Dyron Daughrity (Pepperdine University), Review of M. Afzal Upal and Carole M. Cusack (eds), Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements By Carole Cusack

https://www.academia.edu/144610669/Dyron_Daughrity_Pepperdine_University_Review_of_M_Afzal_Upal_and_Carole_M_Cusack_eds_Handbook_of_Islamic_Sects_and_Movements?email_work_card=title This extremely useful book is the fruit of tremendous labor. Upal and Cusack gathered 33 specialists to write about 33 important topics within Islam. Upal is a Canadian–American scholar who studied at Punjab, Sas- katchewan, and Alberta. He is a cognitive scientist of religion and holds a professorship at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Previously he held a post at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He also studies artificial intelligence and new religious movements (NRMs). He is a prolific author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles. Cusack is a well-known scholar of new religious movements, based at the University of Sydney. ...