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Questions and fears about Islam have proliferated American life for decades, from the Iranian Revolution in 1979 to the September 11, 2001, attacks. Yet more recent history has seen a new development in the tangle of Christian-Muslim relations: the mainstreaming of Islamophobia as a path to political and societal power at the highest level...
"This book is highly useful to wipe out lies about Islam from the public sphere. As a guidebook, the style of presentation and the language are simple and easily attainable without any theoretical smoke and mirrors. The questions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to revise the aforementioned concepts and to engage critically with the subject at hand." —Reading Religion
Charles Kimball is Presidential Professor and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma. He is a frequent speaker at colleges, churches, and ecumenical and interreligious programs. He is the author of six books, including When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warning Signs, and the popular course Comparative Religion presented by The Great Courses.