Before Europe: The Christian West in the Annals of Medieval Islam
Arafat Razzaque reviews Daniel König’s Arabic-Islamic Views of the Latin West: Tracing the Emergence of Medieval Europe In 1961, nearly two decades before
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History
How Christianity Killed the Pagan Gods
A review of Larry Hurtado’s Why on Earth Did Anyone Become a Christian in the First Three Centuries? and Destroyer of the gods:
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Imagining Pakistan: Religion at the Origins of Nationalism
Sohaib I. Khan on Venkat Dhulipala’s Creating a New Medina Pakistan’s descent into violent forms of religious extremism has recently become the subject
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Identity and Commentary in the Sufi Tradition
The Life of Ibn al-Mubārak One of the more difficult tasks facing historians of early Sufism is to disentangle its development as an
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Evangelicals and the New Urbanism
The troubled relationship of Christians and the City As American culture underwent the metamorphosis of late modernity, evangelical Christians signed up for the
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Children of God
The meaning of children in early Christianity What is childhood? Does it correspond to age? Is it a stage of psychological development? Is
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On Islam, Liberalism, and Islam in Liberalism – by Kathleen Foody
Kathleen Foody on Joseph Massad’s Islam in Liberalism In 1981, Edward Said asked whether “Islam [is] in the end useful as a notion,
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Biblical Bridal Songs and Latin Reception – by E. Ann Matter
E. Ann Matter on Karl Shuve’s The Song of Songs Scholarly interest in the traditions of biblical exegesis of the medieval Latin tradition
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Jewish City Values – by Rachel Gordan
“Wait, is he talking about us?” In one of the many highlights/lowlights of this presidential election season, presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz accused
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A New Synoptic Gospel? – by Sarah E. Rollens
Sarah E. Rollens on James Barker’s John’s Use of Matthew For someone outside the field, New Testament scholarship can occasionally appear to be
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