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Bruce B. Lawrence

Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Religion
Religious Studies
Box 90964, Durham, NC 27708-0964
314 Gray Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


The Koran in English: A Biography

Book · June 20, 2017 The untold story of how the Arabic Qur'an became the English Koran For millions of Muslims, the Qur'an is sacred only in Arabic, the original Arabic in which it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century; to many Arab and non-Arab believe ... Link to item Cite

Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective. By Michael Cook

Journal Article Journal of the American Academy of Religion · June 2017 Full text Cite

Applying Ibn Khaldun: The Recovery of a Lost Tradition in Sociology

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · March 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

Ibn Khaldun

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · March 1, 2015 Link to item Cite

The Oxford Handbook of Islam and Politics

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · June 1, 2014 Link to item Cite

Muslims renegotiating marginality in contemporary Ethiopia

Journal Article Muslim World · January 1, 2014 Ethiopian Muslims have only had access to public space and opportunity for religious self-definition and collective influence since 1991. During little more than two decades, how have they advanced subjective agency within the political constraints of the ... Full text Cite

“ALL DISTINCTIONS ARE Political, Artificial”

Journal Article Common Knowledge · April 1, 2013 Few modern artists so consistently embodied a fuzzy logic of their own as did the Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain (1915 – 2011). His critics tried to define him as a reckless defamer of Hindu values, but another way to define him is as a dutiful ... Full text Cite

Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Memories of the Prophet: Why the Prophet Matters

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

A History of Islam in America

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

The Crisis of Islamic Civilization

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Political Spiritualities: The Pentecostal Revolution in Nigeria

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

Journey into America-the Challenge of Islam

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

A World without Islam

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

The Quest for Meaning: Developing a Philosophy of Pluralism

Journal Article MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL · December 1, 2011 Link to item Cite

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Journal Article Journal of Palestine Studies · October 1, 2007 Full text Cite

The languages of political Islam in India, c. 1200-1800.

Journal Article INDIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY REVIEW · 2006 Cite