David Cook

David Cook
Occupation	Professor and Author

David Cook is the author of numerous books in religious studies.

Education

• Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2002
• M.A., University of Chicago, 1998
• B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1994

Activity

• Professor of religion at Rice University specializing in Islam
• Co-editor for Edinburgh University Press’ series on Islamic Apocalyptic and Eschatology
• Sponsoring researches  on Boko Haram’s ideology, working with Ph.D. student and Post-Graduate Fellow at Rice University

Books

• Studies in Muslim Apocalyptic, The Darwin Press, January 1, 2002
• Understanding Jihad, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005
• Contemporary Muslim Apocalyptic Literature, Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2008
• Martyrdom in Islam, Cambridge University Press, June 2012
• David Cook, Olivia Allison, Understanding and Addressing Suicide Attacks, Praeger (May 30, 2007)

Books he edited

• Nigerian Preachers to West African Islamic State: A Boko Haram Reader (edited, with Abdulbasit Kassem and Michael Nwankpa, London: Hurst Press, forthcoming 2017)
• Jihad and Martyrdom in Islam. London: Routledge Reprints, 2009 (4 vols)

Source

• Rice university website