A Review of: East,West, North,South: Major Developments in International Relations Since 1945

Synchronicity: Science, Myth, and the Trickster Allan Combs and Mark Holland Paragon House, New York, 1990 pp. 192. US$9.95 ISBN 1–55778–304–7

The Rules Are No Game: The Strategy of Communication Anthony Wilden Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1987. $29.95 ISBN 0–7100–9868–5. Paperback due 1991

Man and Woman, War and Peace: The Strategist's Companion Anthony Wilden Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1987. $25.00 ISBN 0–7100–9867–7. Paperback due 1991.

Mindsets: The Role of Culture and Perception in International Relations Glen Fisher Intercultural Press, Inc. Varmouth, ME, 1988, $16.95, ISBN 0–933662–67 X

Quantum Psychology Robert Anton Wilson New Falcon Publications, Phoenix, Arizona, 1990. $12.95 ISBN 0–941404–01–3     

Democratic presumptions

At the Leading Edge: New Visions of Science, Spirituality, and Society. Michael Toms, 4936 State Route 414, Burdett, New York: Larson Publications, 1991. Softcover, 386 pp. U.S. $14.95.

A Dream Deferred: America's Discontent and the Search for a New Democratic Ideal, Philip Slater, Beacon, Boston, $19.95, 1991, ISBN 0–8070–4304–4

The American Replacement of Nature, William Irwin Thompson, Doubleday, New York, $20, 1991, ISBN 0,385–42025–0

Reimagination of the World, A Critique of the New Age, Science, and Popular Culture, David Spangler and William Irwin Thompson, Bear and Company, Santa Fe, New Mexico, $12.95, 1991, ISBN 0–939680–92–0

The New Evolutionary Paradigm, Ervin Laszlo, (Ed.), Gordon &; Breach, New York, $60 (libraries) $36 (individuals), 1991, ISBN 2–88124–375–4

The Evolutionary Approach for Social Scientists, Ignazio Masulli, Gordon &; Breach, New York, $50 (libraries) $30 (individuals), 1991, ISBN 2–88124–376–2

The Fifth Discipline. The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, Peter M. Senge, Doubleday, New York, $19.95, 1990, ISBN 0–385–26094–6

Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation: Speciation and Innovation, Lynn Margulis and Rene Fester (Eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, $37.50, 454, Includes Index

One Earth, One Future: Our Changing Global Environment, Cheryl Simon Silver (with Ruth S. Defries for the National Academy of Sciences), National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., $14.95, 196, Includes Index

Toward a Transpersonal Ecology: Developing New Foundations for Environmentalism, Warwick Fox, Shambhala, Boston, MA, $16.95, 380, Includes Index

Gaia, A Way of Knowing: Political Implications of the New Biology, William Irwin Thompson (Ed.), The Lindisfarne Press, Great Barrington, MA, $10.95, 216

Gaia 2: Emergence, The New Science of Becoming, William Erwin Thompson, The Lindisfarne Press, Hudson, NY, $14.95, 272

A Replicative Perspective On Evolutionary Dynamics: The Organizing Process of the US Economy Elaborated Through Biological Metaphor, Mika Pantzar, Labour Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland, 274

Societal Systems: Planning, Policy and Complexity &; A Science of Generic Design: Managing Complexity through Systems Design, Vol I and II, John N. Warfield, Intersystems Publications, Salinas, CA, 1989 and 1990     

Reviews

The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida: Religion Without Religion, John D. Caputo, Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 1997. The Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion, xxix + 374 pp. ISBN 0–253–21112–3 (pbk.)

Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction, Alan Aldridge, Polity Press: Cambridge, 2000. vii, 232 pp. ISBN 0–7456–2083–3

The Anthropology of Religion, Fiona Bowie, Oxford, Blackwell. 1999. 284pp, tables & bibliogr. ISBN 0–631 20848–8 (pbk)

Theorizing about Myth, Robert Segal, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press. 1999. 184pp. Cloth £45, paper £15. ISBN 1–558–49194–5 (hbk), 1–558–49191–0 (pbk)     

BOOK REVIEW

The Evolving Mind BEN GOERTZEL, Gordon and Breach, 1993, cloth. ISBN 2–88124–587–0, pp. 260, index

From Power to Partnership: Creating the Future of Love, Work, and Community ALFONSO MONTUORI AND ISABELLA CONTI San Francisco: HarperSanFrisco. 1993, paper. ISBN 0–06–250548–3, $13.00 USD pp. 281 includes index

Applied Chaos Theory: A Paradigm For Complexity A. B. CAMBEL, Academic Press, 1993, cloth; pp. 260, index; 38 USD     

Critical notice

Reasons and values

Christine Korsgaard's Creating The Kingdom of Ends and The Sources of Normativity, Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp 442. ISBN 0–521–49644–6. Price £40.     

Heidegger in America

Dismounting from the seesaw

Mind and World By John McDowell Harvard University Press, 1994. Pp. x + 191. £19.95.

Vagueness By Timothy Williamson Routledge, 1994. pp. xiii + 325 ISBN 0–415–03331–4. £35.00     

Notices

An Introduction to Islam. D. Waines, 1995. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 332pp., pb., £10.95 (S15.95), ISBN 0–521–42929–3; hb., £32.50 (849.95),. ISBN‐0–521–41880–1.

Islam i vardagen and varlden (Islam in Everyday Life and in the World). C. Hedin, 1994. Smegraf, Smedjebacken, S, Arena. 172 pp., pb., n.p., ISBN 91–7843–087–9.

Human Rights in the World: an introduction to the study of the international protection of human rights. A. H. Robertson, 3rd edn, 1994. Manchester and New York, Manchester University Press. 314 pp., pb., £14.99, ISBN 0–7190–3886–3.

Islam, Globalization and Post Modernity. A. S. Ahmed and H. Donnan (Eds), 1994. London and New York, Routledge. 242pp., hb., £40.00, ISBN 0–415–09366‐X; pb., £12.99, ISBN 0–415–09367–8.

Towards a Trinitarian Theology of Religions: a study of Paul Tillich's thought. Pan‐Chiulai, 1994. Kampen, Kok Pharos. 181pp., pb., n.p., ISBN 90–390–0025–5.

Der Islam als Anfrage an christliche Theologie und Philosophic. Andreas Bsteh (Ed.), 1994. Mödling, Verlag St Gabriel. 545 pp., pb., OS 298.00, ISBN 3–85264–457–7.

Hören auf sein Wort. Andreas Bsteh (Ed.), 1992. Mödling, Verlag St Gabriel. 220 pp., pb., OS 289.00, ISBN 3–85264–398–8.

Friede für die Menschheit. Andreas Bsteh (Ed.), 1994. Mödling, Verlag St Gabriel. 331 pp., pb., OS 320.00, ISBN 3–8526–456–9.

Studies in Muslim‐Jewish Relations. R. L. Nettuer, (Ed.), 1993. Chur, CH, Harwood Academic Publishers in co‐operation with the Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. 205pp., hb., n.p., ISBN 3–7186–5283–8, ISSN 1061–9380.

Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period. Tarif Khaijdi, 1994. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 250 pp., hb., £35.00, ISBN 0–521–46554–0.

Crusaders and Muslims in Twelfth‐century Syria. M. Shatzmiller (Ed.), 1993. Leiden, E.J.Brill. 235 pp., hb., n.p., ISBN 90–04–09777–5.

The Mufti of Istanbul: a study in the development of the Ottoman learned. hierarchy. R. C. Repp, 1986. London, Ithaca Press for the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University. xxi + 325 pp., hb., n.p., ISBN 0–86372–041–2.

Muslim Minorities in the West. Syed Z. Abedin and Ziauddin Sardar (Eds), 1995. London, Grey Seal Books. 212 pp., £ 25.00, ISBN 1–85640–032–8.

I musulmani nella societa europea. Jacques Waardenburg, Sami A. Aldeeb Abu‐Sahlieh et al., 1994. Turin, Edizioni della Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli. 175 pp., 130,000, ISBN 88–7860–084–9.

Tribes and State Formation in the Middle East. P. S. Khoury and J. Kostiner (Eds), 1990. Berkeley, University of California Press. 351 pp., pb., £11.95, ISBN 0–520–07080–1.

Political Islam: religion and politics in the Arab world. N. N. Ayubi. London and New York, Routledge. 291 pp., pb., £12.99, ISBN 0–415–10385–1.

Christians in the Holy Land. M. Prior and W. Taylor (Eds), 1994. London, World of Islam Festival Trust. 235 pp., pb., £10.00, ISBN 0–905035–32–1.

Monuments of Syria: an historical guide. Ross Burns, 1994 (1992). London and New York, I.B. Tauris. xvii + 297 pp., pb., £18.95, ISBN 1–85043–468–9.

Jerusalem Architecture. David Kroyanker, 1994. London, Tauris Parke Books. 210 pp., hb., ISBN 1–85043–873–0.

