba... Read More

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