David Cook
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David Cook is the author of numerous books in religious studies.
Education[edit | edit source]
- Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2002
- M.A., University of Chicago, 1998
- B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1994
Activity[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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)