The Politics of Two Sudans: the South and the North 1821–1969. D. D. A. Ruay, 1994. Uppsala, The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. 183 pp., pb., SEK 140,‐, £14.95, $24.95, ISBN 91–7106–344–7.

An Islamic Alliance: GAli Dinar and the Sanussiyya, 1906–1916. J. Spaulding and L. Kapteijns, 1994. Evanston, II, Northwestern University Press. 190 pp., hb., 849.95, ISBN 0–8101–1194–2.

A Short History of Turkish‐Islamic States (excluding the Ottoman state). A. Mercil and H. Y. Nuhoglu (Eds), 1994. Ankara, Turkish Historical Society. 436 pp., hb., $50.00, ISBN 975–16–0571–7.

Pride of Small Nations: the Caucasus and post‐Soviet disorder. Suzanne Goldenberg, 1994. London and New Jersey, Zed Books. 233 pp., hb., £36.95, ISBN 1–85649–237–0; pb., £14.95, ISBN 1–85649–238–9.

Islam in Central Asia. Ludmela Polonskaya and Auexei Malashenko, 1994. Reading, Ithaca Press. 171 pp., £30.00, ISBN 0–86372–182–6.

Imaginary Muslims: the Uwaysi Sufis of Central Asia. Julian Baldick, 1993. London, I.B. Tauris. 266 pp., hb., £39.50, ISBN 1–85043–497–2.     

Book reviews

Time's Arrow and Archimedes’ Point: New Directions for the Physics of Time Huw PRICE, 1996 New York, Oxford University Press xiii + 306 pp. SCAN 37.00 (hardcover) ISBN 0–19–510095–6

Mental Reality GALEN STRAWSON, 1994 Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press xiv + 337 pp., S37.50 (cloth), $17.50 (paper) ISBN 0–262–19352–3 (paper)

The Rule of Reason: The Philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce JACQUELINE BRUNNING & PAUL FORSTER, Eds, 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press 316 pp., $80.00 (hardcover), $24.95 (paperback) ISBN 0–8020–0829–1 (cloth), ISBN 0–8020–7819–2 (paper)

Scientific Knowledge: A Sociological Approach BARRY BARNES, DAVID BLOOR & JOHN HENRY, 1996 Chicago, University of Chicago Press xvi + 230 pp., ISBN 0–226–03730–4 (cloth), 0–226–03713–2 (paperback)

The Scientific Revolution STEVEN SHAPIN, 1996 Chicago, University of Chicago Press x + 218 pp., ISBN 0–226–75020–5 (cloth), 0–226–75021–3 (paperback)     

Self-efficacy for health-related behaviour change in patients with TIA or minor ischemic stroke

Abstract

Objective: To assess levels of self-efficacy for health-related behaviour change and its correlates in patients with TIA or ischemic stroke.

Methods: In this prospective cohort study, 92 patients with TIA or ischemic stroke completed questionnaires on self-efficacy for health-related behaviour change and fear, social support and depressive symptoms. Relations between fear, social support, depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment, vascular risk factors and history and demographic characteristics and low-self-efficacy were studied with univariable and multivariable logistic regression.

Results: Median total self-efficacy score at baseline was 4 (IQR 4–5). Older age (OR 1.05, 95% CI 1.01–1.09), depressive symptoms (OR 1.09, 95% CI 1.03–1.16), presence of vascular history (OR 2.42, 95% CI 0.97–6.03), higher BMI (OR 1.15, 95% CI 1.01–1.30), fear (OR 1.06, 95% CI 1.01–1.12) and low physical activity (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.01–2.21) were significantly associated with low self-efficacy.

Conclusion: Patients with recent TIA or ischemic stroke report high self-efficacy scores for health-related behaviour change. Age, vascular history, more depressive symptoms, higher BMI, less physical activity and fear were correlates of low self-efficacy levels.

Practice implications: These correlates should be taken into account in the development of interventions to support patients in health behaviour change after TIA or ischemic stroke.     

Book reviews and notes

GENERAL.

READINGS IN THE QUR'AN. Selected and translated by KENNETH CRAGG. London: Collins Liturgical Publications, 1990. 389pp. Pb. £8.95. ISBN 0–00–599087–4.

DER KORAN UND DIE JUDEN: DIE GESCHICHTE EINER TRAGODIE. By Johan Bouman. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buch‐gesellschaft, 1990. 130pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 3–534–80123–7.

ISMAIL HAKKI BURSEVPS TRANSLATION OF AND COMMENTARY ON FUSUS AL‐HKAM. VOLS. 3 and 4. By Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Translated by Bulent Rauf with the help of R. Brass and H. Tollemache. Oxford: Muhyiddin ibn ^cArabi Society, 1989, 1991. 254pp, 353pp. Hb. £40.00, £50.00. ISBN 0–9509527–2–9; 0–9509527–4–5.

SCIENCE AND MUSLIM SOCIETIES. By Nasim Butt. London: Grey Seal Books, 1991. 135pp. Pb. £5.95. ISBN 1–85640–023–9.

THE MUSLIMS OF AMERICA. Edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. 249pp. Hb. £35.00. ISBN 0–19–506728–2.

TURNING POINTS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES. By URSULA KING. Edinburgh: T & T Clark Ltd, 1990. 329pp. Hb. £19.95. ISBN 0–567–09564–9.

THE SEPARATED ONES: JESUS, THE PHARISEES AND ISLAM. By Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. London: SCM Press, 1991. 194pp. Pb. £9.95. ISBN 0–334–02498–6.

WHO NEEDS AN ISLAMIC STATE! By Abdelwahab El‐Affendi. London: Grey Seal Books, 1991.115pp. Pb. £5.95. ISBN 1–85640–022–0.

‘MULTI‐FAITH WORSHIP'? QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM THE INTER‐FAITH CONSULTATIVE GROUP. By The. General Synod Board of Mission. London: Church House Publishing, 1992. 66pp. Pb. £3.50. ISBN 0–7151–5530‐X.

WAS SAGT DER KORAN ZUM HEILIGEN KRIEG? By Adel TheodorKhoury. Giitersloh: Gutersloher Verlaghaus Gerd Mohn, 1991. 95pp. Pb. DM12.80. ISBN 3–579–00787–0.

REGIONAL.

Africa.

RELIGION AND CUSTOM IN A MUSLIM SOCIETY: THE BERTI OF SUDAN. By Ladislav Holy. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. 243pp. Hb. £30.00; $49.50. ISBN 0–521–39485–6.

POPULAR ISLAM IN TUNISIA. By Kees Schilder. Research Reports 1991/44. Leiden: African Studies Centre, 1991. 171pp. Pb. DFL.12.50. ISBN 90–70110–85–7.

A POEM CONCERNING THE DEATH OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD UTENDI WA KUTA WAFUNABII. Edited by J.W.T. Allen, Rland Allen, N.Q. King, Jan Knappert Et Al. African Studies, 26. New York/Ontario/Larnpeter: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991. 161pp. Hb. n.p. ISBN 0–7734–9705–6.

SACRED VOID: SPATIAL IMAGES OF WORK AND RITUAL AMONG THE GIRIAMA OF KENYA. By David Parkin. Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. 259pp. Hb. £35.00. ISBN 0–521–40466–5.

PEOPLE AND EMPIRES IN AFRICAN HISTORY: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF MICHAEL CROWDER. Edited By J.F. Ade Ajayi and J.D.Y. Peel. London and New York: Longman, 1992. 254pp. Hb. £36.00. ISBN 0–582–08997–2.

Asia.

MUSLIMS IN CENTRAL ASIA: EXPRESSIONS OF IDENTITY AND CHANGE. By Jo‐ANN GROSS. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. 224pp. Pb. $18.95. ISBN 0–8223–1190–9.

Europe.

ISLAM IN DUTCH SOCIETY: CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS. Edited by W.A.R. Shadid and P.S. Van Koningsveld. Kampen. Kok Pharos Publishing House, 1992. 205pp. Pb. n.p.ISBN 90–242–3047–0.

VAN MAT TOT MINARET. By Nico Landman. Amsterdam: VU Uitgeverij, 1992. 387pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 90–5383–086–3.

DE ISLAM IN WEST‐EUROPA, IN HET BIJZONDER IN NEDERLAND. By HuUG Van Ooijen, Rinus Penninx, Jan Rath and ThulSunier. Nijmegen: Reeks REcht & Samenleving, 1991. 76pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 90–71478–20–3.

MUSLIMS IN WESTERN EUROPE. By Jorgen S. Nielsen. Islamic Surveys 20. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1992. 186pp. Hb. £25.00. ISBN 0–7486–0309–0.

NATIONAL PROBLEMS IN THE BALKANS: HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS. Edited by V. Mincheva. Sofia: Arges Publishing House for the Institute of Balkan Studies, 1992.247pp. Pb. LV20,00. No ISBN.

THE BALKANS: MINORITIES AND STATES IN CONFLICT. By Hugh Poulton. London: Minority Rights Publications, 1991. 244pp. Pb. £8.95. ISBN 1–873194–05–6.

