This book traces the historical spread of Islam throughout Africa. It also examines current issues and controversies surrounding the Muslim faith in Africa, including fundamentalist interpretations of Islam, efforts to impose Islamic law in countries with mixed Muslim and non-Muslim populations, and religious-based violence.
Presents a series of stories that illuminate key aspects of Islam and how the belief system is being challenged and changed in response to modern life, focusing on the religion as it is practiced in Morocco.
A collection of sixty-three essays in which various scholars attempt to focus the study of the Bible upon African-Americans and to identify and address some of the implications and ramifications, issues and problems that attend such a focus.
A discussion of the U.S. culture war over fundamental social and religious values, with articles and documents that provide examples of the phenomenon within the study of politics in the United States.
