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Catholic Social Activism

Catholic Social Activism

Sharon Erickson Nepstad

NYU Press

Sarah McFarland Taylor

NYU Press

Film as Religion, Second Edition

Film as Religion, Second Edition

John C. Lyden

NYU Press

Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy

Muslim American Politics and the Future of US Democracy

Edward E. Curtis IV

NYU Press

Religion in Vogue

Religion in Vogue

Lynn S. Neal

NYU Press

Feasting and Fasting

Feasting and Fasting

Aaron S. Gross, Jody Myers, Jordan D. Rosenblum, Hasia R. Diner, Jonathan Safran Foer

NYU Press

None of the Above

None of the Above

Joel Thiessen, Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme

NYU Press

Old Canaan in a New World

Old Canaan in a New World

Elizabeth Fenton

NYU Press

Catholic Activism Today

Catholic Activism Today

Maureen K. Day

NYU Press

Muslim American City

Muslim American City

Alisa Perkins

NYU Press

Society without God, Second Edition

Society without God, Second Edition

Phil Zuckerman

NYU Press

Lift Every Voice and Swing

Lift Every Voice and Swing

Vaughn A. Booker

NYU Press

Religion Is Raced

Religion Is Raced

Grace Yukich, Penny Edgell

NYU Press

The Divided Mind of the Black Church

The Divided Mind of the Black Church

Raphael G. Warnock

NYU Press

Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Jonathan Mark

NYU Press

Theory of Women in Religions

Theory of Women in Religions

Catherine Wessinger

NYU Press

Lifeblood of the Parish

Lifeblood of the Parish

Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada

NYU Press

Creating the Creation Museum

Creating the Creation Museum

Kathleen C. Oberlin

NYU Press

Women in Buddhist Traditions

Women in Buddhist Traditions

Karma Lekshe Tsomo

NYU Press

Dividing the Faith

Dividing the Faith

Richard J. Boles

NYU Press

Fear in Our Hearts

Fear in Our Hearts

Caleb Iyer Elfenbein

NYU Press

The Making of American Catholicism

The Making of American Catholicism

Michael J. Pfeifer

NYU Press

Beyond the Synagogue

Beyond the Synagogue

Rachel B. Gross

NYU Press

When the Medium Was the Mission

When the Medium Was the Mission

Jenna Supp-Montgomerie

NYU Press

The Philosopher Responds

The Philosopher Responds

Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, Abū ʿAlī Miskawayh, Sophia Vasalou, James E. Montgomery, Jonathan Rée

NYU Press

The Course of God’s Providence

The Course of God’s Providence

Philippa Koch

NYU Press

Soundtrack to a Movement

Soundtrack to a Movement

Richard Brent Turner

NYU Press

Black Fundamentalists

Black Fundamentalists

Daniel R. Bare

NYU Press

One Faith No Longer

One Faith No Longer

George Yancey, Ashlee Quosigk

NYU Press

Kabbalah and the Founding of America

Kabbalah and the Founding of America

Brian Ogren

NYU Press

The Church of the Dead

The Church of the Dead

Jennifer Scheper Hughes

NYU Press

White Christian Privilege

White Christian Privilege

Khyati Y. Joshi

NYU Press

The Myth of Colorblind Christians

The Myth of Colorblind Christians

Jesse Curtis

NYU Press

Studying Lived Religion

Studying Lived Religion

Nancy Tatom Ammerman

NYU Press

Adopting for God

Adopting for God

Soojin Chung

NYU Press

Networking the Black Church

Networking the Black Church

Erika D. Gault

NYU Press

Powers of Pilgrimage

Powers of Pilgrimage

Simon Coleman

NYU Press

Muslims of the Heartland

Muslims of the Heartland

Edward E. Curtis IV

NYU Press

Religion, Race, and COVID-19

Religion, Race, and COVID-19

Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas

NYU Press

Faith and Power

Faith and Power

Felipe Hinojosa, Maggie Elmore, Sergio M. González

NYU Press

The Essence of Reality

The Essence of Reality

ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, Mohammed Rustom

NYU Press

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali

Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī, Mario Kozah, David Gordon White

