Scott L Reese

Renewers of the Age: Holy Men and Social Discourse in Colonial Benaadir (Islam in Africa)

Studies of nineteenth and twentieth century Islamic reform have tended to focus more on the evolution of ideas than how those ideas emerge from local contexts or are disseminated to a broad audience. Using the urban culture of southern Somalia, known as the Benaadir, this book explores the role of l...

Parables in My Life

In sharing the story of his life and experiences from growing up in rural Oklahoma, his mission work in Haiti, to chance encounters with people from many walks of life, Reese Scott demonstrates how an ordinary person can make an extraordinary impact on the lives of others through hard work, prayer, ...

Rethinking Christianity: The Stories of Four Ex- Fundamentalist Christians

This book outlines the stories of four former Christians from fundamentalist backgrounds as they re-think Christianity and the Holy Bible. When Christianity is explored it is exposed as a myth. We can safely say that Christianity is in crises. With new intense interest in exposing religious myths we...

The Transmission of Learning in Islamic Africa