THE SATANIC VERSES: BRADFORD RESPONDS. Edited by David G. Bowen. Bradford: D.G. Bowen and Bradford & Ilkley Community College, 1992. 82pp. Pb. .n.p. ISBN 0–947–851–25–9.

THE KINGDOM OF CYPRUS AND THE CRUSADES 1191–1374. By Peter W. Edbury. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.241pp. Hb. £27.50, $44.50. ISBN 0–521–26876–1.

DIE MIGRANTEN AUS SUBAY: TURKEN IN DEUTSCHLAND: EINE ETHNOGRAPHIE. By Werner Schiffauer. Stuttgart: Klett‐Cotta, 1991. 388pp. Hb. n.p. ISBN 3–608–93170–8.

Middle East.

POLITICAL ISLAM: RELIGION AND POLITICS IN THE ARAB WORLD. By Nazih N. Ayubi. London and New York: Routledge, 1991. 291pp. Hb. £40.00. ISBN 0–415–05442–7.

THE ARAB CHRISTIAN: A HISTORY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. By Kenneth CRAGG. London: Mowbray, 1992. 336pp. Pb. £9.95. ISBN 0–264–67257–7.

ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE GULF CRISIS. Edited by JAMES PISCATORI. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1991. 267pp. Pb. £7.95; $11.50. ISBN 0–9629608–0–2.

RACE AND SLAVERY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. By BERNARD LEWIS. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. 184pp. Hb. £22.50. ISBN 0–19–506283–3.

THE IRAQI REVOLUTION OF 1958: THE OLD SOCIAL CLASSES REVISITED. Edited by Robert A. Fernea and Wm. Roger Louis. London: I.B. Tauris, 1991. 232pp. Hb. £35.00. ISBN 1–85043–318–6.

CULTURE, HISTORY AND IDEOLOGY IN THE FORMATION OF BA'THIST IRAQ, 1968–69. By AMATZIABaram. New York: St Martin's Press, 1991. 196pp. Hb. £35.00. ISBN 0–312–04805‐X.

THE PALLESTINIAN UPRISING: A WAR BY OTHER MEANS. By F. Robert Hunter. London: I.B. Tauris, 1991.292pp. Hb. £17.95. ISBN 1–85043–325–9.

POLITICS IN AN ARABIAN OASIS: THE RASHIDI TRIBAL DYNASTY. By Madawi AL Rasheed. London: I.B. Tauris, 1991. 300pp. Hb. £35.00. ISBN 1–85043–320–8.

THE LION OF EGYPT: SULTAN BAYBARSI AND THE NEAR EAST IN THE TfflRTEENTH CENTURY. By Peter THORAU. London: London and New York, 1987. 319pp. Pb. £13.50. ISBN 0–582–06823–1.

HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF LIBYA. By RONALD BRUCE ST JOHN. African Historical Dictionaries, 33.2nd Edition. Metuchen, NJ & London: Scarecrow Press, 1991. 192pp. Hb. £18.75. ISBN 0–8108–2451–5.

ACCOMMODATING PROTEST: WORKING WOMEN, THE NEW VEBLING AND CHANGE IN CAIRO. By ARLENE ELOWE MACLEOD. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. 206pp. Hb. $37.50. ISBN 0–231–07280–5.

FEZ: CITY OF ISLAM. By Titus Burckhardt. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 1992. 175pp. Hb. £24.95; $39.95. ISBN 0–946621–17–9.

CHRISTIAN‐MUSLIM RELA TIONS.

ROBIN LAMBURN — FROM A MISSIONARY'S NOTEBOOK: THE YAO OF TUNDURU AND OTHER ESSAYS. Edited by NOEL Q. KING and Klaus Fiedler with Gavin White. Social Science Studies on International Problems, no. 164. Saarbriicken; Fort Lauderdale: Verlag Breitenbach, 1991. 240pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 0584–603‐X.

MATERIAUX POUR SERVIR A L'ETUDE DE LA CONTROVERSE THEOLOGIQUEISLAMO‐CHRETIENNE DE LANGUE ARABE DU Vffle AUX Xlle SIECLE. By PAUL KHOURY. Religionswissenschaftliche Studien 11/2. Wurzburg: Echter Verlag and Altenberge: Oros Verlag, 1991. 633pp. Pb. $633.00; DM99.80. ISBN 3–429–01410–7 (Echter); 3–89375–039–8 (Oros).

THE CONQUEST OF CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM SPAIN 1031–1157. By Bernard F. Reilly. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992. 284pp. Hb. £40.00. ISBN 0–631–16913‐X.

ISLAM IN A WORLD OF DIVERSE FAITHS. Edited by Dan Cohen‐Sherbok. Library of Philosophy and Religion. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1991. 218pp. Hb. £45.00. ISBN 0–333–52612–0.

LA FOIE EN MARCHE: LES PROBLEMES DE FOND DU DIALOGUE ISLAMO‐CHRETIEN. By PONTIFICIOISTITUTO Dl STUDI Arabie D'islamistica. Collection ‘Studi Arabo‐Islamici del PISAF, no.4. Rome: PISAI, 1990. 235pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 88–85907–05–9.

DIPLOMATARIUM II: DOCUMENTS 1–500: FOUNDATIONS OF CRUSADER VALENCIA: REVOLT AND RECOVERY 1257–1263. By ROBERT I. Burns. Princeton: New Jersey, 1991. 440pp. Hb. $69.50. ISBN 0–691–05435–5.

ANTI‐CHRISTIAN POLEMIC IN EARLY ISLAM: ABU ‘ISA AL‐WARRAQ'S ‘AGAINST THE TRINITY’. By David Thomas. University of Cambridge Oriental Publications 45. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. 218pp. Hb. £40.00; $74.95. ISBN 0–521–41244–7.

INCULTURATION ET LIBERATION EN AFRIQUE AUJOURDHUI: MELANGES EN L'HONNEUR DU PROFESSEUR ABBE MULAGO GWA CKALA. Revue Africaine de Theologie, 27–28, April‐October 1990. 336pp. No ISBN number.

STRIVING TOGETHER: A WAY FORWARD IN CHRISTIAN‐MUSLIM RELATIONS. By Charles Kimball. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 1991. 132pp. Pb. n.p. ISBN 0–88344–691‐X.

INTERWINED WORLDS: MEDIEVAL ISLAM AND BIBLE CRITICISM. By Hava Lazarus‐Yafeh. Princeton University Press, 1992. 178pp. Hb. £22.50; $29.95. ISBN 0–691–07398–8.     

Book notes

First Nations Faith and Ecology. Freda Rajotte, 1998 London: Cassell x +117 pp., £8.99 (pb) ISBN 0–304–70312–5

Religious Pluralism in the West. David George Mullan, ed., 1998 Oxford: Blackwell 350 pp., £50.00/US$64.95 (hb), £15.99/US$29.95 (pb) ISBN 0–631–20669–8 (hb), ISBN 0–631–20670–1 (pb)

Hinduism: A Very Short Introduction. Kim Knott, 1998 Oxford: Oxford University Press 139 pp., £5.99 ISBN 0–19–285341–4

Psychoanalytic Studies of Religion: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography. Benjamin Beit‐Hallahmi, 1996 Westport, Connecticut/London: Greenwood Press 188 pp., £55.50 ISBN 0–313–27362–6

The Psychology of Religion: Theoretical Approaches. Bernard Spilka & Daniel N. Mcintosh, eds., 1996 Boulder, Colorado/Oxford: Westview Press 282 pp., £48.50 (hb), £16.95 (pb) ISBN )‐8133–2946–9 (hb), ISBN 0–8133–2947–7 (pb)

The Religious Function of the Psyche. Lionel Corbett, 1996 London/New York: Routledge 264 pp., £45.00 (hb), £14.99 (pb) ISBN 0–415–14400–0 (hb), ISBN 0–415–14401–9 (pb)

The Possibility of Resurrection and Other Essays in Christian Apologetics. Peter Van Inwagen, 1998 Boulder, Colorado/Oxford: Westview Press 118 pp., £41.50 ISBN 0–8133–2731–8

Every Living Thing: Daily Use of Animals in Ancient Israel. Oded Borowski, 1998 Walnut Creek/London/New Dehli: Altamira Press/Sage 296 pp., £35.00 (hb), £16.50 (pb) ISBN 0–7619–8918–8 (hb), ISBN 0–7619–8919–6 (pb)

A Critical Review. Michael Milston, 1997 London/Los Angeles/Sydney: Minerva Press 50 pp., £3.99 ISBN 1–86106–341–5

I Communiste Una religione dell'aldiquà. Michele Straniero, 1997 Milan: Mondadori 141 pp., Lire 12.000 ISBN 88–04–38672‐X

Bulgaria in the Circles of Anontie. Jelio Vladimirov, Todor Todorov, Ivan Katzarski, & Momtchil Badjakov, 1998 Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Swiss Institute for Development 121 pp., no price indicated no ISBN indicated     

