Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica – August 2013

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|September 30, 2013|Middle East, Central Asia and Islamica|0 comments

Islam Interpreting Avicenna : critical essays / edited by Peter Adamson. In the age of Averroes : Arabic philosophy in the sixth/twelfth century / edited by Peter Adamson. Islamic thought in the dialogue of cultures : a historical and bibliographical survey / By Hans Daiber. Tales of God’s friends : Islamic hagiography in translation / edited by John Renard. Striving in the path of God : Jihād and Martyrdom in

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Religions – December 2012

By Emma Wilson-Shaw|January 4, 2013|Religions|0 comments

Sanctity and self-inflicted violence in Chinese religions, 1500-1700 / Jimmy Yu Mamluks and animals: veterinary medicine in medieval Islam / by Housni Alkhateeb Shehada. On old age: approaching death in antiquity and the Middle Ages / edited by Christian Krötzl, Katariina Mustakallio. Conversion and apostasy in the late Ottoman Empire / Selim Deringil