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The Gate of Practice
The Qur’ān established for the Muslims five acts of worship, known as “the Pillars of Islam” (arkān al-Islām). The first is the Shahādah, the...
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Two Muslim Travelers to the West in the Nineteenth Century
During the Industrial Revolution and before the widespread Anglo-French colonization of the Arab world in the beginning of the twentieth century, a...
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Theology and Development
The previous chapter covered economic development issues rooted in the Protestant Ethic, with a particular focus on American influences in...
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Muslim Civil Society in Eastern and Western Contexts
Contemporary political discourses are replete with references to civil society, which is generally perceived to be a key element of modern society....
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Engaging the Other
Conflict is endemic in human interaction, but it is not inevitable. Some clashes tend to result from the placing of relationships within a zero-sum...
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Bridging Civilizations: The New Hermeneutics of Islamic Law
In 2003, the Iranian law on child custody was amended to take into account children’s best interests during a divorce (Feministnews, 2003); in...
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From Diasporic to Ecumenical: The Buddhist Tzu Chi (Ciji) Movement in Malaysia
How does a diasporic religion extend beyond the ethnic enclave marked by the pluralism in the host society? Drawing from my fieldwork in Malacca,...
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The Role of the Catholic Church in the Bosnian Conflict 1992–1995: A Historical Approach
When investigating the role of religion in the wars following the dissolution of Yugoslavia, one cannot avoid the question of the interrelationship...
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Jewish Magic Tales
This chapter’s explorations of Jewish magic tales rest on Hebrew manuscript books that are traceable to specific geographic locations or particular...
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Benefits and Challenges of Multifaith Engagement
This chapter outlines the benefits of and the challenges faced by the multifaith movement as it engages in three of its principle aims: develo**...
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Pentecostal Judaism and Ethiopian Israelis
A few years ago I attended a circumcision ceremony for the eight-day-old son of a man I had first met when he himself was only a boy of seven,...
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Talismanic Depiction: Messianic Repair and Folk Arts (Ethiopia)
Thus far we have been tracing a rereading of messianism in terms of our current planetary eco-crisis, moving away from a focus on Jesus as “the...
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Prime Suspect: Alonso del Castillo
In the great vaulted chamber of the library of El Escorial monastery, a man is sitting at a desk, his quill pen poised in his hand. The strong,...
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Northern Nigeria from Independence (1960) to 1979
Needless to say that when Nigeria gained her independence in 1960 from the British, the entire country seemingly commenced new social political...
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Acts of Rebellion
If you walk down from the Hospital Real towards the Puerta de Elvira in the city of Granada, you will see a beautiful monument 50–60 feet high in the...