Book reviews

Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience. Peter L. Berger, 1997 Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter 216 pp., £13.40 (hb) ISBN 3–11–015562–1

Reflections on Sociology and Theology. David Martin, 1997 Oxford: Clarendon Press viii +257 pp., £30.00 ISBN 0–19–827384–3

Wilderness Wanderings: Probing Twentieth‐Century Theology and Philosophy. Stanley Hauerwas, 1997 Oxford: Westview Press/Harper Collins 242 pp., £21.50 (hb) ISBN 0–8133–3349–0

The Longing for Home. Leroy Rouner, ed., 1997 Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion, Vol. 17 Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press 248 pp., US$34.00 (hb) ISBN 0–268–01310–1

The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach. Ralph W. Hood, Jr., Bernard Spilka, Bruce Hunsberger & Richard Gorsuch, 1996, 2nd edition New York, London: Guilford Press 546 pp., US$70.00, £45.00 (hb) ISBN 1–57230–116–3

America's Communal Utopias. Donald E. Pitzer, ed., 1997 Chapel Hill, London: University of North Carolina Press 537 pp., US$60.00 (hb), US$24.95 (pb) ISBN 0–8078–2299‐X (hb), ISBN 0–8078–4609–0 (pb)

Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium. Donald E. Miller, 1997 Los Angeles, CA: California University Press 254 pp, US$ 27.50 (hb) ISBN 0–520–20938–9

Resurgent Evangelicalism in the United States: Mapping Cultural Change since 1970. Mark A. Shibley, 1996 Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press 156 pp., US$24.95 ISBN 1–57003–106–1

Struggle for the Spirit: Religious Transformation and Popular Culture in Brazil and Latin America. David Lehmann, 1996 Cambridge and Oxford: Polity Press xiv +244 pp., £39.50 (hb) ISBN 0–7456–1784–0

The Soul of Development: Biblical Christianity and Economic Transformation in Guatemala. Amy L. Sherman, 1997 Oxford: Oxford University Press 224 pp., £37.99 ISBN 0–19–510671–7

Jamaica Genesis: Religion and the Politics of Moral Orders. Diane J. Austin‐Broos, 1997 With a Foreword by Raymond T. Smith Chicago; The University of Chicago Press 328 pp., US$19.95, £15.95 (pb), US$50.00, £39.95 (hb) ISBN 0–226–03286–8 (pb), ISBN 0–226–03284–1 (hb)

Black God: The Afro‐Asian Roots of the Jewish, Christian and Muslim Religions. Julian Baldick, 1997 London, New York: I.B.Tauris 198 pp., £39.50 (hb) ISBN 1–86064–123–7

Image of the Prophet Muhammad in the West: A Study of Muir, Margoliouth and Watt. Jabal Muhammad Buaben, 1996/1417 AH. Markfield: The Islamic Foundation 394p., £ 9.50 (pb); £19.50 (hb) ISBN 0–86037–261–8 (pb), ISBN 0–86037–260‐X (hb)

New Religious Movements in Western Europe: An Annotated Bibliography. Bibliographies and Indexes in Religious Studies, No. 41 Elisabeth Arweck & Peter B. Clarke, 1997 Westport, CT & London: Greenwood Press xliii + 381 pp., £71.50 (hb) ISBN 0–313–24324–7

The New Age Movement: The Celebration of the Self and the Sacralization of Modernity. Paul Heelas, 1996 Oxford: Blackwell 266 pp., £45.00, US$49.95 (hb); £13.99; US$21.95 (pb) ISBN 0–631–19331–6 (hb), ISBN 0–631–19332–4 (pb)

New Age Religion and Western Culture. Wouter J. Hanegraaff, 1996 Leiden & New York: E. J. Brill 580 pp., NLG 235.00, US$ 147.50 (hb), NLG 80.00, US$51.75 (pb) ISBN 90–04–10695–2 (hb), ISBN 90–04–10696–0 (pb)

Embers of Wan Letters from a Quaker Relief Worker in War‐Torn Germany. Grigór McClelland, 1997 London: British Academic Press 230 pp., £25.00 (hb) ISBN 8–6064–312–4

Visionaries: The Spanish Republic and the Reign of Christ. William A. Christian Jr., 1996 Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press xxii + 544 pp. £32.00 ISBN 0–520–20040–3

The Topography of Remembrance: The Dead, Tradition and Collective Memory in Mesopotamia. Gerdien Jonker, 1995 Leiden: E. J. Brill xiii + 284 pp., c. £66.00 ISBN 90–04–10162–4

Faith in History: Armenians Rebuilding Community. Susan Paul Pattie, 1997 Washington & London: Smithsonian Institution Press 282 pp., £38.25 ISBN 1–56098–629–8

The Good Parsi: The Fate of a Colonial Elite in a Postcolonial Society. Tanya M. Luhrmann, 1996 Cambridge, MA & London, England: Harvard University Press xi +317 pp., £33.50 (hb), £15.50 (pb) ISBN 0–674–35675–6 (hb), ISBN 0–674–35676–4 (pb)

The Feast of the Sorcerer Practices of Consciousness and Power. Bruce Kapferer, 1997 Chicago & London, University of Chicago Press 367 pp., US$65.00, £51.95 (hb), US$27.50, £21.95 (pb) ISBN 0–226–42411–1 (hb), ISBN 1–226–42413–8 (pb)

Religion in Japan: Arrows to Heaven and Earth. P.F. Kornicki & I.J. McMullen, eds., 1996 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press xxv +315 pp., £40.00, US$59.95 ISBN 0–521–55028–9

Teaching Right and Wrong: Moral Education in the Balance. Richard Smith & Paul Standish, eds., 1997 Stoke on Trent, England: Trentham Books 157 pp., £13.95 (pb) ISBN 1–85856–084–5     

Notices

Islamic Creeds: a selection. W. M. Watt (Trans), 1994. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press. 107 pp., hb. £30.00, ISBN 0–7486–0522–3; pb., ISBN 0–7486–0513–4.

The Ninety‐Nine Beautiful Names of God, al‐maqsad al‐asna, ftshark asma’ alldh al‐husnd. Abo Hamid Al‐Ghazau, Translated with notes by David B. Burreix and Nazih. Daher, 1992. Cambridge, Islamic Texts Society. x + 205 pp., hb. £25.95; pb. £11.95, ISBN 0–946621–31–1.

Jews, Visigoths and Muslims in Medieval Spain: cooperation and conflict. Norman Roth, 1994. Leiden/New York/Koln, E. J. Brill. 367 pp., hb. Gld.l 15.00/865.75, ISBN 90–04–09971–9.

Pious Passenger: the hajj in earlier times. M. N. Pearson, 1994. London, Hurst & Co. 217 pp., hb. £32.50, ISBN 1–85065–217–1.

Popular Culture in Medieval Cairo. Boaz Shoshan, 1993. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 148 pp., hb. £27.95, ISBN 0–521–43209‐X.

Byzantium and the Early Islamic Conquests. Walter E. Kaegi, 1992. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 313 + xiii pp., hb. n.p., ISBN 0–521–41172–6.

The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261–1453. D. M. Nicol, 1993. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 463 +xv pp., hb. £60.00, ISBN 0–521–13384–3; pb. £17.95, ISBN 0–521–43991–4.

The Fall of Constantinople, 1453. Steven Runciman, 1965. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 256 + xiv pp., pb. £6.95, ISBN 0–521–39832–0.

Religion and Politics in Nigeria: a study in Middle Belt Christianity. Niels Kastfelt, 1994. London/New York, British Academic Press. 204 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 1–85043–788–2.

The Modern Middle East: a reader. A. Hourani, P. S. Khoury and M. C. Wilson (Eds), 1993. London, I. B. Tauris. 691 pp., pb. £16.95, ISBN 1–85043–520–0.

Turkey: a modern history. Erik J. Zorcher, 1994 (1993). London, I. B. Tauris. 381 pp., pb. £14.95, ISBN 1–85043–826–9.

Islam in Modern Turkey: religion, politics and literature in a secular state. Richard Tapper (Ed.), 1994 (1991). London, I. B. Tauris. 314 pp., pb. £12.95, ISBN 1–85043–833–1.

Tarbiya: education and politics in Islamic movements in Jordan and Malaysia. Anne Sofie Roald, 1994. Lund, Lund University. 377 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 91–22–01640–6.

The Resurgence of Central Asia: Islam or nationalism? Ahmed Rashid, 1994. London and New Jersey, Zed Books. 278 + x pp., pb. £14.95, ISBN 1–85649–132–3.

The Muslims of America. Yvonne Y. Haddad (Ed.), 1993. New York, Oxford University Press. 249 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 0–19–508559–0.

Muslim Communities in North America. Yvonne Y. Haddad & Jane I. Smith (Eds), 1994. Albany, State University of New York Press. 545 pp., hb. $20.95, ISBN 0–7914–2019–1.

