Considers the question: what does it mean to be Muslim and American? In Islam Is a
Foreign Country, Zareena Grewal explores some of the most pressing debates about and …

In July 2010, Terry Jones, the pastor of a small fundamentalist church in Florida, announced
plans to burn two hundred Qur'ans on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Though …

As the United States wages war on terrorism, the country's attention is riveted on the Muslim
world as never before. While many cursory press accounts dealing with Muslims in the …

Terrains of Exchange offers a bold new paradigm for understanding the expansion of Islam
in the modern world. Through the model of religious economy, it traces the competition …

The patriarchal structure of the Nation of Islam (NOI) promised black women the prospect of
finding a provider and a protector among the organization's men, who were fiercely …

Exploring the Yoruba tradition in the United States, Hucks begins with the story of Nana
Oseijeman Adefunmi's personal search for identity and meaning as a young man in Detroit …

Utilizing recent anthropological and historical approaches to Islamization (here meaning the
various historical processes by which humans become Muslims), this article offers a new …

In Esotericism in African American Religious Experience:“There is a Mystery”..., Stephen C.
Finley, Margarita Simon Guillory, and Hugh R. Page, Jr. assemble twenty groundbreaking …

Except for a few studies that explore the intersections between esoteric ideas/practices and
white supremacy, race has largely been ignored in the field of Western esotericism. This …

" Inventing America's Worst Family is an important, refreshing, and interesting work. Perhaps
the most fascinating aspect of this account is its placement at the center of a larger narrative …