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Rethinking Islamic Studies upends scholarly roadblocks in post-Orientalist discourse within contemporary Islamic studies and carves fresh inroads toward a robust new understanding of the discipline, one that includes religious studies and other politically infused fields of inquiry. Editors Carl W. Ernst and Richard C. Martin, along with a distinguished group of scholars, map the trajectory of the study of Islam and offer innovative approaches to the theoretical and methodological frameworks that have traditionally dominated the field. In the volume's first section the contributors reexamine the underlying notions of modernity in the East and West and allow for the possibility of multiple and incongruent modernities. This opens a discussion of fundamentalism as a manifestation of the tensions of modernity in Muslim cultures. The second section addresses the volatile character of Islamic religious identity as expressed in religious and political movements at national and local levels. In the third section, contributors focus on Muslim communities in Asia and examine the formation of religious models and concepts as they appear in this region. This study concludes with an afterword by accomplished Islamic studies scholar Bruce B. Lawrence reflecting on the evolution of this post-Orientalist approach to Islam and placing the volume within existing and emerging scholarship. Rethinking Islamic Studies offers original perspectives for the discipline, each utilizing the tools of modern academic inquiry, to help illuminate contemporary incarnations of Islam for a growing audience of those invested in a sharper understanding of the Muslim world.

Infidels: A History of the Conflict between Christendom and Islam. By Andrew Wheatcroft. 2004. Random, hardcover, $27.95 (1400062306).

The academic study of Islam has grown rapidly in American universities, particularly since the events surrounding September 11, but scholarly study has turned more toward defense of the field and sometimes Islam itself rather than engaging in new lines of research, writes Richard C. Martin in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (December).

Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World edited by Richard C. Martin is reviewed.

Hughes reviews Rethinking Islamic Studies: From Orientalism to Cosmopolitanism by Carl W. Ernst and Richard C. Martin.

This new edition updating the 2004 edition (CH, Jun'04, 41-5627) features more than 540 entries covering both modern and historical aspects of Islam. The source is greatly expanded in coverage from a decade earlier, providing new or updated articles for about half of the content, including over 350 color images and maps. Entries cover a wide variety of perspectives on Islam, including history, religion, culture, and politics.

A Middle East Studies Association conference in 2004 revealed sharp disagreement over use of the contemporary terni \"lslamism.\" For the present collection, editors [Richard C. Martin] (religion, Emory Univ.) and Barzegar (PhD candidate, Emory Univ.) engaged the premier adversaries in that debate, Donald Emmerson of Stanford and Daniel Varisco of Hofstra, to offer their arguments, along with a variety of other scholars to give critical response.

* La bourse d'excellence (Romeo LeBlanc) de l'Universite de Moncton * Bourse de l'Universite d'Ottawa * Medaille des realisations de la FAPPUNB

\"Sharing the Book: Religious Perspectives on the Rights and Wrongs of Proselytism\" edited by John Witte Jr and Richard C. Martin is reviewed.