Mecca and Main Street
Muslim Life in America after 9/11
Geneive Abdo

Islam is America's fastest growing religion, with more than six million Muslims in the United States, all living in the shadow of 9/11. Who are our Muslim neighbors? What are their beliefs and desires? How are they coping with life under the War on Terror? Noted author and journalist Geneive Abdo offers illuminating answers to these questions. Published on the fifth anniversary of 9/11, this is truly an eye-opening account of the Muslim community in America

The Personal Correspondence of Hildegard of Bingen
Edited by Joseph L. Baird

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable women of her day. From early childhood she experienced religious visions, and at the age of eight she entered a cloistered religious life in the Benedictine monastery of Disibondenberg. For more than 30 years she was an unflinching adviser and correspondent to all levels of church and society, from popes and kings to ordinary lay persons, from Jerusalem to England. This book is the first to give a thorough and definitive illlumination of the personal life of Hildegard of Bingen as viewed through the defining lens of her personal correspondence

Beyond Toleration
The Religious Origins of American Pluralism
Chris Beneke

At its founding, the United States was one of the most religiously diverse places in the world. What allowed people of so many different faiths to forge a nation together? In this richly told story of ideas, Chris Beneke demonstrates how the United States managed to overcome the religious violence and bigotry that characterized much of early modern Europe and America. Today when religious conflicts once again pose a grave danger to democratic experiments across the globe, Beneke's book serves as a timely reminder of how one country moved past toleration and towards religious pluralism.

A Muslim in Victorian America
The Life of Alexander Russell Webb
Umar F. Abd-Allah

This is the only biography of the first prominent American Muslim. Conflicts and controversies at home and abroad have led Americans to focus on Islam more than ever before. While much has been written about contemporary American Islam and pioneering studies have appeared on Muslim slaves in the antebellum period, comparatively little is known about Islam in Victorian America. This biography of Alexander Russell Webb, one of the earliest American Muslims to achieve public renown, seeks to fill this gap.