Islam and general surveys.

• Position: BOOKS RECEIVED--2008-2009

Benslama, Fethi. Psychoanalysis and the Challenge of Islam. Translated by Robert Bononno. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. Paper $25.00.

Burgat, Frangois. Islamism in the Shadow of al-Qaeda. Translated by Patrick Hutchinson. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008. Hardcover $45.00.

Edwards, David B. Before Taliban." Genealogies of the Afgh'jan Jihad. Berkley, CA: California Press, 2002. Paper $17.95.

El-Rouayheb, Khaled. Before Homosexuality in the Arab-Islamic World 1500-1800. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Paper $20.00.

Gerges, Fawaz. The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Paper $24.99.

Karsh, Ephraim and P.R. Kumaraswamy. Editors. Islamic Attitudes to Israel. New York, NY: Routledge, 2008. Hardcover $150.00.

Khosrokhavar, Farhad. Inside Jihadism: Understanding Jihadi Movements Worldwide. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2009. Paper $22.95.

Kidd, Thomas S. American Christians and Islam: Evangelical Culture and Muslims from the Colonial Period to the Age of Terrorism. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008. Hardcover $20.95.

Majid, Anouar. A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2007. Paper $18.95.

Phillips, David L. From Bullets to Ballots: Violent Muslim Movements in Transition. Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books, 2008. Hardcover $49.95.

Quinn, Frederick. The Sum of Al Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007. Hardcover $29.95.

Rajagopalan, Kavitha. Muslims of Metropolis: The Stories of Three Immigrant Families in the West. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University...