Race and Elections: the participation of ethnic minorities in politics. Muhammad Anwar, 1994. Coventry, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick. 168 pp., pb. £10.00, ISBN 0–948303–14‐X.

Britannia's Crescent: making a place for Muslims in British society. Danièle Joly, 1995. Aldershot, Avebury. 198 pp., hb. n.p., ISBN 1–85628–680–0.

The Failure of Political Islam. Olivier Roy translated by Carol Volk, 1994. London, I. B. Tauris Publishers. 238 pp., pb. £14.95, ISBN 1–85043–880–3.

Unveiling Islam. Roger du Pasquier translated by T. J. Winter, 1992. Cambridge, Islamic Texts Society. 157 pp., pb. £6.95, ISBN 0–946621–32–2.

L'Islam laïque ou la retour à la grande tradition. Olivler Carrfé, 1993. Paris, Armand Colin. 167 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 2–200–21403–0.

Dreams in Islam. Umar Azam, 1992. Pittsburgh, PA, Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. 150 pp., hb. £8.95/514.95, ISBN 0–8059–3252–6.

The Ways of Religion: an introduction to the major traditions. R. Eastman (Ed.), 2nd ed., 1993. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 489 + xiii pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 0–19–507596‐X.

Christianity and World Religions. Hans Kong et al., 1993. London, SCM Press. 460 pp., pb. £12.50, ISBN 0334025397.

Iqrar Awghsburgh: Kit&b al‐iqrar al‐ra'is li‐caqa'id al‐kanisa al‐injtliyya al‐luthuriyya.. M. A. Younan (Ed.), 1993. Jerusalem, Evangelical Lutheran Church. 130 pp., pb. n.p., no ISBN.     

Book reviews and notes

General

Islam and Islamic Groups: A Worldwide Reference Guide. Farzana Shaikh (ed.), 1992. London, Longman. x + 316 pp., hb £85.00, ISBN 0–582–09146–2.

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices. Vol. 2: The Contemporary Period. Andrew Rippin, 1993. London & New York, Routledge. 171 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0–415–04527–4; pb. £12.99, 0–415–04528–2.

The Medieval Spains. Bernard F. Reilly, 1993. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 228 pp., pb. £10.95, ISBN 0–521–39741–3.

Muhyiddin Ibn ^cArabi: A Commemorative Volume. Stephen Hirtenstein and Michael Tiernan (eds), 1993. London, Element Books. 379 pp., hb. n.p., ISBN 1–85230–349–2; pb. n.p., 1–85230–395.

Bulletin d'Etudes Orientales: Sciences Occultes et Islam. Annick Regour and Pierre Lory (eds), 1992. Damas, Institut Français de Damas. pb. n.p., ISBN 2–901315–04–6. ISSN 0253–1623.

Traditional Islam in the Modern World. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 1990. London, Kegan Paul International Ltd. 335 pp., pb. no price, ISBN 0–7103–0332–7.

The Renewal of Islamic Law: Muhammad Baqer Al‐Sadr, Najaf and the Shi'i International. Chibli Mallat, 1993. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 245 pp., hb. £30.00, ISBN 0–521–43319–3.

Power‐Sharing Islam. Azzam Tamini (ed.), 1993. London, Liberty for Muslim World Publications. 192 pp., pb. £9.95, ISBN 0–9521672–0–4.

The Ethics of Disagreement in Islam. Taha Jabir Al‐'Alwani, 1993. Herndon, VA, International Institute of Islamic Thought. 158 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 1–56564–118–3.

Regional Africa

Muslim Idenity and Social Changes in sub-Saharan Africa. L. Brenner (ed.), 1993. London, C. Hurst & Co. Ltd. 250 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 1–85065–195–7; pb. £10.50, 1–85065–196–5.

Windows on the Sudan: A Story of Pain and Pride. Timothy Biles, 1991. Dorset, Brenda Travers, 2nd edn. 164 pp., pb. £4.99, ISBN 0–9517915–0–8.

Sudan: History, Identity, Ideology. Herve Bleuchot, Christian Delmet and Derek Hopwood (eds), 1991. Reading, Ithaca Press. 298 pp., hb. £25.00, ISBN 0–86372–149–4.

Religion and Power in Morocco. Henry Munson Jr., 1993. New Haven & London, Yale University Press. 232 pp., hb. £19.95, ISBN 0–300–95376–2.

Lé Passe de la Ville de Sale dans tous ses Etats: Histoire, Archéologie, Archives. Joudia Hassar‐Benslimane, 1992. Paris, Editions Maisonneuve et Larose. 291 pp. no price, pb., ISBN 2–7068–1039–4.

Der Heiligenkult in Marokko: Formen und Funktionen der Wallfahrten. Hubert Lang, 1992. Passau, Passavia Universitatsverlag. 235 pp., pb. DM 49.80, ISBN 3–860360–06‐X.

Insoumissions Populaires et Révolution au Burkina Faso. Richard Banégas, 1993. Bordeaux, Centre d'Étude d'Afrique Noire. 148 pp., pb. 110FF, ISBN 2–908065–18–5.

Pragmatism in the Age of Jihad: The Precolonial State of Bundu. Michael A. Gomez, 1992. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 252 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0–521–41940–9.

Peace is Everything: The World View of Muslims and Traditionalists in the Senegambia. David E. Marantz, 1900. Dallas, TX, International Museum of Cultures. 300 pp., pb. $32.00, ISBN 0–88312–816–0.

Europe

Muslims and Christians in Europe: Breaking New Ground. Essays in Honour of Jan Slomp. Gé Speelman, Jan van Lin and Dick Mulder (eds), 1993. Kampen, Uitgeverij Kok. 211 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 90–242–8064–8.

Religion. Central Office of Information, 1992. London, HMSO. 80 pp., pb. £5.00, ISBN 0–11–701704–3.

The Migration Process: Capital, Gifts and Offerings among British Pakistanis. Pnina Werbner, 1990. Oxford, Berg. 391 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0–85496–625–0.

Moscow's Muslim Challenge: Soviet Central Asia. Michael Rywkin, 1990. Revised ed, Armonk, NY, M. E. Sharpe. 180 pp., hb. $45.00, ISBN 0–87332–613‐X.

State Religion and Society in Central Asia: A Post‐Soviet Critique. Vitaly Naumkin (ed.), 1993. Reading, Ithaca Press. 289 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0–86372–162–1.

Russia's Muslim Frontiers: New Directions in Cross‐Cultural Analysis. Dale F. Eickelman (ed.), 1993. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. 206 pp., pb. £11.99, ISBN 0–253–20823–8.

Middle East

Coexistence in Wartime Lebanon: Decline of a State and Rise of a Nation. Theodor Hanf, 1993. London, I. B. Tauris with The Centre for Lebanese Studies. xvii + 712 pp., hb. £45.00, ISBN 1–85043–651–7.

Russian Policy in the Middle East: From Messianism to Pragmatism. Alexei Vassilev, 1993. Reading, Ithaca Press. 384 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0–86372–168–0.

Christian‐Muslim Relations

Stepping Stones to a Global Ethic. Marcus Braybrooke, 1992. London, SCM Press. 151 pp., pb. £9.95, ISBN 0–334–01574‐X.

A Greek and Arabic Lexicon, Materials for a Dictionary of the Mediaeval Translations from Greek into Arabic. Gerhard Endress and Dimitri Gutas (eds), 1992. Fascicle, 1. Leiden, New York, Köln, E. J. Brill. 96 pp., plus glossary, pb. DFL80.00, $45.75, ISBN 90–04–09494–6.

Dutch Colonialism and Indonesian Islam: Contacts and Conflicts 1596–1950. Karel Steenbrink, Translated by J. Steenbrink and H. Jansen, 1993. Amsterdam‐Atlanta, GA, Rodopi. 170 pp., hb. £18.50, ISBN 90–5183–267–2.

Wandering Like a Madman. Timothy Biles, 1992. Dorset, Beaminster Team Publications. 134 pp., pb. £4.99, ISBN 09517915–1–6.     

Book reviews and notes

THE RUSHDIE FILE. By L. Appignanesi and S. Maitland. London: Fourth Estate, 1989. 258pp. £5.95. ISBN 0–947795–84–7.

BE CAREFUL WITH MUHAMMAD! — THE SALMAN RUSHDIE AFFAIR. By S.Akhtar. London: Bellew, 1989. 136pp. £6.95. ISBN 0–947792–27–9.

A SATANIC AFFAIR: SALMAN RUSHDIE AND THE RAGE OF ISLAM. By M. Ruthven. London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. 184pp. £14.95. ISBN 0–7011–3591–3.

LES NOMS DIVINS EN ISLAM. By Daniel Gimaret. Collection Patrimoines. Paris: Cerf, 1988. 448pp. FF295.00. ISBN 2–204–02828–2.

DIE FESTUNG DES GLAUBENS: TRIUMPH UND SCHEITERN DES ISLAMISCHEN RATIONALISMUS IM 11. JAHRHUNDERT. By Tilman Nagel. München: Beck, 1988. 423pp. Hardback, DM94.00. ISBN 3–406–33280–3.

