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ELIgIOuS STuDIES 148 rELIgIOuS STuDIES Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought The Suspensions: contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought series interrupts standardized discourses involving the Islamicate world by introducing creative and emerging ideas. The incisive works included in this series provide a counterpoint to the reigning canons of theory, theology, philosophy, literature, and criticism through investigations of vast experiential typologies - such as violence, mourning, vulnerability, tension, and humour - in light of contemporary Islamicate thought. Series Editors: Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh, Assistant Professor of World Literature at New Jersey City University, USA. Lucian Stone, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Dakota, USA. Hostage Spaces of the Contemporary Islamicate World Phantom Territoriality Dejan Lukic • Questions the motivations of abducting ‘enemies’ for the purposes of ransom, terror or negotiation • reveals more conceptual workings of kidnappings in the political theology of the State • Engages with the works of Aleksander Hemon, Ismail Kadare, Faisal Devji and Tala Asada gripping exposé of the act of hostage-taking, and of being a hostage, in the spheres of war and terrorism in post-communist geographies of global Islam. DEJAN LuKIc is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at reed college, Oregan, uSA. uK October 2012 uS December 2012 224 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441194848 - £65.00 / $120.00 Suspensions: contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought continuum South Asian Sufis Devotion, Deviation and Destiny Edited by Clinton Bennett and Charles M. Ramsey • Shifts the focus back to what may be regarded as a positive Islamic phenomenon • challenges popular distortions that focus on a limited, narrow aspect of the Muslim reality • Draws from extensive research by indigenous and international scholars In-depth ethnographical study of contemporary Sufi orders in Iran, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, as well as in the uK and uS. cLINTON BENNETT teaches religious Studies at the State university of New york, uSA. cHArLES M. rAMSEy is Director of the university Institute center for Islamic Studies, New Delhi, India. uK March 2012 uS May 2012 336 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441151278 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum Classical Spirituality in Contemporary America The confluence and contribution of g.I. gurdjieff and Sufism Michael S. Pittman • Puts gurdjieff’s work in the context of popular religion from the twentyfirst century onwards • Provides a deeper understanding of the style and approach of gurdjieff’s work and its influence • Assesses the contemporary influence of Sufism, particularly in the uS An exploration of the relationship between major contemporary spiritual movements, such as Sufism and Esoteric christianity, and the work of gurdjieff. MIcHAEL S. PITTMAN is Assistant Professor of Humanities and world religions at Albany college of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, uSA. uK March 2012 uS May 2012 256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441165237 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum The Writing of Violence in the Middle East Inflictions Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh • global insights into dimensions of ‘violence’, bridging past and emergent intellectual traditions • Traverses new wave Persian, Arabic and Turkish texts that illustrate its fixture in textual practice • Includes works of Sadeq Hedayat, Ahmad Shamlu, Nima yushij, Adonis, Samih al- Qasim and Mahmoud Darwish An intense exploration of Middle Eastern writers of violence and their experiments with ideas of cruelty, deception, madness, rage, war, annihilation, and evil. JASON BAHBAK MOHAgHEgH is Assistant Professor of world Literature at New Jersey city university, uSA. uK February 2012 uS April 2012 256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441106308 - £65.00 / $120.00 Suspensions: contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought continuum Public Religion and the Urban Environment constructing a river Town Richard Bohannon • First in-depth analysis of how religion has influenced the way we build cities • challenges existing scholarship in religion to take cities seriously when considering religion and nature • Shows relevance of religion and cities in recent natural disasters (such as New Orleans) The first study to show the great influence of religious language on how people perceive the relationship between cities and their environments. rIcHArD BOHANNON teaches at the college of St. Benedict/St. John’s university, in central Minnesota, uSA. uK April 2012 uS June 2012 208 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441103574 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum
Buddhism and Iconoclasm in East Asia A History Eric Reinders and Fabio Rambelli • Offers a more inclusive definition of iconoclasm beyond the received Eurocentreic understanding of the term • written by specialists of both chinese and Japanese religions • Presents a theoretical framework drawn from semiotics and cultural studies concerning sacredness and destruction A study of Buddhism and iconoclasm in East Asia as part of a general theory of religious destruction. ErIc rEINDErS is Associate Professor in the Department of religion, at Emory university, uSA. FABIO rAMBELLI is Professor and ISF chair of Shinto Studies, university of california, Santa Barbara, uSA. uK September 2012 uS November 2012 272 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441145093 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum Sikhs Across Borders Transnational Practices among European Sikhs Edited by Knut A. Jacobsen and Kristina Myrvold • First book to consider Sikh praxis and self-representation across geopolitical borders • written by a team of international scholars, including contributors from canada, Italy, Denmark, Norway, uK • An empirical contribution to wider theoretical discussions on transnationalism and religion Explores Sikh praxis and self-representation across geopolitical borders, with a focus on empirical research on Sikhs in Europe. KNuT A. JAcOBSEN is Professor of History of religions at the university of Bergen, Norway. KrISTINA MyrvOLD is Assistant Professor of History of religions at Lund university, Sweden. uK September 2012 uS November 2012 224 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441113870 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum Sufism, Mahdism and Nationalism Limamou Laye and the Layennes of Senegal Douglas H. Thomas • Discusses the localization of global Islam, also discussing the negotiation of Arab chauvinism in Islam • contextualizes European colonization within the longer history of west Africa • Analyses a previously unexamined Sufi sect and emphasizes the tendency toward religious tolerance in Senegambia • Illustrates the visual products of the Layennes and their importance to the sect’s practice Historical exploration of the Sufi Layenne sect and its place in the broader history of Islam in Senegambia. DOugLAS H. THOMAS is Assistant Professor of History at grambling State university, uSA. uK February 2012 uS April 2012 176 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441169075 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum The Sacred in the City rELIgIOuS STuDIES The Continuum Companion to Islamic Studies Edited by Clinton Bennett • covers special issues relevant to Islam in the non- Muslim world, feminist critique and case-study approaches • Presents Islam, throughout, as a variegated tradition, subject to different interpretations • A comprehensive teaching tool, it provides practical guidance on research methods, and subject-specific resources A comprehensive one-volume reference resource to Islamic Studies and key research fields within it, written by an international team of leading scholars. cLINTON BENNETT teaches religious Studies at the State university of New york at New Paltz, and at Marist college, Poughkeepsie, uSA. uK December 2012 uS February 2013 384 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441127884 - £100.00 / $190.00 continuum companions continuum Edited by Liliana Gómez and Walter Van Herck • Analyses the shaping of spiritual meaning, religion and world-views within urban space • Addresses recent negotiations of the sacred between politics and aesthetics, the state and the city • Discusses the phenomenon of the sacred and urban space in postmodern, postcolonial and post-soviet contexts Analysis of (post-)secularized and modernized societies to define the state of the sacred today and to decipher its different forms within the city. LILIANA gÓMEZ is an Assistant Professor of Latin American Literary and cultural Studies at Martin-Luther-university Halle-wittenberg, germany. wALTEr vAN HErcK is Associate Professor of Philosophy of religion at the university of Antwerp, Belgium. uK February 2012 uS April 2012 288 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches HB 9781441172952 - £65.00 / $120.00 continuum rELIgIOuS STuDIES 149
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