Subject(s): Rushdie, Salman -- Censorship | Authors, English -- Biography. -- 20th century | Authors, Indic -- Biography -- Great Britain | Fatwas | Protective custody -- Great Britain | Islam and literature -- History -- 20th century | Blasphemy (Islam) -- History -- 20th century | Freedom of the press -- History -- 20th century Summary: On Fe

Subject(s): Jihad | Islam -- Western countries | Postcolonialism -- Religious aspects Summary: "The jihad has been at the centre of the West's securitization discourse for more than a decade. Theorists constantly use the jihadist as a discursive tool to further their neoliberal, military and market agendas, perpetuating massive gaps of

Subject(s): Buddhism -- History -- 20th century. -- United States | Religious life -- Buddhism | Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- United States Review: "The New Buddhism sheds new light on this recent evolution of Buddhist practice in the West. After briefly recounting the beginnings and spread of Buddhism in the East, Coleman chro

Subject(s): Buddhism -- History. -- Japan | Confucianism -- History. -- China | Japan -- Religion | China -- Religion Summary: "Religion and religious ideas have played a fundamental role in the shaping of Asian history, society, and cultural practices. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas David DuBois sets out to explain how relig

Subject(s): Vassanji, M. G. -- Travel -- Africa, East | Vassanji, M. G. -- Childhood and youth | Africa, East -- Biography | Africa, East -- Description and travel Summary: From M.G. Vassanji, two-time Giller Prize winner and a GG winner for nonfiction, comes a poignant love letter to his birthplace and homeland, East Africa--a powerful and sur

Subject(s): Ethnic conflict -- Indonesia Maluku | Islam -- Relations Christianity -- Indonesia Maluku | Christianity and other religions -- Islam | Christianity and other religions -- Indonesia Maluku | Violence -- Religious aspects Islam | Violence -- Religious aspects Christianity Summary: "Maluku in Eastern Indonesia is the home to Musli

Subject(s): Parti Islam Semalaysia -- History | Islam and politics -- Malaysia Summary: The Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) is the biggest opposition party in Malaysia and one of the most prominent Islamist parties in Southeast Asia. Tracing its development from 1951 to the present, this ambitious study explains how PAS acquired both local an

Subject(s): Terrorism | Terrorism -- Psychological aspects | Symbolism in politics | September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Summary: "Baudrillard sees the power of terrorism as lying in the symbolism of slaughter - not merely the reality of death, but a sacrificial death that challenges a whole system. Where the revolutionary of the past soug

Subject(s): Sacred books Summary: This survey of the sacred writings of the major religions of the world offers an introduction to the ideas and beliefs upon which great faiths are built. Under the expert guidance of the author, a religious scholar, readers explore the key texts of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsi,

Subject(s): Islamic hagiography | Imams (Shiites) -- Biography History and criticism | Shī'ah | Identification (Religion) Summary: "The rift between Sunni and Shīʻah Muslims is one of the most salient divisions in the history of Islam. Twelve Infallible Men explores the role of stories in the development of a distinctly Shīʻah iden