ISLAMIC SPIRITUALITY FOUNDATIONS. Edited by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987. 450pp. Hardback, £39.50. ISBN 0–7102–1097–3.

ALLÄH TRANSCENDENT: STUDIES IN THE STRUCTURE AND SEMIOTICS OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY, THEOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY. By Ian Richard Netton. London and New York: Routlege, 1989. xiii + 383pp. Hardback, £45.00. ISBN Hb. 0–415–01893–5.

MUSLIM PREACHER IN THE MODERN WORLD. By Richard T. Antoun. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1989. 289pp. Hardback, $49.50; paperback, £15.95. ISBN Hb. 0–691–09441–1; Pb. 0–691–02847.

DISCOVERING ISLAM: MAKING SENSE OF MUSLIM HISTORY AND SOCIETY. By Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1988. 251pp. Hardback £25.00; paperback £9.95. ISBN Hb. 0–7102–1049–3; pb. 0–415–03930–4.

OUVERTURES SUR L'ISLAM. (New Perspectives on Islam). By Mohammad Arkoun. Paris: Jacques Grancher, 1989. 189pp. FF69.00. ISSN 0993–5754.

AL MUWATTA OF IMAM MALIK IBN ANAS: THE FIRST FORMULATION OF ISLAMIC LAW. Translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley. London: Kegan Paul International, 1989. xxxvii + 464pp. ISBN 07103–0351–0.

ARAB HISTORY AND THE NATION‐STATE: A STUDY IN MODERN ARAB HISTORIOGRAPHY 1820–1980. By Youssef M. Choueiri. London: Routledge, 1989. 238pp. Hardback, n.p. ISBN 0–415–13113–3.

ÇABRA HACHMA: SEXUALTTE ET TRADITION. By Lilia Labidi. Tunis: Dar Annawras, 1989. 427pp. FF130.00. ISBN 9–973–733–00–2.

THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK: A CASE STUDY OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION. By S.A. Meenai. London: Kegan Paul International, 1989. xii + 226pp. Hardback, £65.00. ISBN 0–7103–0329–7.

THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF JUSTICE: LAW AS CULTURE IN ISLAMIC SOCIETY. By Lawrence Rosen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 101pp. Paperback, £7.50. ISBN 0–521–36740–9.

THE QUR’ Än IN ISLAM: ITS IMPACT AND INFLUENCE ON THE LIFE OF MUSLIMS. By ‘Allämah Sayyid M. H. Tabätabä'i. London: Zahra Publications, 1987. 118pp. n.p. ISBN 0–7103–0266–5.

JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE AS EXPOUNDED IN THE QUR’ ÄN. By SHAYKH FADHLALLA HAERI. London: KPI and Zahra Publications, 1985.102pp. Hardback £15.00. ISBN 0–7103–0149–9.

THE CIRCLING SONG. By N. El Saadawi. London: Zed Books, 1989. 88pp. Hardback, £7.95; paperback, £3.95. ISBN Hb. 0–86232–816–0; Pb. 0–86232–817–9.

MYSTICAL ISLAM: AN INTRODUCTION TO SUFISM. By J. baldick. London: I.B. Tauris, 1989. 192pp. Hardback, £24.95. ISBN 1–85043–137X.

THE MUSLIM CONQUEST AND SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AFRICA AND SPAIN. By A. D. Taha. London: Routledge, 1989. 280pp. Hardback, £49.50. ISBN 0–415–00474–8.

WA AND THE WALA: ISLAM AND POLITY IN NORTHWESTERN GHANA. By I. Wilks. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 256pp. Hardback, £27.50. ISBN 0–521–36210–5.

LIBYA, CHAD AND THE CENTRAL SAHARA. By John Wright. London: Hurst, 1989. 168pp. Hardback, £23.00. ISBN 1–85065–050–0.

PRELUDE TO THE MAHDIYYA: PEASANTS AND TRADERS IN THE SHENDI REGION. By A. Bj?rkelo. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. 192pp. Hardback £25.00. ISBN 0–521–35336‐X.

RELIGION IN CALABAR: THE RELIGIOUS LIFE AND HISTORY OF A NIGERIAN TOWN. By R. I. J. Hackett. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1989. 481pp. DM158.00. ISBN 0–89925–394–6.

FRANCE AND ISLAM IN WEST AFRICA, 1860–1960. By Christopher Harrison. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 242pp. £25.00. ISBN 0–521‐ 35230–4.

ROOTS OF NORTH INDIAN SHT'ISM IN IRAN AND IRAQ: RELIGION AND STATE IN AWADH 1722–1859. By J. R. I. COLE. Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies, vol. 6. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. xiv + 32pp. $38.00. ISBN 0–520–05641–8.

ISLAM IN ASIA: RELIGION, POLITICS AND SOCIETY. By John L. Esposito. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. 272pp. n.p. ISBN 0–19–504082–3.

THE CRESCENT IN THE EAST: ISLAM IN ASIA MAJOR. Edited by Raphael Israeli. London: Curzon Press, 1989 (rpt. of the first ed.: Curzon Press, 1981). 245pp. £6.75. ISBN O‐7007–0219–9. In the USA: Riverdale, MD 20737: The Riverdale Company, 1989. ISBN 0–913215–45–7.

THE POLITICS OF COMMUNITY: THE BANGLADESHI COMMUNITY IN EAST LONDON. By John Eade. London: Gower, 1989. xii + 213pp. Hardback, £24.00. ISBN 0–566–05717–4.

THE SOVIET EMPIRE: ITS NATIONS SPEAK OUT. By OLEG GLEBOV and JOHN CROWFOOT. Chur: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1989. 189pp. n.p. Pb. ISBN 3–7186–5017–7; Hb. ISBN 3–7186–5000–2.

THE TURBAN FOR THE CROWN: THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN IRAN. By Arjoman Said Amir. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 283pp. $21.95. ISBN 0–19–504257–5.

LAW OF DESIRE: TEMPORARY MARRIAGE IN SHII IRAN. By Shahla Haeri. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1989. 256pp. Paperback $14.95. ISBN 0–8156–2483–2.

PALESTINE AND ISRAEL: THE UPRISING AND BEYOND. By David Mcdowall. London: I.B.Tauris, 1989. xiii + 322pp. Hardback, £14.95. ISBN 1–85043–131–0

RELIGION AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN MODERN TURKEY: THE CASE OF BEDIÜZZAMAN SAID NURSI. By Serif Mardin. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989. 267pp. Hardback, n.p. ISBN 0–88706–996–7.

ISLAM, THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE: ESSAYS ON POLITICAL IDEAS AND MOVEMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. By Sami Zubaida. London: Routledge, 1989. 192pp. Hardback, £27.95. ISBN 0–415–01277–5.

ENCOUNTER IN THE SPIRIT: MUSLIM‐CHRISTIAN MEETINGS IN BIRMINGHAM. By A. WINGATE. Risk Book Series, no. 29. Geneva: WCC Publications: 1988. 86pp. £3.50. ISBN 2–8254–0944–8.

MEETING IN FAITH. Compiled by Stuart E. Brown. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1989. 181pp. £6.50. ISBN 2–8524–0949–9.

A TREATISE ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD BY Israel of Kashkar. (d.872). By B. HOLMBERG. Lund: Plus Ultra, 1989. 290 pp. n.p. ISBN 99–86668–28–5.

WELTRELIGIONEN UND FRIEDENSERZIEHUNG: WEGE ZUR TOLERANZ: SCHWERPUNKT: CHRISTENTUN‐ISLAM. Edited by J. LÄHNEMANN. Hamburg: EB‐Verlag Rissen, 1989. 450pp. DM42.00. ISBN‐3–923002–47–5.     

Book reviews and notes

MUHAMMAD'S MECCA — HISTORY IN THE QUR'AN. By W. Montgomery Watt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989. 113pp. Pb.£6.50. ISBN 0–85224–0. Hb. £19.50. ISBN 0–85224–0.

DISCOVERING ISLAM: MAKING SENSE OF MUSLIM HISTORY AND SOCIETY. By Akbar S. Ahmed. London: Routledge, 1988.251pp. Hb.£25.00. Pb. £9.95. ISBN 0–7102–1049–3 (hb); 0–415–03930–4 (pb).

LE REGARD MUTILE: SCHlZOPHRENIE CULTURELLE: PAYS TRADITIONNELS FACE A LA MODERNITÉ. By Daryush Shaye‐gan. ‘Sciences et Symboles’, Collection dirigée par Michel Cazenave. Paris: Albin Michel, 1989. 248pp. Pb. FF120.00. ISBN 2–226–03466–8.

DZIHAD. SAVREMENI DZIHAD KAO RAT. By Miroljub Jevtic. Belgrade: Nova Knjiga, 1989. 400pp. Pb. Dinar 15.00. ISBN 86–7335–052–2.

