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The Copts of Egypt challenges of modernisation and identity / by Ibrahim, Vivian

Table of Contents: “…Religion and state-building in the Khedival period (1798-1882) ; The making of new national identities (1882-1919) ; Constitutional politics and political Islam (1922-1946) -- Intra-communal relations : the Coptic community from within (1882-1954). …”
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Rashīd al-Dīn's history of India : collected essays with facsimiles and indices / by Rashīd al-Dīn Ṭabīb, 1247?-1318

Table of Contents: “…The Yugas of the Indians in Islamic historiography.--Km̄alashrī--Rashīd al-Dīn's "Life and teaching of Buddha."…”
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The Idea of Democracy in the Modern Era / by Ketcham, Ralph, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…Prospects for government in 1989 -- Aristotelian and Confucian insights -- Tensions of Citizenship: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam -- The first era of modern thought, ca. 1600-1750 -- The United States and first modernity democracy -- The second modernity: from Bentham to Dewey -- Liberal democracy in the twentieth century -- Second modernity thought in Japan and China -- An Asian third modernity -- Postmodernism and a fourth modernity democracy -- Comparing rationales for democracy -- The idea of democracy in the third millennium.…”
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Political theory & social change. /

Table of Contents: “…--Changing conceptions of political legitimacy; abandonment of theocracy in the Islamic world, by G. Lewy.--Constitutionalism in the sixteenth century; the Protestant Monarchomachs, by J. …”

The afterlife of the Platonic soul reflections of Platonic psychology in the monotheistic religions /

Table of Contents: “…Pormann -- Private caves and public islands : Islam, Plato, and the Ikhwān al-Ṣafā' / Ian Richard Netton -- Tradition and innovation in the psychology of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī / Maha Elkaisy-Friemuth -- Judaic tradition -- The soul in Jewish neoplatonism : a case study of Abraham Ibn Ezra and Judah Halevi / Aaron W. …”
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Divine fertility : the continuity in transformation of an ideology of sacred kinship in Northeast Africa / by Mire, Sada, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Aims, structure, concepts, terminology, the movement of peoples and ideas -- Sacred landscapes, materiality and fertility rituals -- Material culture, fertility and sacrifice at the sacred site of Aw-Barkhadle -- In the name of divine kinship: the fertility bath, Bun Shuruur, Baanshada Dumarka, Zar, Sitaat, Wagar, Gudnid Fircooni (FGM) Waqlaal and Istunka -- Sacred fertility of a divine kinship ideology: indigenous institutions and Sufi Islam in the Horn of Africa -- An ideology of fertility in the archaeology of the Horn of Africa: Aw-Barkhadle and beyond -- Conclusions: Divine fertility of a sacred kinship ideology.…”
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The Future of ISIS : Regional and International Implications /

Table of Contents: “…Wirtz -- Local actors -- Syria and Iraq : ISIS and other local actors in historical context / Kevin Martin -- Islamic State-Khurasan Province / Amin Tarzi -- Joint action : U.S. and regional powers -- International and regional responses : an appraisal / Hussein Banai -- Regional constraints on the U.S. confrontation of ISIS / Feisal Amin Rasoul al-Istrabadi -- U.S. interests -- ISIS's territorial sanctuary and the risk of complex terrorist attacks in the United States / Risa Brooks -- A state, an insurgency, and a revolution : understanding and defeating the three faces of ISIS / Peter Krause.…”
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Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614 by Harvey, L. P. (Leonard Patrick)

Table of Contents: “…The beginnings of Crypto-Islam in the Iberian Peninsula -- Spain's Muslims under a new order -- The Muslims of Aragon and Valencia up to their forcible conversion -- Crypto-Muslims in the lands of the crowns of Castile and Aragon, 1525-60 -- The intellectual life of Spain's clandestine Muslims -- Crisis and war : Granada, 1567-71 -- Assimilation or rejection? …”
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Global religions an introduction /

Table of Contents: “…Christianity / Harvey Cox -- Islam / Said Amir Arjomand -- Judaism / Harvey E. …”
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Faith in empire religion, politics, and colonial rule in French Senegal, 1880-1940 /

Table of Contents: “…To mock a nun : religion and politics in Senegal's communes, 1882-1890 -- Rivalry in translation : Catholicism, Islam, and French rule of the North-West Sereer, 1890-1900 -- "The storm approaches" : laïcité and West Africa, 1901-1910 -- Proving patriotism : Catholic missionaries and the First World War in Senegal -- An ambiguous monument : Dakar's colonial cathedral of the Souvenir Africain -- Civilization, custom, and controversy : Catholic conversion and French rule in Senegal -- Conclusion : the limits of civilizing, 1936-1940.…”
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Citizen Outsider : Children of North African Immigrants in France / by Beaman, Jean, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…: education, upward mobility, and connections across generations -- Marginalization and middle-class blues : race, Islam, the workplace, and the public sphere -- French is, french ain't : boundaries of French and Maghrebin identities -- Boundaries of difference : cultural citizenship and transnational blackness -- Conclusion : sacrificed children of the Republic? …”
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Immortal a military history of Iran and its armed forces / by Ward, Steven R.

