Multiple Modernities and Postsecular Societies brings together the two recently much discussed concepts in its title and explores them through a...

There is a strong tendency among public commentators and many scholars to view nationalism as a phenomenon of yesteryears. Hence the 19th and...

David Burrell’s Towards a Jewish-Christian-Muslim Theology explores key theological topics of the three Abrahamic faiths, insightfully depicting...

Ethnic and religious minorities – and concomitant majorities – do not just exist sui generis. They have to be constructed or invented. It is not...

This little memoir, first published in Italian in 1987, is an account of a life well lived. A proud Sephardi Jew, Victor Eskenazi (1906-1987) was...

Beyond Turkey's Borders is based on Banu Şenay’s PhD dissertation, which is an ethnographic study of Kemalism among migrant Turks in Australia....

Shivdeep grewal has written this excellent research-turned-into-a book on Jurgen Habermas, one of the most important philosophers of our time. He...

The continuities, changes, ruptures, and transformation of Egyptian foreign policy have been analyzed from different angles. The changes in...

The subtitle of this one-volume overview of Jewish history presents its main focus as the notion of diaspora, but its twenty-eight chapters are...

THE CONTINUED and growing presence of Islam and Muslims in the West has produced a plethora of conflicting literature and debates around...

The United States supposedly is premised on “separation of church and state,” which means the American government should be neutral regarding...

When Britain was more permeated by Christianity than it is today, well-meaning vicars would run youth clubs offering table tennis along with church...

THE NAQSHBANDIYYA is perhaps one of the widest-spread Islamic religious brotherhoods due to its active involvement in political affairs. Its...

THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) faced a stalemate of institutional reform between the signing of the Treaty of Nice in 2001 and the Treaty of Lisbon in...

In Istanbul, architectural ideas on how to transform Taksim Square can get you killed. A case in point would be the recent police violence over...

TURKEY’S EUROPEAN FUTURE tackles the question of how the United States (US) has influenced relations between the European Union (EU) and Turkey,...

Interest in Turkey and its foreign and security policies has grown significantly in the political and scholarly circles in the world, especially...

ALTHOUGH written from a variety of perspectives at different points in history, all three books reviewed here offer penetrating insights into...

After the passing of such researchers in Seljuq history as Osman Turan, İbrahim Kafesoğlu, Mehmet Altay Köymen, Faruk Sümer, Sergei G. Agajanov,...

Starting from 1980s different religions “went public” all around the world and reclaimed their agency in the public sphere. However, while in this...

Paul Mojzes is a well-informed and eminent historian of religion with a profound interest in the study of ethno-religion as the rationale for...

This book is an easy to read textbook that is structured to present readers with an historical overview of some of the prominent Islamic movements...

Within Fawaz Gerges’ text, The End of America’s Moment?-Obama and the Middle East, the author endeavors to examine President Obama’s implementation...

Studies on late Ottoman society continue to be inviting for historians in many aspects. This period is not only important for historical research...