THE ISLAMIC POLITY AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: FUNDAMENTALISM, SECTARIANISM, AND PRAGMATISM. By Mehran Tamadonfar. Boulder, San Francisco, & London: Westview Press, 1989. ix+ 152pp. Pb.£16.95. ISBN 0–8133–7436–7.

THE POLITICAL LANGUAGE OF ISLAM. By Bernard Lewis. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1988. 168pp. Pb.£l 1.95, $14.95. ISBN 0–226–47692–8.

BEYOND FRONTIERS: ISLAM AND CONTEMPORARY NEEDS. Edited by Merryl Wyn Davies & Adnan Khalil Pasha. London and New York: Mansell Publishing, 1989.216pp. Hb.£25.00, US$45.00. ISBN 0–7201–2039‐X.

ISLAMIC NAMES. By Annemarie Schimmel. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1989. 137pp. Hb.£25.00. ISBN 0–85224–563–7.

MEMOIR OF A FRIEND: LOUIS MASSIGNON. By Herbert Mason. London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988. 160pp. Hb.£13.95. ISBN 0–268–01365–9THE DEATH OF AL‐HALLAJ. By HERBERT MASON. London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1989. 81pp. Hb.£7.50. ISBN 0–268–00842–6.

HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS. Edited by Leroy S. Rouner. Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion, vol. 9. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988. xviii + 220 pp. Hb.£20.95. ISBN 0–268–01068–2.

A COMPASS FOR THE SUNFLOWER. By Liana Badr. Translated by C. Cobham. London: The Women's Press, 1989.119pp. Hb.£11.95. ISBN 0 7043 5037 8.

ARAM PERIODICAL, Vol.1, no.1. Oxford: ARAM Society for Syro‐Mesopotamian Studies, Winter 1989. English and Arabic. xiv + 204pp. $40.00, half‐yearly.

APPROACHES TO THE HISTORY OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE QUR'AN. Edited by Andrew Rippin. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. xn + 334pp. Hb.n.p. ISBN 0–19–826546–8.

A PEOPLE APART: THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY OF IRAN IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. By Denis Maceoin. Occasional Paper 4, Centre of Near and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, 1989, 35pp., ISSN 0954–1489

PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE. By Mohammad Hashim Kamali. Petaling Jaya (Malaysia): Pelanduk Publications, 1989. xxii + 524pp. n.p. ISBN 967–978–284–0 (hb) and 967–978–281–6 (pb).

THE REMEMBRANCE OF DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE. BOOK XL OF THE REVIVAL OF THE RELIGIOUS SCIENCES Ihya ‘Ulūm al‐Din. By Abū Hamid al‐Ghazali. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by T.J. Winter. Cambridge(UK): The Islamic Texts Society, 1989. xxx + 347pp. Pb.£12.95. ISBN 0–946621–13–6; Hb. £35.00 ISBN 0–946621–09–8.

WOMBS AND ALIEN SPIRITS: WOMEN, MEN, AND THE ZAR CULT IN NORTHERN SUDAN. By Janics Boddy. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. 399pp. Pb. £22.95. ISBN 0–299–12314–6.

THE OROMO OF ETHIOPIA: A HISTORY 1570–1860. By Mohammed Hassen. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. 253pp. Hb.£30.00. ISBN 0‐ 521–38011–1.

MUSLIM SHRINES IN INDIA. Edited by Christian W. Troll. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. 327pp. Hb. Rs.240.00. ISBN 0–19–562280–4.

LAW, BLASPHEMY AND THE MULTI‐FAITH SOCIETY. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and the Inter Faith Network of the United Kingdom, September 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 99pp. Pb.£1.50. ISBN 1–85442–030–5.

FREE SPEECH. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and the Policy Studies Institute, September 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 118pp. Pb.£2.00. ISBN 1–85442–024–0.

BRITAIN: A PLURAL SOCIETY. Report of a seminar organised by the Commission for Racial Equality and The Runnymede Trust, October 1989. London: Commission for Racial Equality, 1990. 78pp. Pb.£1.50. ISBN 1–85442–028–3.

URDU AND MUSLIM SOUTH ASIA STUDIES IN HONOUR OF RALPH RUSSELL. Edited by Christopher Shackle. London: School of 304 Islam and Christian‐Muslim Relations Oriental and African Studies, Univ. of London, 1989. xi + 205pp. Pb.£10.00. ISBN 0–7286–0156–7.

MUGHAL DOCUMENTS (1526–1627). By S.A.I.Tirmizi. New Delhi: Manohar, 1989. x + 255pp. Hb. Indian Rs.200. ISBN 81–85054–71–3.

THE FORMATION AND PERCEPTION OF THE MODERN ARAB WORLD. Studies by Marwan R. Buhhry. Edited by Lawrence I. Conrad. Princeton: The Darwin Press, 1989. 624pp. Hb.n.p. ISBN 0–87850–064–2.

THE MARONITES IN HISTORY. By Matti Mossa. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1986.391pp. Hb.$35.00. ISBN 0–8156–2365–8.

INTIFADA; THE PALESTINIAN UPRISING AGAINST ISRAELI OCCUPATION. Edited by Zachary Lockman & Joel Beinin. London and New York: I.B.Tauris, 1989. 423pp. Pb.£5.95. ISBN 1–85043–247–3.

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST. By Aharon Layish. Occasional Paper 3, Centre of Near East and African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, April 1989. 6pp. n.p. ISSN 0954–1489.

THE ARAB‐ISRAELI DILEMMA. By Fred J. Khouri. Third Edition, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1985. 605pp. Pb.$15.95. ISBN 0–8156–2340–2.     

Book reviews

Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Daniel C. Dennett, 1995. London, Penguin. 587 pp., hbk £25, ISBN: 0–713–99090–2

Verificationism: Its History and Prospects, C. J. Misak, 1995. London and New York, Routledge. xviii + 254 pp. ISBN: 0–415–12597–9(hbk); 0–415–12598–7(pbk)

Abductive Inference: Computation, Philosophy, Technology, John R. Josephson & Susan G. Josephson (Eds), 1994. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 306 pp.

Physics and Metaphysics. Theories of Space and Time, Jennifer Trusted, 1994. London, Routledge 210 pp.     

Notices

Maria, Die Mutter Jesu in Bibel und Koran. L. Hagemann and E. Pulsfort, 1992. Wurzburg, Echter Verlag/Altenberg, Oros Verlag. 138 pp., pb. DM22.80, ISBN 3–429–01412–3 (Echter), 3–89375–042–8 (Oros).

Turkey and Europe. Canan Bauon and A. M. Wmiams (Eds), 1993. London, Pinter. 247 pp., hb., £37.50, ISBN 1–85567–012–7.

The City of the Moon God: Religious Traditions of Harran. Tamara M. Green, 1992. Leiden, E. J. Brill. 232 pp., hb. GldllO, ISBN 90–04–09513–6.

The Sira of Imam Ahmad B. Yahya al‐Nasir li‐Din Allah. Wilfred Madelung (Ed.), 1990. Exeter, Ithaca Press. 141 pp., hb. £19.50, ISBN 0–86372–125–7.

Studies in Oriental Culture and History: festschrift for Walter Dostal. Andre Gingrich et al. (Eds), 1993. Frankfurt a/M, Peter Lang. 287 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 3–631–45810‐X.

The Shiites: ritual and popular piety in a Muslim community. David Pinault, 1992. London, I. B. Tauris. 210 pp., hb. n.p., ISBN 1–85043–609–6.

Arab Voices: the human rights debate in the Middle East. Kevin Dwyer, 1991. London, Routledge. 245 pp., pb. £10.00, ISBN 0–415–04460‐X.

The Middle East—Unity and Diversity: papers from the Second Nordic Conference on Middle Eastern Studies, Copenhagen 22–25 October 1992. Hekki Balva and Knut S. Vikor (Eds), 1993. Copenhagen, NIAS Books. 247 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 87–87062–24–0.

Diwan of Abu'n‐Nagm: materials for the study of Ragaz poetry I. Jaakko Hameen‐Anttila, 1993. Helsinki, Finnish Oriental Society. 105 pp., (Ar.) + 147 pp., hb. n.p., ISBN 951–9380–21–3.

Islam in History: ideas, people, and events in the Middle East. Bernard Lewis, 1993. Second Edition, Chicago, Open Court. 487 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 0–8126–9217–9.

Two Kings in Arabia: letters from Arabia 1923‐S and 1936–9: Reader Bullard. E. C. Hodgkin (Ed.), 1993. Reading, Ithaca Press. 289 pp., hb. n.p., ISBN 0–86372–167–2.

Iraqi Statesman: a portrait of Mohammed Fadhel Jamali. Harry J. Almond, 1993. Salem OR, Grosvenor Books. 175 pp., pb. n.p., ISBN 1–85239–509–5.

Wasta: the hidden force in Middle Eastern society. Robert B. Cunningham and Yasin K. Sarayah, 1993. Westport CT, Praeger. 209 pp., hb. £43.50, ISBN 0–275–94402–6.

