Mohammed A. Bamyeh, Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh

Mohammed Bamyeh is Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. He was the lead author of Social Sciences in the Arab World (2015). His other books include The Social Origins of Islam; Intellectuals and Civil Society in the Middle East; Anarchy as Order; The Ends of Globalization; and Of Death and Dominion; in addition to a few edited volumes. Previously he served as the editor of International Sociology Reviews and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS).

Winner of the 2020 North Central Sociological Association's Scholarly Achievement Award

"Bamyeh examines Islam in terms of three lifeworlds, or realms of individual experience (both from the past and in the present)-the social, the philosophical, and the global-and he devotes a chapter to each. Comparatively little has been written on this topic, as the author admits, so his thoughtful and well-articulated book makes a significant addition to the scholarly literature on Islam... Summing up: Recommended" - J. Jaeger, CHOICE

"Lifeworlds of Islam is a product of immense learning with an impressive historical and geographical span across multiple periods of Islamic history and many Muslim-majority societies. Moreover, the author succeeds in deriving lucid and substantial arguments out of this vast material." - Ateş Altinordu, American Journal of Sociology