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Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Reportby saba mahmoodprinceton, 248 pages, $24.95 While I was reading Saba Mahmood’s new book on religion and secularism in Egypt, my...

Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept by Brent Nongbri Yale, 288 pages, $35 In Before Religion, Brent Nongbri makes the case that once there was no religion...

A History of Violence: From the End of the Middle Ages to the Present by Robert Muchembled Polity, 388 pages, $29.95 To those used to worrying about violence, the...