Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject, by Saba Mahmood. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, 233 pp.; $17.95 USD (paper).
Pillars of Faith: American Congregations and their Partners, by Nancy Tatom Ammerman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005, 354 pp.; $55.00 USD (cloth), $21.95 USD (paper).