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Fear of Islam, the, 9781451465495
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American and European societies have struggled with the recurrent problem of Islamophobia. This book offers an introduction to the historical roots and contemporary forms of religious anxiety regarding Islam within the Western world.

Fear of Islam, the

an introduction to islamophobia in the west

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    362 pages

  • Release Date

    30 April 2015

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Summary

This volume investigates the context of Western views of Islam and offers an introduction to the historical roots and contemporary anxiety regarding Islam within the Western world. Tracing the medieval legacy of religious polemics and violence, Green orients the reader to the complex history and issues in Western relations to Islam, from early and late modern colonial enterprises and theories of Orientalism, to the production of religious discourses of otherness and the clash of civilizations…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781451465495
ISBN-10:1451465491
Author:Todd H. Green
Publisher:Fortress Press,u.s.
Imprint:Fortress Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:362
Release Date:30 April 2015
Weight:606g
Dimensions:153mm x 229mm
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About The Author

Todd H. Green

Todd H. Green is associate professor of religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He is the author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals on the topics of Islamophobia and secularization in the West, along with the book Responding to Secularization: The Deaconess Movement in Nineteenth-Century Sweden (2011). Green is also the editor of Islam, Immigration, and Identity (2014).

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