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February, 2026

January, 2026

  • 5 January

    Enlightening Students in the Laws of Religion: Tabṣirat al-Mutaʿallimīn fī Aḥkām al-Dīn

    Tabṣirat al-Mutaʿallimīn fī aḥkām al-dīn is a seminal work in Twelver Shia Islamic jurisprudence. It systematically outlines the principles and rulings of Sharia law (fiqh), covering acts of worship, transactions, punishments, and social responsibilities....

  • 2 January

    Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays about Heaven

    T. Ryan Byerly and Eric J. Silverman have edited an impressive collection of 17 new essays dealing with these and other problems related to the possibility and desirability of Heavenly existence, its presuppositions, and its implications All of the essays are of the highest standard of analytic theology, and I can only recommend the book to anyone interested in one of the most important themes of theological reflection concerning the Christian hope for the world to.....

December, 2025

  • 27 December

    Islam, Law and the State in the Philippines

    This book investigates the development of Islam in the Philippines from a legal perspective, investigating Islam through the lens of the institutions of Islamic law....

  • 21 December

    Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara: Islam, Spiritual Mediation, and Social Change

    Invoking the Invisible in the Sahara situates battles over the meaning and control of Islamic esoteric knowledge (ḥjāb) in Mauritania's history of racial and political struggles dating to the pre-colonial era. Innovatively using contemporary social media alongside traditional textual and oral sources, Pettigrew reveals the resilience and adaptability of both ḥjāb power and practitioners. ‘Magic' in Mauritania has not disappeared; it has become a marketable commodity....

  • 14 December

    Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam +PDF

    Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam offers a multi-disciplinary study of Muslim thinking about paradise, death, apocalypse, and the hereafter...

  • 9 December

    Feminist Theology and Social Justice in Islam: A Study on the Sermon of Fatima

    This book explores the intersection of theology and women’s studies, centering around the influential figure of Fatima within Shiʿi theology. By examining Fatima’s sacred role and her impact on empowering women and political minorities, the manuscript offers a textual analysis of....

November, 2025

  • 30 November

    New Release: Living Islam: Muslim Expressions of Faith

    Living Islam invites readers to appreciate ways in which Muslims from diverse backgrounds and traditions interpret and experience their faith. Adopting a cultural studies approach, Ali Asani begins by posing questions such as 'Which Islam?' and...

  • 20 November

    Shaykh Mufid: An Annotated Bibliography

    The present research includes two parts: first, a descriptive bibliography of primary works by Mufīd (i.e., written by Mufīd himself, dictated by him, or selected from his works); and second, a bibliography of contemporary secondary literature on Mufīd and his works....

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