NYU Press

Women in Yoruba Religions

Women in Yoruba Religions

Oyèrónké Oládémọ

NYU Press

Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition

Creole Religions of the Caribbean, Third Edition

Margarite Fernández Olmos, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

NYU Press

Vernacular Religion

Vernacular Religion

Deborah Dash Moore, Judith Weisenfeld

NYU Press

Smart Suits, Tattered Boots

Smart Suits, Tattered Boots

Korie Little Edwards, Michelle Oyakawa

NYU Press

Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition

Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition

Rima Vesely-Flad

NYU Press

The Forbidden Body

The Forbidden Body

Douglas E. Cowan

NYU Press

The Secular Paradox

The Secular Paradox

Joseph Blankholm

NYU Press

My Second-Favorite Country

My Second-Favorite Country

Sivan Zakai

NYU Press

Sanctified Sisters

Sanctified Sisters

Jenny Wiley Legath

NYU Press

Civil Religion Today

Civil Religion Today

Rhys H. Williams, Raymond Haberski Jr., Philip Goff

NYU Press

Christian Anarchist

Christian Anarchist

William Marling

NYU Press

Open Hearts, Closed Doors

Open Hearts, Closed Doors

Nicholas T. Pruitt

NYU Press

Vexed with Devils

Vexed with Devils

Erika Gasser

NYU Press

Jews on the Frontier

Jews on the Frontier

Shari Rabin

NYU Press

God on the Big Screen

God on the Big Screen

Terry Lindvall

NYU Press

Paranoid Science

Paranoid Science

Antony Alumkal

NYU Press

The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience

The Varieties of Nonreligious Experience

Jerome P. Baggett

NYU Press

Religion, Law, USA

Religion, Law, USA

Isaac Weiner, Joshua Dubler

NYU Press

Loss of Indigenous Eden and the Fall of Spirituality

Loss of Indigenous Eden and the Fall of Spirituality

Blair A. Stonechild

University of Regina Press

Honouring the Declaration

Honouring the Declaration

Don Schweitzer, Paul L. Gareau

University of Regina Press

Seeking Sanctuary

Seeking Sanctuary

John Marnell, Kapya Kaoma

Wits University Press

Religion and US Empire

Religion and US Empire

Tisa Wenger, Sylvester A. Johnson

NYU Press

Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War

Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War

Adam D. Mendelsohn

NYU Press

Jews in the Soviet Union: A History

Jews in the Soviet Union: A History

Gennady Estraikh

NYU Press

Jews in the Soviet Union: A History

Jews in the Soviet Union: A History

Oleg Budnitskii, David Engel, Gennady Estraikh, Anna Shternshis

NYU Press

In the Shadow of Ebenezer

In the Shadow of Ebenezer

Leah Mickens

NYU Press

Evelyn Alsultany

NYU Press

Charles Price

NYU Press

The Women’s Mosque of America

The Women’s Mosque of America

Tazeen M. Ali

NYU Press

al-Ḥasan al-Yūsī, Justin Stearns

NYU Press

Light in the Heavens

Light in the Heavens

al-Qāḍī al-Quḍāʿī, Tahera Qutbuddin, Bishop Paul Hinder

NYU Press

The Requirements of the Sufi Path

The Requirements of the Sufi Path

Ibn Khaldūn, Carolyn Baugh

NYU Press

The New Heretics

The New Heretics

Rebekka King

NYU Press

Orit Avishai

NYU Press

Muslims on the Margins

Muslims on the Margins

Katrina Daly Thompson

NYU Press

The Sex Obsession

The Sex Obsession

Janet R. Jakobsen

NYU Press

Isabella Kasselstrand, Phil Zuckerman, Ryan T. Cragun

NYU Press

The Church of the Dead

The Church of the Dead

Jennifer Scheper Hughes

NYU Press

Christian Nationalism and the Birth of the War on Drugs

Christian Nationalism and the Birth of the War on Drugs

Andrew Monteith

NYU Press

The Black Coptic Church

The Black Coptic Church

Leonard Cornell McKinnis II

NYU Press

Jewish Sunday Schools

Jewish Sunday Schools

Laura Yares

NYU Press

The State of Desire

The State of Desire

Lea Taragin-Zeller

NYU Press

Jews Across the Americas

Jews Across the Americas

Adriana M. Brodsky, Laura Arnold Leibman

NYU Press

The Divine Names

The Divine Names

ʿAfīf al-Dīn al-Tilimsānī, Yousef Casewit

NYU Press

The Faithful Scientist

The Faithful Scientist

Christopher P. Scheitle

NYU Press

From Dust They Came

From Dust They Came

Jonathan H. Ebel

NYU Press

Conceiving Christian America

Conceiving Christian America

Risa Cromer

NYU Press

Christian Imperial Feminism

Christian Imperial Feminism

Gale L. Kenny

NYU Press

Jewish Radical Feminism

Jewish Radical Feminism

Joyce Antler

NYU Press

Wanamaker’s Temple

Wanamaker's Temple

Nicole C. Kirk

NYU Press

God’s Resistance

God's Resistance

Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, Robert Chao Romero, Nancy Wang Yuen

NYU Press

The Book of Monasteries

The Book of Monasteries

al-Shābushtī, Hilary Kilpatrick

NYU Press

Forged in America

Forged in America

Hasia R. Diner, Miriam Nyhan Grey

NYU Press

Jeffrey S. Gurock

NYU Press

A Revolution in Type

A Revolution in Type

Ayelet Brinn

NYU Press

Beyond the Synagogue

Beyond the Synagogue

Rachel B. Gross

NYU Press

Critical Race Theory, Fourth Edition

Critical Race Theory, Fourth Edition

Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic, Angela Harris

NYU Press

Kalīlah and Dimnah

Kalīlah and Dimnah

Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, Michael Fishbein, Michael Fishbein, James E. Montgomery

NYU Press