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  • Faith, Ideology and Fearby Gabriele Marranci

    Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 120.00

    Based on four years anthropological research within prisons and Muslim communities in the UK, this book offers a unique discussion of the relationship between the experience of prison among Muslims and the formation of religious identity. Gabriele Marranci thoroughly examines Muslim religious life in prison, the work of Muslim chaplains and imams (and... more...

  • Jihad Beyond Islamby Gabriele Marranci

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2006; US$ 120.95

    Explores the different cultural ideas that have influenced the religious aspects of jihad. 'jihad', a term often mistranslated as 'Holy War', has become synonymous with terrorism. This book, by observing the crisis of identity among ordinary Muslims, explores why, and in what circumstances Muslims speak of jihad. more...

  • The Anthropology of Islamby Gabriele Marranci

    Bloomsbury Publishing 2008; US$ 109.95

    Provides analyses of Islam and its relation to issues such as identities, politics, culture, power and gender. This book argues that Islam needs to be studied as a living religion through the observation of everyday Muslim life. It is useful for those interested in investigating the unsettled place of Islam in our multicultural society. more...

  • Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularizationby Gabriele Marranci

    Springer 2010; US$ 129.99

    Scholars from various disciplines worked together to present the first interdisciplinary book to address the issue of Islam, secularism and globalization. The book has a clear structure which represents its interdisciplinary approach: the first section addresses the philosophical and historical discussion about Islam and secularism; the second section... more...

  • Understanding Muslim Identityby Professor Gabriele Marranci

    Palgrave Macmillan 2009; US$ 95.00

    In this timely book, Marranci critically surveys the available theories on Islamic fundamentalism and extremism. Rejecting essentialism and cultural reductionism, the book suggests that identity and emotion play an essential role in the phenomenon that has been called fundamentalism. more...

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