Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies Michael A. Cook’s new book, Ancient Religions, Modern Politics: The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective, has been published by Princeton University Press. This sweeping comparative analysis “takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of religion in various cultural domains, and conceptions of the polity.”

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