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newAcross God’s FrontiersCatholic Sisters in the American West, 1850-1920Anne M. Butler

“A profound undertaking that demon-strates the powerful nexus between gender, religion, and region.” —Roberto R. Treviño, University of Texas, Arlington2012 448 pp., 25 illus.978-0-8078-3565-4 $45.00 cloth | Now $36.00

newThe Gospel of Freedom and PowerProtestant Missionaries in American Culture after World War IISArAh e. ruBle

“A valuable contribution to ongoing conversations about national power, gender, religion, and popular cul-ture.”—Melani McAlister, The George Washington University2012 232 pp.978-0-8078-3581-4 $37.50 cloth | Now $30.00

newThe Color of ChristThe Son of God and the Saga of Race in AmericaedwArd J. BluM And PAul hArvey

“[Blum and Harvey] masterfully probe how a sacred icon can be a tool at once of racial oppression and libera-tion. . . . This book will forever change the way you look at images of Jesus.” —Publishers Weekly Starred Review2012 352 pp., 19 illus.

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Sufi Narratives of IntimacyIbn ʿArabī, Gender, and SexualitySAʿdiyyA ShAikh

“A revolutionary work of scholarship.” —Vincent J. Cornell, Emory UniversityIslamic Civilization and Muslim Networks2012 304 pp., 1 figure978-0-8078-3533-3 $49.95 cloth | Now $39.96

newDixie DharmaInside a Buddhist Temple in the American SouthJeff wilSon

“Wilson presents an impressive view of a plural Buddhism finding a place in the midst of the evangelical South.” —Religion in American History2012 304 pp., 18 illus., 6 tables978-0-8078-3545-6 $36.95 cloth | Now $29.56

newInto the PulpitSouthern Baptist Women and Power since World War IIelizABeth h. flowerS

“Helps readers to see the utter ubiquity of women’s issues in one very important source of conserva-tive evangelical culture.”—Margaret Bendroth, Congregational Christian Historical Society2012 288 pp. 978-0-8078-3534-0 $47.50 cloth | Now $38.00

new“A Peculiar People”Anti-Mormonism and the Making of Religion in Nineteenth-Century AmericaJ. SPencer fluhMAn

“As Fluhman shows in marvelous detail, Mormonism was the great scandal of American nineteenth- century religion.”—The New Yorker2012 240 pp., 12 illus.978-0-8078-3571-5 $34.95 cloth | Now $27.96

The Science of the Soul in Colonial New EnglandSArAh rivett2011 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize, American Society of Church History

“Trac[es] the astonishing ways in which early empiricism and Protestant theology and conversionary practices intersected and diverged.”—Teresa Toulouse, University of ColoradoPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia2011 384 pp., 20 illus.978-0-8078-3524-1 $45.00 cloth | Now $36

newA Harmony of the SpiritsTranslation and the Language of Community in Early PennsylvaniaPAtrick M. erBen

“Restore[s] our understanding of the utopian culture shared by the lin-guistically diverse believers.’” —Mark Peterson, University of California, BerkeleyPublished for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia2012 352 pp., 18 illus.978-0-8078-3557-9 $45.00 cloth | Now $36

forthcoming in spring 2013The Cursillo Movement in AmericaCatholics, Protestants, and Fourth-Day SpiritualitykriSty nABhAn-wArren

“Richly textured and very readable. Describes and analyzes a some-times invisible but important slice of American Christianity.”—Chester Gillis, Georgetown University2013 368 pp., 12 illus978-1-4696-0715-3 $69.95 cloth | Now $55.96978-1-4696-0716-0 $29.95 paper | Now $23.96

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Gender, Sainthood, and Everyday Practice in South Asian ShiʿismkAren G. ruffle

“Ruffle provides valuable, thorough, and original insight into Shiʿa devotional literature and ritual practice.”—David Pinault, Santa Clara UniversityIslamic Civilization and Muslim Networks2011 256 pp., 5 illus., 1 table978-0-8078-3475-6 $65.00 cloth | Now $52.00

Native Americans, Christianity, and the Reshaping of the American Religious Landscapeedited By Joel w. MArtin And MArk A. nicholASForeword by Michelene Pesantubbee

“A wonderful group of scholars . . . the scope and depth of the essays are excellent.”—Jace Weaver, University of Georgia2010 344 pp., 2 maps978-0-8078-3406-0 $78.95 cloth | Now $63.16978-0-8078-7145-4 $28.95 paper | Now $23.16

For the Classroom

How to Read the Qur’anA New Guide, with Select TranslationscArl w. ernSt

“Illuminating and well-written. . . . Demonstrat[es] that the Qur’an can actually be read, rather than just quoted, dissected, summarized, ridiculed, glorified or studied for its obvious importance in later Islam.” —Times Literary Supplement2011 288 pp., 2 charts, 8 illus.978-0-8078-3516-6 $30.00 cloth | Now $24.00

new in paperNo Sympathy for the DevilChristian Pop Music and the Transformation of American EvangelicalismdAvid w. Stowe

“Stowe follows Christian pop as it evolves from sound-tracking the left-leaning countercultural Jesus movement, with its saucer-eyed teen burnouts baptized in the surf of ’60s Corona del Mar, California, to mobilizing Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority and the Reagan Revolution.”—Bookforum2011 304 pp., 12 illus.978-0-8078-3458-9 $37.50 cloth | Now $30.00978-1-4696-0687-3 $27.95 paper | Now $22.36

American ChristianitiesA History of Dominance and Diversity edited By cAtherine A. BrekuS And w. clArk GilPin

“Ideal for undergraduate and graduate classes. . . . Illuminates corners of American Christianities that have been missing from mainstream scholarship.”—Diane Winston, University of Southern California2011 544 pp., 29 illus.978-0-8078-3515-9 $75.00 cloth | Now $60.00978-0-8078-7213-0 $34.95 paper | Now $27.96

new in paperAlmighty God Created the RacesChristianity, Interracial Marriage, and American LawfAy BothAM

“Breaks new ground and broadens our understanding of the legal prohibition of interracial marriage.”—Journal of American History2009 288 pp., 5 tables978-0-8078-3318-6 $39.95 cloth | Now $31.96978-1-4696-0727-6 $27.95 paper | Now $22.36

The Furnace of AfflictionPrisons and Religion in Antebellum AmericaJennifer GrABer

“This provocative, important, and thoughtful book illuminates the history of the intersec-tion of religious beliefs and practices with the larger structure of the U.S. penitentiary.” —Michael Meranze, University of California, Los Angeles2011 248 pp., 7 illus.978-0-8078-3457-2 $39.95 cloth | Now $31.96

Isma’ili ModernGlobalization and Identity in a Muslim CommunityJonAh SteinBerG

“[A] pioneering study.”—Times Literary SupplementIslamic Civilization and Muslim Networks2011 264 pp., 6 illus., 1 map978-0-8078-3407-7 $59.95 cloth | Now $47.96978-0-8078-7165-2 $24.95 paper | Now $19.96

new from unc in paperA Reforming PeoplePuritanism and the Transformation of Public Life in New EnglanddAvid d. hAllWith a New Foreword by the Author

“Rescues the New England Puritans from the dark myths of repression. . . . Reveals our original revolutionaries in search of equity, justice, and community.”—Alan Taylor, author of The Civil War of 18122012 288 pp.978-0-8078-7311-3 $24.95 paper | Now $19.96

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