Religious & Theocratic Ideologies

The modern world struggles to make sense of the savage violence and terror perpetrated by Islamic State. In this timely publication Dr Patrick Sook...

Hanif Qadir is recognised as one of the world's leading specialists in positively transforming violent extremists. He has worked with hundreds of h...

The Islamic State has stunned the world with its savagery, destructiveness, and military and recruiting successes. What explains the rise of ISIS, ...

A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identityAmerica is the most religiously diverse nation on the planet. In tod...

Hizbullah is not only a leading political actor in Lebanon and a dynamic force in the Middle East, but it is also distinguished by a sophisticated ...

A compelling history of the ancient schism that continues to divide the Islamic worldWhen Muhammad died in 632 without a male heir, Sunnis contende...

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following the U.S-Taliban peace deal of February 2020 - and the U.S's promised withdrawal from Afghanistan - the T...

This book develops the concept of the corporatist catch-all party to explain how the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has responded to chang...

Religion and Representation: Islam and Democracy brings together a series of reflections, studies and observations that examine the complex relatio...

The Trkh al-fattsh is one of the most important and celebrated sources for the history of pre-colonial West Africa, yet it has confounded scholars ...

Why has secularism faced such challenges in the Middle East and in Lebanon in particular? In light of dominating headlines about the spread of sect...

Asks how representatives of Political Islam are conducting themselves in the field of international politicsDoes political Islam have a specific vi...

Decades of neoliberal authoritarianism have propelled Turkey into crisis. Regime change, economic disaster and Erdogans ambition to impose one-man ...

From September 2011 to December 2013 the Luigi Sturzo Institute in Rome along with the Centre of European Studies planned a series of international...

During the first half of the twentieth century, nationalizing processes in Europe and Palestine reshaped observant Jewry into two distinct societie...

When, in October 1517, Martin Luther pinned his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg he shattered the foundations of ...

Shatters the common academic myth that neoliberalism is simply free market fundamentalism plus political conservatism Neoliberalism in recent years...

Introduces you to the promises and problems of Charles Taylor's thought in major contemporary debatesCharles Taylor is one of the most influential ...

Spirituality and Religion Within the Culture of Medicine provides a comprehensive evaluation of the relationship between spirituality, religion, an...

Until now, there has been no direct and extensive engagement with the category of religion from liberal political philosophy. Over the last thirty ...

Although regarded as a single community of Islamists, Islamic political movements utilise vastly different means to pursue their goals. This book e...

*Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2017* In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the overthrow of the government o...

No topic has captured the public imagination of late quite so dramatically as the spectre of global jihadism. While much has been said about the wa...

Islamophobia is a term that has existed since the nineteenth century. But in recent decades, argues Pascal Bruckner in his controversial new book, ...

'A groundbreaking study ... a masterclass in how to do intellectual history, and one that nobody with an interest in radical Islam should miss' T...

Raising awareness of what Islam is, as well as deepening understanding about the lived realities of Muslim people, this book explores the contempor...

For the last century, the Western world has regarded Turkey as a pivotal case of the 'clash of civilisations' between Islam and the West. Why Turke...

A timely defense of religious diversity and its centrality to American identityAmerica is the most religiously devout country in the Western world ...

When Pakistan was founded in 1947, it had a rich tapestry of different religious groups, ranging from Sunni and Shiite Muslims to Christians, Parsi...

Killing Gods Enemies relates the origin, history and activities of the church of Christian Identity and its violent outgrowth called the Phineas Pr...