One of the few books to view social capital from a religious perspective, Social Capital and Risk Sharing fills an important gap in finance literature. It presents a vision of a socio-economic framewo
The Islamic financial industry is growing rapidly. There are a number of foundational elements that are still developing, with macroeconomic policy goals and instruments, and policy formulation in the
The book provides an introduction to the organizing principle and the fundamental axioms of an Islamic economy, micro- and macro-economic concepts and their implementation. The authors discuss the cha
This book focuses on computing devices and their design at various levels to combat variability. The authors provide a review of key concepts with particular emphasis on timing errors caused by
The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East contains twenty-four essays, each concerning an individual film from Morocco all the way to Iran. The volume explores not only the established film cultu
The Persianate World: Rethinking a Shared Sphere is among the first books to explore the defining features of the Persianate world from a variety of historical perspectives.
A translation of a work by Abbas Mahmud al-Aqqad (1889-1964) praising the person and mission of Jesus Christ and drawing almost exclusively on the New Testament, particularly the four Gospels. Ford, a
A gold mine of articles by leading scholars on mixed methodsSurveying the differing viewpoints and disciplinary approaches to using mixed methods, this volume helps readers explore the answers to a w
For courses in Decision Making and Engineering. The Fundamentals of Analyzing and Making Decisions Foundations of Decision Analysis is a groundbreaking text that explores the art of decision making, b
Globally, the appetite for higher education is great, but what do students and societies gain? Quality in Undergraduate Education foregrounds the importance of knowledge acquisition at university. Man
"Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history? U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue, is a first-ever written dialogue on the key issues that separate the two great
Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history? U.S.-Iran Misperceptions is the first written dialogue on the key issues that separate these two great countries. Brin
The female voice plays a more central role in Sufi ritual, especially in the singing of devotional poetry, than in almost any other area of Muslim culture. Female singers perform sufiana-kalam, or mys
