New This Week: July 29

New this week, Atlantic Crescent by Alaina M. Morgan traces the powerful intersections of Black and Muslim liberation across the African diaspora between the twentieth century’s two World Wars. Learn more about this title below or see everything new that published this month on our Hot Off the Press page.

Atlantic Crescent: Building Geographies of Black and Muslim Liberation in the African Diaspora by Alaina M. Morgan

“Morgan’s suggestive imagery of the Atlantic Crescent and her attention to Black Islamic practices as a conduit of African diasporas make this book stand out among its peers. Stunningly written and brilliantly argued, Morgan’s book draws on a diverse body of religious work to illuminate an underappreciated element of black internationalist political thought.”—Minkah Makalani, Johns Hopkins University

“Well written, carefully organized, and deeply researched, this field-shaping book is critical to understanding what has motivated those pursuing transnational work for justice and freedom. Morgan models how to make understudied histories accessible and charts a Muslim Black internationalism, reconfiguring American religious history in the process.”—Sarah Azaransky, Union Theological Seminary