{"podcast":{"title":"New Books in Islamic Studies","slug":"new-books-in-islamic-studies-1029962","podcast_index_feed_id":1029962,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LIT7782346334","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/religion-faith/islamic-studies/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d9838266-ef0d-11e8-86a0-17d544c0507b/image/97b898d95d37b7a6e4eb02f361a21c5e.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":913,"summary":"This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you will hear scholars discuss their recently published research with another expert in their field. Discover our 150+ channels and browse our 28,000+ episodes on our website: ⁠newbooksnetwork.com⁠ Subscribe to our free weekly Substack newsletter to get informative, engaging content straight to your inbox: ⁠https://newbooksnetwork.substack.com/⁠ Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky to learn about more our latest interviews: @newbooksnetwork Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-islamic-studies-1029962"},"episode":{"title":"Ken Chitwood, \"Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism Among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam\" (U Texas Press, 2025)","slug":"ken-chitwood-bor-cua-muslims-everyday-cosmopolitanism-among-puerto-rican-converts-to-islam-u-texas-press-2025","published_at":"2026-03-23T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-islamic-studies-1029962/ken-chitwood-bor-cua-muslims-everyday-cosmopolitanism-among-puerto-rican-converts-to-islam-u-texas-press-2025","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-islamic-studies-1029962","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK1642657119.mp3?updated=1774039251","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NBNK1642657119.mp3?updated=1774039251","summary":"Ken Chitwood's Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam (University of Texas Press, 2025), uses rich ethnographic fieldwork across multiple cities and the digital space to capture the complex lived realities of Puerto Rican Muslims both on the island and in the United States. The study is attuned to the archipelago’s context that accents Puerto Rican Islam, such as through histories that link it to Andalusian Spain, and culture, especially through foodscapes. Puerto Rico also has a diverse Arab Muslim diasporic population, especially Palestinians. Due to this diversity of Muslim experiences, throughout the book there emerge conversations about the boundaries of Islam in relation to culture, ethnicity, and theology. At times, when these varied communities share ritual and communal space together, questions of authenticity unfold, such as over language or notions of piety. Despite moments of tension around tribalism and questions of legitimacy, we learn that often Islam for both these communities is understood through their experiences of colonialism, and so anti-colonial registers of Islam influence the solidarity building and social justice organizing that unites Puerto Rican and Palestinian Muslims. The book also has an accompanying Spotify playlist that you definitely should check out. This book will be of interest to anyone working on Islam in South America and/or North America, and Arab and Palestinian diasporic studies, and food studies. Ken Chitwood is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer with the Department for the Study of Religion at Universität Bayreuth and Affiliate of the University of Southern California's Center for Religion and Civic Culture. Shobhana Xavier is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Queen’s…","meta_description":"Ken Chitwood's Borícua Muslims: Everyday Cosmopolitanism among Puerto Rican Converts to Islam (University of Texas Press, 2025), uses rich ethnographic fi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4193,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-in-islamic-studies-1029962/episodes/ken-chitwood-bor-cua-muslims-everyday-cosmopolitanism-among-puerto-rican-converts-to-islam-u-texas-press-2025/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-in-islamic-studies-1029962/ken-chitwood-bor-cua-muslims-everyday-cosmopolitanism-among-puerto-rican-converts-to-islam-u-texas-press-2025.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}