Expulsion of the Palestinians: the concept of ‘transfer’ in Zionist Political thought 1882–1948. Nur Musalha, 1992. Washington DC, Institute for Palestine Studies. 235 pp., hb. $24.95, ISBN 0–88728–235–0, pb. ISBN 0–88728–242–3.

Islamic Fundamentalism in the West Bank and Gaza: Muslim brotherhood. and Islamic jihad. Ziad Abu‐Amr, 1994. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. 169 pp., pb. $10.95, ISBN 0–253–20866–1.

The State and Public Policies in Egypt since Sadat. Nazih N. Ayubi, 1991. Reading, Ithaca Press. 352 pp., hb. £35.00, ISBN 0863721311.

War and Peace in the Gulf: domestic politics and regional relations into the 1990s. A. Ehteshami and G. Nonneman with C. Tripp, 1991. Reading, Ithaca. 287 pp., hb. £30.00, ISBN 0–86372–134–6.

The Changing Course of International Migration. Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, 1993. Paris, OECD. 263 pp., pb. FF295, ISBN 92–64–13827–7.

Middle East Avenue: female migration from Sri Lanka to the Gulf. Grete Brochmann, 1993. Boulder CO, Westview. 199 pp., hb. $38.50, ISBN 0–8133–8617–9.

Peace is Everything: the world view of Muslims and traditionalists in the Senegambia. D. E. Marantz, 1993. Dallas, International Museum of Cultures. 300 pp., 832.00, ISBN 0–88312–816–0, ISSN 0–0895–9897.

Divine Madness: Mohammed Abdulle Hassan (1856–1920). ‘Abdi Sheikh‐'Abdi, 1993. London & New Jersey, Zed Books Ltd. 226 pp., pb. £13.95, ISBN 0 86232 444 0.     

Book reviews and notes

GENERAL.

UMMAH OR NATION?: IDENTITY CRISIS IN CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM SOCIETY. By Abdullah Al‐Ahsan. Wiltshire, U.K.: The Islamic Foundation, 1992. 158pp. Np. Pb. ISBN 0–86037–220–0; Hb. ISBN 0–86037–219–7.

GOLDEN ROADS, MIGRATION, PILGRIMAGE AND TRAVEL IN MEDIAEVAL AND MODERN ISLAM. Edited by Ian Richard Netton. London: Curzon Press Ltd., 1993. 193pp. Hb. £35.00; Pb. £16.99. ISBN Hb. 0–7007–0242–3; Pb. 0–7007–0243–1.

REGIONAL.

Africa.

THE ALHAZAI OF MARADI: TRADITIONAL HAUSA MERCHANTS IN A CHANGING SAHELIAN CITY. By Emmanuel Gregoire, edited and translated by Benjamin H. Hardy. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992. 185pp. Hb. Np. ISBN 1–55587–278–6.

RELIGION AND PEACE IN MULTI‐FAITH NIGERIA. Edited by Jacob Olupona. Ile‐Ife, Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo Univ. Press, 1992. 203pp. Pb. £7.50. No ISBN.

IN THE SHADOW OF CONQUEST: ISLAM IN COLONIAL NORTH EAST AFRICA. Edited by Said S. Samatar. New Jersey: Red Sea Press/African World Press, 1992.163pp. Pb. $12.95. ISBN 0–932415–70–9.

EUROPE.

IL RITORNO DELL'ISLAM: I MUSULMANI IN ITALIA. By Stefano Allievi and Felice Dassetto. Rome: Edizioni Lavoro, 1993. 291pp. Pb. Lire 35.000. ISBN 88–7910–541–8.

L'INSTITUT MUSULMAN DE LA MOSQUEE DE PARIS. By Alain Boyer. Paris: Centre des Hautes Etudes sur l'Afrique et l'Asie Modernes, 1992. 141pp. Pb. FF85. ISBN 2–903–182–34–5.

ASYLUM SEEKERS IN THE NETHERLANDS. Edited by Marjolein Brink and Mutiari Pasariboe. Amsterdam: Instituut voor Sociale Geografie, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1993. 98pp. Pb. DF117.50. ISBN 90–6993–079‐X.

EUROPE AND INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION. By Sarah Collinson. London and New York: Printer for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1993. 189pp. Hb. Np. ISBN 1–85567–049–6.

EUROPE'S FRAGMENTED IDENTITIES AND THE FRONTIERS OF CITIZENSHIP. By Soledad Garcia. Discussion papers, no. 45. London: Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1992.26pp. Pb. £5.00. ISSN 0951–4171.

TOLERATION AND INTEGRITY IN A MULTI‐FAITH SOCIETY. Edited by John Horton and Harriet Crabtree. Department of Politics, University of York, 1992. 79pp. Pb. Np. ISBN 0–9519979–0–4.

TURKISH ATHENS: THE FORGOTTEN CENTURIES 1452–1832. By Molly Mackenzie. Reading: Garnet Press, 1993. 148pp. Pb. Np. ISBN 0–86372–143–5.

NOT EASY BEING BRITISH: COLOUR, CULTURE AND CITIZENSHIP. By Tariq Modood. Stoke‐on‐Trent: Trentham Books for Runnymede Trust, 1992. 93pp. Pb. £7.95. ISBN 0–948–080–47–7.

ISLAMIC DA'WAH IN THE WEST: MUSLIM MISSIONARY ACTIVITY AND THE DYNAMICS OF CONVERSION TO ISLAM. By Larry Poston. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. 220pp. Np. ISBN 0–19–507227–8.

Middle East.

THE ARAB PREDICAMENT: ARAB POLITICAL THOUGHT AND PRACTICE SINCE 1967. By Fouad Ajami. 2nd Edition. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992. 279pp. Pb. $11.95. ISBN 0–521–43833–0; Hb. $44.95. ISBN 6–521–43243‐X.

THE POLITICS OF PLANTING: ISRADLI‐PALESTINIAN COMPETITION FOR CONTROL OF LAND IN THE JERUSALEM PERIPHERY. By Shaul Ephraim Cohen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. 203pp. Pb. $19.50. ISBN 0–226–11274–4.

BALADI WOMEN OF CAIRO. By Evelyn A. Early. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1992. 217pp. £29.85. ISBN 1–55587–277–8.

MIXED COURTS OF EGYPT. By Mark Hoyle. London: Graham & Trotwood, 1991. 206pp. Hb. £57.50; $117.00 (including surface postage). ISBN 1–85333–321–2.

CHRISTIAN‐MUSLIM RELA TIONS.

YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMOROW. By Munawar Ahmad Anees, Syed Z. Abedin and Ziauddin Sardar. London: Grey Seal Books, 1991. 96pp. Pb. £5.95. ISBN 185–6400212.

CHRISTIAN MISSION AND ISLAMIC DA'WAH IN MALAYSIA. By Ghazali Basri. Kuala Lumpur: Nurin Enterprise, 1992. 68pp. Pb. $5.00. ISBN 967–984–0190–0.

THE BOUNDARIES OF GOD: MUSLIMS IN CONTACT WITH NON‐MUSLIMS. Edited by David Bentley. Pasadena, Ca.: Zwemer Institute of Muslim Studies, 1993. 42pp. Np. No ISBN.

THE SEVENTH CENTURY IN WEST‐SYRIAN CHRONICLES INCLUDING TWO SEVENTH‐CENTURY SYRIAC APOCALYPTIC TEXTS. Translated by Andrew Palmer and edited by Sebastian Brock and Robert Hoyland. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1993. 305pp. Pb. £10.00. ISBN 8–85323–238–5.

SIGNS OF DIALOGUE: CHRISTIAN ENCOUNTER WITH MUSLIMS. By Michael Fitzgerald and Robert Caspar. Zamboanga City, Philippines: Silsilah Publications, 1992. x + 245pp. Pb. Np. ISBN 971–31–0005–0.

DIEU AIME CELUIQUIAIME LES DATTES; DIALOGUE JUDEO‐ISLAMO‐CHRETIEN. By Andrée Ghillet. Paris: Editions l'Harmattan, 1993. 286pp. Pb. FF140. ISBN 2–7384–1667–5.

MUSLIMS AND MISSIONARIES IN PRE‐MUTINY INDIA. By Avril A. Powell. London: Curzon Press, 1993. 339pp. Hb. £30. ISBN 0–7007–0210–5.

ORIENTAL RESPONSES TO THE WEST: COMPARATIVE ESSAYS IN SELECTED WRITERS FROM THE MUSLIM WORLD. By Nasrin Rahimieh. Leiden: Brill, 1990. 124pp. Pb. Np. ISBN 90–04–09177–7.

WOMEN IN SOCIETY ACCORDING TO ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY. Acts of a Muslim‐Christian Colloquium organized jointly by The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (Vatican City)and The Royal Academy for Islamic Civilization Research Al Albait Foundation (Amman). 24–26 June 1992. Rome, Italy: Vatican Press. 126pp. Pb. Np. No ISBN.