Muslims and Jews in America: Commonalities, Contentions, and Complexities

R. Aslan, A. Tapper

Palgrave Macmillan US, Jun 7, 2011 - Philosophy - 214 pages

This book is an exploration of contemporary Jewish-Muslim relations in the United States and the distinct ways in which these two communities interact with one another in the American context. Each essay discusses a different episode from the recent twentieth and current twenty-first century American milieu that links these two groups together.

About the author

DR.REZA ASLAN Internationally acclaimed writer and scholar of Middle Eastern Studies, is a fellow at the University of Southern California's Centre on Public Diplomacy and Middle East Analyst for CBS News.

DR.AARON J. HAHN TAPPER Founder and Co-Executive Director of Abraham's Vision and an Assistant Professor in the Theology and Religious Studies Department of the University of San Francisco, USA, holding the Swig Chair of Judaic Studies, and he is also the founding Director of the Swig Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice, the first academic program in the country formally linking these two fields.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Muslims and Jews in America: Commonalities, Contentions, and Complexities
• Editors: R. Aslan, A. Tapper
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2011
• ISBN: 023010861X, 9780230108615
• Length: 214 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Religious; Political Science / General; Political Science / Globalization; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / World / European; Religion / General; Religion / Philosophy; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science / Sociology of Religion