Table of Contents: “…Heritage of greatness, legacy of loss -- Powerful predecessors: the Safavids and Nader Shah -- Laughingstock: the Qajar military -- Nationalism unleashed: from revolution to the Great War -- Two paths: the birth of the modern Iranian armed forces -- Sidelined: the world at war in Iran -- Cold War pillar: the rise of the Imperial Armed Forces -- Old guard, new guard: Iran's armed forces in the Islamic Revolution -- Horrible sacrifice: the Iran-Iraq War -- Despise not your enemy: Iran's armed forces in the twenty-first century.…”
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The rise of the individual in 1950s israel a challenge to collectivism / by Rozin, Orit

Table of Contents: “…Austerity: desperate housewives and the government -- Austerity and the rule of law -- The law enforcement s -- In the city square -- Austerity tested: the local elections of 1950 -- The municipal election results and their significance -- From poll to poll: the elections for the Second Knesset -- The outcome of the elections to the Second Knesset -- Somewhere in the transit camp -- Terms of abhorrence: how old-time Israelis viewed immigrants from the Islamic World -- Parents, parenting, and children -- The construction of a collective: relations between immigrants and old-time Israelis. 000.…”
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The legacy of John Paul II

Table of Contents: “…John Paul II and Lutherans: actions and reactions / Jared Wicks -- 8. John Paul II and Islam / Christian W. Troll -- Response to Chapter 8 (Christian Troll): John Paul II and Islam / Simonetta Calderini -- 9. …”
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Proteomics for food authentication /

Table of Contents: “…Nollet -- Whole protein analysis using LC-MS/MS for food authentication / Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Arun Kashivishwanath Shettar, Devarajan Thangadurai, Chethan Jambanna Dandin, Ravichandra Hospet, Bhavisha Prakashbhai Sheth, Saher Islam, Abdel Rahman Mohammad Said Al-Tawaha, Mojtaba Kordrostami and Mohammad Mafakheri -- Proteomic authentication of dairy products / Saher Islam, Devarajan Thangadurai -- Proteomic tools for improved processing of dry-cured meats / Leticia Mora, Fidel Toldrá -- Fish / Marco Alexandre Cavaco Cerqueira, Ana Paula Farinha, Denise Schrama, Márcio Júlio Vicente Moreira, Cláudia Sofia Ferreira Raposo de Magalhães, Pedro Miguel Leal Rodrigues -- Proteomics in authentication of wine / Javed Ahamad, Javed Ahmad, Showkat R. …”
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A comparative sociology of world religions virtuosos, priests, and popular religion / by Sharot, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…World religions, elites, and popular religion -- Religious action : a Weberian model -- Elites and masses : Max Weber, Weberian scholars, and Marxist analysis -- China : state religion, elites, and popular religion in a syncretistic milieu -- India : Brahmans, renouncers, and popular Hinduism -- Nirvana and spirits : Buddhism and animism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia -- Hierocracy and popular religion : Catholicism in 'traditional' Europe -- Elite scholars and popular saints : a brief excursus on Islam and Judaism -- Protestants, Catholics, and the reform of popular religion -- Comparisons.…”
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A day apart how Jews, Christians, and Muslims find faith, freedom, and joy on the Sabbath / by Ringwald, Christopher D.

Table of Contents: “…From Sinai to Sunday: the Holy Day in three religions and three families -- The birth of the Sabbath: from creation to Mount Sinai and into the Promised Land in 1100 BCE -- The fight for the Sabbath: from the monarchy to Jesus and the age of the rabbis: 1000 BCE to 200 CE -- The Lord's Day: Easter to 1600 -- Islam's Day of Judgment -- Citizens and Sabbatarians: 1600 to 1890 -- The Sabbath defeated, reborn, converted: 1890 to the present -- The window on eternity -- Give me a break: work, rest, equality, play, and place -- The promise of peace: sharing the Holy Day.…”
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Exploring the spiritualities of the world religions the quest for personal, spiritual and social transformation / by Ferguson, Duncan S. (Duncan Sheldon), 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The spiritual quest -- The spiritual pathways rooted in nature and culture -- Indigenous wisdom tradtions -- Classical expressions of culture-based religions -- Current expressions of nature/culture religion -- The spiritual pathways of transcendent monism -- Spiritual pathways within hinduism -- Spiritual pathways within buddhism -- Spiritual pathways within confucianism and taoism -- The spiritual pathways of the abrahamic monotheistic religions -- Spiritual pathways within judaism -- Spiritual pathways within christianity -- Spiritual pathways within islam -- The common elements of life-giving spiritualities -- Finding a spiritual pathway.…”
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Astrology and cosmology in the world's religions by Campion, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Cosmology and religion: measurement and meaning -- Astrology: the celestial mirror -- Australia: the dreaming -- Oceania: navigating the sky -- North Americas: the Great Spirit -- South and Central America: salvation and sacrifice -- Sub-Saharan Africa: heaven on earth -- Egypt: the solar society -- China: the celestial offices -- India: ancient traditions and modern practice -- Babylon: signs in the sky -- The Jews: myth, magic, and transcendence -- Classical Greece: ascent to the stars -- Christianity: influence and transcendence -- Islam: faith and reason -- Theosophical, new age, and pagan cosmologies: nature and transformation.…”
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Unveiling the harem elite women and the paradox of seclusion in eighteenth-century Cairo / by Fay, Mary Ann

Table of Contents: “…Reimagining the harem: from orientalist fantasies to historical reconstruction -- Egypt in the eighteenth century: the transition from the medieval to the early modern -- Slaves in the family: Islam, household slavery, and the construction of kinship -- The Mamluk household: how a house became a home -- Mamluk women and the Egyptian economy: a comparative perspective on women's property rights -- The city as text: space, gender, and power in Cairo -- The architecture of seclusion: in search of the historical harem -- Everyday life in the harem -- Changing the subject: gender and the history of the Mamluk revival -- Epilogue.…”
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